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Dehler Yachts 39

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 1996

A 1996 Judel-Vrolijk fractional sloop offering both deep and shallow draft options for performance-minded cruisers

Designed by Judel, Vrolijk & Co.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

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The Dehler Yachts 39, on the water

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Footage from SEILmagasinet

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 23 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 23
CoastalBluewater

2.02 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.02
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 160
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 20.7
TenderStiff

42% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 42%

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

What the fleet has seen

The Dehler Yachts 39, as the fleet has seen it

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The Dehler Yachts 39 is a fractional sloop designed by Judel, Vrolijk, & Co. and built by Dehler Yachts from 1996 to the present. It has a fin keel with a bulb and a spade rudder, measuring 11.89 meters LOA, 3.82 meters beam, and displacing 7001 kg. The model was offered with deep (7.7-foot) and shallow (5.5-foot) draft options, and a similar version, the Dehler 39 SQ, was introduced in 2004. A review notes the Dehler 39 is well-suited for shorthanded sailing due to its layout, which facilitates easy handling without excessive physical strain.14:06

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
42.1%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
20.7
Displacement / length
159.6
Comfort ratio
22.7
Capsize screening
2.02
Hull speed
7.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1571
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1996
Designer
Judel, Vrolijk, Co
Builder
Dehler

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The family

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