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Dehler Yachts 22

Fractional Sloop · Lifting Keel · First built 1983

A Van de Stadt design featuring a retractable keel and water ballast for versatile shoal-water performance

Designed by E. G. Van de Stadt.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Lifting Keel

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.40 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 898 kg of hull, so roughly 1,500 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 898 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draught shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draughtDraws 0.40 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 10 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 10
CoastalBluewater

At 2.51 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.51
LightHeavy

150 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 150
EasygoingPowered-up

21.4 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 21.4
TenderStiff

44% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 44%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Draws less than ~100% of boats her size on file

Compared with 609 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
44.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
21.4
Displacement / length
150.3
Comfort ratio
10.2
Capsize screening
2.51
Hull speed
5.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
508
Hull
Hull type
Lifting Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1983
Designer
E. G. Van de Stadt
Builder
Dehler

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The family

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Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

Dehlya 22A Van de Stadt-designed fractional sloop with a lifting keel, originally offered as an owner-completion kitDehler Yachts 25A versatile Van de Stadt trailer-sailer featuring a lifting keel, water ballast, and a retractable rudderDehler Yachts 28A 2500-kilogram fractional sloop with a 40% ballast ratio, built for a decade of balanced, stiff performance

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