Unlike anything else | Bente 28 yacht tour | Yachting Monthly

[@morzee94]

It's so refreshing to see a modern, innovative small yacht for a reasonable price. I'm really impressed!

[@colbr6733]

Very, very interesting yacht with features not found on most other 28 footers and at an approachable price. I was looking at some Dutch yachts but they are considerably heavier and much more expensive. This looks like it could be lots of fun for the two of us,

[@deancleavesmith]

Nice boat, amazing with smart design the space you get in 28ft boat.

[@davidrockefeller2007]

This might be my favourite boat in this size. Whoever designed this should be very proud.

[@Jolie_sailor]

Cool boat. Great review. Lots of good design elements. The stanchion support pegs have stubbed toes written all over them. Lol. But regardless, very cool.

[@Tomm9y]

I presume the stanchions, pulpits and pushpits are aluminium anodised black. I prefer stanless as anodising, particularly black, doesn't age well.

[@wysiwyg2006]

BEAUTIFUL boat, but theres more room on my 1988 Jeanneau Sundream 28, engine access looks terrible on the Bente 28 too.

[@Tomm9y]

I like the cabin spray extension, but there's a massive gap at the sides between it and cabin top, well it looked open not glazed by perspex. This should be closed off with the contol lines fed though ferrules.

[@ianscott3180]

I like the idea of yachts at Porsche prices. Not for me though, as an old retired codger, I sail older used and much bigger boat for similar money. What I do like that is yachts like these will become very affordable when they are a few years old. It is a good way for first time owners to aquire a boat. We all did it, I started in my twenties with a Contessa 26. A very wet, cramped, slow and small yacht. I have fonder memories of her than any other yacht that I have owned😀.

[@seajet1000]

An induction hob on a sailing boat only works on Lake Constance or when it is calm.

[@janhamer7933]

how will it do in a sunny place like SA? I think it might be an oven?

[@juancruzleoni7612]

Would you be able to take this offshore for long voyages if you modified the stove or is the boat as a whole not made for it?

[@marianoschaller9066]

Ok. 25 knts of wind. Boat is heelled. You take a seat on the lee side, more confortable....and you get a stram of water running through that gap netween the cabin and the arch.... that will wake you up!! You were supose to be on wacth!!!

[@TheFlyingPlectrum]

It's a daysailer. Hence all the "I guess if you were cruising you could.....".

[@gosnelljames]

You'd have to add some reinforcement to the bow if you wanted a decent anchor to overnight, right?

[@timnz009]

didn't mention that curve from the keel back to the transom of the hull, its not going to be a super fast planing boat... you can see from the video with the asymmetric spinnaker up, it doesn't get up on the plane at all..

[@SpecializedPhotos]

Well @ 3,000 kg is gonna take some oomph to get her on plane. The 27SSC I crew on is half the weight, we can get on plane in right conditions at 14 knots

[@shinybaldy]

German daysailer with German landlubber interior design. A near 30ft boat that somehow doesn’t have a gimbaled stove, a massive greenhouse because lake sailors apparently can’t stand to be in fair lake sailing conditions - but costs almost as much as a Pogo 30. It’s like trying to compete against the Dehler 30 OD but somehow worse & from a yard that has gone bankrupted once already.

[@lolosharko]

Are you a journalist or a sales rep? I'm surprised that you do not question the design choices or ask the actual builder's rep for more information.

[@Jj-ff9vq]

I can see plenty of sore heads happening on that coach roof extension

[@motoboy6666]

Would like to see an electric motor there. Otherwise really nice

[@robertharris7027]

The dodger is almost useless, when you can't stay dry under it. Having a glass roof means having direct sun in the salon. Imagine this on a nice afternoon...sauna!! No closed cabins at all. And then the price. The Bente 24 was planned as an affordable little fast cruiser/racer. And now see where we have come. The 28 is just an expensive boat. And, sorry to say, it even doesn't look nice.

[@otm646]

Have you spent much time under a hard dodger? It's about keeping the direct spray and green water off of you, not staying bone dry. In reality that dodger is not a dodger, it's an extension of the coach roof to give you the headroom you were looking for below.

[@rogwen]

Did you miss the head? Or maybe I did.

[@thomasstorrs6345]

Head?

[@onemanfran]

It's on the right as you go down

[@PaulAnthonyDuttonUk]

Don’t see how you get forwards safely. The canopy seems silly if you can’t sit under it. Think a few heads are gonna get thumped at the most forward seating point just before the front berth. Where do sails get stowed? All on deck I guess.. Personally I think the saloon roof(though a design signature) is compromising Bente boats. Substance is important too and to this end the roof although looking cool is a limiting factor. Don’t like it. Art for art sake!

[@mytube001]

I'd say the open (or rather, missing) transom would disqualify it from being a good family cruiser... Adding a proper transom would add perhaps 20 kg of fiberglass and resin. Stupid place to save weight and material.

[@philippevolo8327]

Beaucoup trop cher