Experience Report: 29 -Yachtline- Rhein / Main

We spent 3 wonderful years with the Drago 22IB from Öchsner and then ordered a new Yachtline 29 Wide Beam at Interboot. On April 7, then it was time. When we took a look at our new boat we couldn’t hide our amazement: It’s perfect!

The briefing trip with Florian Öchsner showed how easy this boat is to handle on the water. Everything was explained in detail and no question went unanswered. After a short deviation on the scales (well under 3.5 tons, everything is fine) we towed the boat home with the camper van. Once there, we launched the boat at dusk and drove to our port.

The first impressions of others in our harbor for the next few days aroused a great curiosity about how the new boat looks from the outside but above all from the inside and what the workmanship is like. What to say: There was only positive feedback for the room layout, the headroom in the saloon and the workmanship.

In August, we had to take our boat out of the water for a first inspection (50 engine hours). Here, the good briefing by Florian Öchsner during the handover came in handy. The lip throwing worked great and was even better understood a few days later. The drive on the highway to Kürnach and back was also comfortable and smooth.

Our second vacation took us to the Rhine in the direction of Speyer. The slim boat was an advantage here too. So we were able to use the sports boat locks in the Kleinostheim lock and therefore made good progress very quickly and independently of commercial transport. Even on the Rhine, our boat was always safe in the water. Therefore, we traveled comfortably via Frankfurt, Mainz to Speyer and back in 12 days. The detours on the way back to Reffentahl and Eicher See were also remarkable.

Currently at the end of the season we have 98 engine hours per hour and a consumption of about 8 liters per hour, which I think is a respectable figure for a Volvo Penta V6/240DP and a boat of this size. We are already looking forward to next season with our boat, spending relaxing hours.

Many greetings from Main

Markus and Annette