Experience report 20 -Yachtline- Lake Constance with dogs

For years we have been regularly visiting the Interboot in Friedrichshafen. Here the Öchsner boats repeatedly attracted our attention. One time we took a closer look at different models. What was outstanding for us was the attractive design, good, clean workmanship and a good price/performance ratio.

After years of renting boats and repeatedly having difficulties finding boat rental companies where dogs were allowed on board, our boat purchase materialized at the end of 2017. At the beginning of February we had an appointment in Kürnach where the purchase contract for 20 Yachtline was signed.

On April 18th, the day of the boat pick-up in Kürnach had arrived.

After Mr. Küffner’s detailed instruction on the boat, Mr. Florian Öchsner went to the nearby Main, where our boat had slipped, and we completed the instruction trip. Here it had already been shown that the lightweight 20 -Yachtline with the 60HP Honda engine was by no means underpowered. After the boat returned to the trailer, we returned home.

At the beginning of May, the boat was accepted in Sipplingen on Lake Constance. The first landing went very well thanks to the very friendly support of the harbor employee. The boat inspection was given by the inspector and our adventure began.

5 days later we spent our first vacation on our boat on Lake Constance, where our first conversion measures already proved to be very useful, we removed the second single seat and installed a table top instead, which gave us more space in the cockpit (especially for the dogs). As we often spend several days on the boat, a good camper cover was important to us. This is very easy to install and the workmanship is good.

Of course, with the summer of 2018, we had a great start to our first boating season with our own boat, so that we could enjoy wonderful vacation days on Lake Constance.

The layout of the 20 -Yachtline is very suitable for the two of us and our two dogs. There is also plenty of well thought-out storage space. The boat lies calmly in the water and thanks to the hull structure it takes off very quickly even with a 60 HP engine. With 2 people it is no problem to exceed the speed limit of Lake Constance for a short time.

Since we transported the boat all the time, the trailer played an important role, it stood very quietly on the road and the option with twisted cross links stood well. Getting in and out is quite possible, we regularly used the existing harbor crane for the launch.

Last summer we had nice vacations on Lake Constance, where we stayed on the boat completely for several days and also used the boat for day trips.

We are already looking forward to the next season.

Many greetings SH and AR