Great review on our boat, 😀 it was good to see this. We are currently living on our Hanse 418 up here in Scandinavia but only for the summers and its fantastic. For many different reasons we absolutely love this boat but then again this is our first sailing boat so we don't have much to compare against. She does have a self tacker but I really like that when combined with a Code 0 or Gennaker to get her going in light winds.

We owned a Hanse 411 for 6 years which was the first version of the Hanse 41. This is the 8th model. I can assure you we were happy to live aboard for up to 3 months at a time, and these yachts sail with beautiful balance. They go to windward effortlessly even in rough water, and track on rails in heavy weather downwind. The self tacking jib makes for easy sailing, and we never missed having a Genoa. I would go anywhere in the world on a Hanse, they are strong quality German built yachts. We would live full time on one. We loved our Hanse, and our children and grandchildren have wonderful memories of our time together holidaying on her. We are now catamaran fans. Regards Murray and Jean

This boat seems to capture some of the best features of both monohulls and catamarans. Visibility, out-of-the-way traveler, storage, and internal comfort of a small cat, with the ability to sail close to the wind.

Vietnam update please

Another fine example of a sailing vessel I can't afford. Perhaps a sailing dinghy review. 😆

Hanse 418 is my dream boat - it’s coming. ⛵️

Interestingly we own a 7yr 415 and it has the separated shower stall in the exact same layout, odd they did away with it. Great review, we love this brand.

Looks like a very good entry boat for coastal sailing in light winds. However, if the weather turns bad then it's another story.

Fair review, we went through a number of viewings before we bought our Hanse 470 in 2017. We surmised that the Hanse yachts were of higher quality than the Bavaria / Beneteau / Jenneau offerings and were pretty well specified from the factory. Can’t see us changing her for another monohull but tempted by a cat since our son got his FP40, maybe a 45 would suit us 👍 Love the HH44 with standard diesels and a big generator………

ya it looks like it is an awesome boat for the Caribbean, or a long weekend sailboat. looks like you are getting good number of modern upgrades for not bad price.

Thank you for another excellent review of a modern production boat.

Thanks for the brief tour. Just based on the tour, I could make a very long list of things I don't like about this boat. Yet there are some positives also. With the German style mainsheet and self tacking jib, could definitely be short or maybe single-handed. It seems built to a price, but some of the French boats may do that better.

excellent review. the good and the bad. very straightforward and helpful.

Exact same internal layout of the 370, but most changes are on deck. I find strange to have a "performance" boat with a self tacking jib and all lines to the helm, so a team can't use this boat for club regatta... Also i don't see tracks for a genoa, but there are main winches ? They could be for the german main sheet, but I'm unsure... and if so then you can't reach them from the helm position to ease the main... I really found this boat odd...

There is an excellent sailing channel with a British/Danish couple (Sailing Aurora) who sails around in the Baltics. They had their Hansa 418 as a local charter boat, but unfortunately, their guests grounded the boat very hard with an extensive fiberglass rebuild of the entire keel attachment and a large part in the floor area. However, they did excellent documentation of the professional repair, and they are now out and sailing again, and they will never do the rental business again. Despite all concerns about production-boats may lose their keels and therefore is, not as suitable bluewater boats. The Hanse 418 did take the hard grounding against an underwater rock without catastrophic consequences, except economically. Now make your own conclusions about the bolt-on keel's sturdiness. Hanse seems to build exceptionally reliable yachts. Cheers.

Nice boat.

Looks like all of the hatches open aft. There would be no air flow at anchor. Maybe they are two way hatches?

The hatches open backwards? Not gonna get much airflow at anchor

Nick, when sheets are run hidden below the deck, is there any portion of the sheet that cannot be visually inspected when furling or unfurling? Thanks, Webhead USA

Speaking about liking ventilation; the hatches are pretty much all oriented wrong and won’t scoop in air at anchor.

Great review ! Would it be fair to ask you to review Curiosity 2 for us and compare it to Ruby Rose 2 ? It would be great fun !! Stay Safe & Fair Winds !!

I get very different numbers converting from meters to feet for your draft.

I felt cheated by the Title. I expected more of a review.... than just a dockside walkthrough and opinions. I was expecting some sailing and perhaps a night at anchor at least. I value your perspectives but this fell flat for me.

Back to the build pretty soon?

I bet she’s pretty speedy.

There was some mention at one time of possibly reviewing older boats. That sounds fantastic but please don't make it country specific.

We love Hanses. Never knew you owned a Hanse 320.

I am a peon who uses pounds rather than tons to describe my displacement 2:48

Find it an odd choice for a review. A typical “modern” boat coming from a marketing team. Plastic shell with no soul, no sefearers tradition.. Ikea on water. The only reason for spending 250k as an owner on this is a complete lack of experience. In anytnhing above 30 knots and moderate swell I would not feel comfortable or safe with her at all. And these conditions are very common here in the Med. Not to mention in 15 years she will loose most of her value. Great boat for a charter business yes and lets be honest this is Hanses main market focus. I really liked your critical reviews of HR, Swan, Oyster..which have more wood in a compression post than Hanses full interior btw. Expected similar level and not just “there is good ventilation, all leading lines are covered which I really like”. A little disapointed..

Nice Ride....BUT its Not the Style I like....I Need room for Scuba...I DO like the Swim Deck Though

One would have to have a separate stool to sit and use the Nav station and that stool would block the isle way. Not ideal. Otherwise the boat is beautiful. For me I think the 40-41 foor boat is just a little small.

She wouldn’t live in this? She’s too high maintenance my friend. 😂

very fragile boats