Experience report SR30 YACHTLINE Bodensee and Zernsee

The main priority at the time was to start your own company, both in terms of fun and finance. Together we got our sports boat license (on land since 1980) in August 2016. We found what we wanted at the Friedrichshafen Fair and in September we signed the contract in Kürnach for the purchase of an SR30 YACHTLINE with Volvo Penta D3-220 DPS.

The time until the handover on time in May was endless.

Messrs. Küffner and Florian Öchsner (in Main), the trailer arrived home after 300km without any problems.

The first watering took place at the Kirschke marina in Alsleben (Saale).

Our first grand tour with an overnight stay on the SR30 YACHTLINE was from Saale through 3 locks on the Elbe (no problems) to Schönebeck.

Due to the low water and little driving experience on the Elbe, after a happy return, we replaced the slightly chipped screw with a new one thanks to Mr. Küffner.

The first helmsman, grandson Moritz, was very happy to take over the helm.

We started our 8-day annual vacation in mid-July at Langenargen on Lake Constance, which – to say in advance – is a great boating area. After spending the night on the boat in the parking area, the next day was watering and boat acceptance – Lake Constance confirmation.

This was followed by a swim in the crystal clear Lake Constance and a short trip to Lindau.

2 nights with 4 adults, 2 children and a boat dog went smoothly, also due to the camping cover. After checking in the 4 family members, we proceeded on the starboard side of Europe’s third largest inland waterway. Starting in Constance, then after the Swiss Romanshorn and the Austrian Hard, we anchored in Lindau for an overnight stay and free, cheap beds.

In the following days we sailed back to Langenargen, which was made ready for travel after the SR30 YACHTLINE was lifted. We enjoyed ourselves at our favorite Italian restaurant in the marina and reviewed the week.

Good weather, friendly harbor masters, new perspectives from the ship, reliable, extremely economical and – if you want – fast boat, good food and drink. After about 8 hours and about 600 km, one of our most beautiful vacations in the last decades ended the next day.

At the beginning of August we moved our boat to Marina Ringel in Töplitz on the great Zernsee. This is also a very nice area with travel options to almost all of Germany and Europe. Here we made several trips with the SR30 YACHTLINE to Potsdam and the surrounding area.

Summary: With the SR30 YACHTLINE the Öchsner company offers a very well thought out, easy to handle, economical and towable boat. It has a reasonable space, many practical solutions like “Chill and Go” and is so economical that it sometimes hurts (diesel consumption = weight). As beginners, we got on very well in our first boating season and would like to thank all the staff at Öchsner. We are already looking forward to the start of the new boating season.

Petra and Udo W.