Fixed keel version:
Draft: 6.73′ / 2.05m.
SA= 35.8 sqm / 385.35 sqft
Mast height: 13.75m / 45.12 ft
By 2007, Delphia reported four keel types:
Lifting keel: draft – 0.6m – 1.6m; ballast – 1200kg; disp. – 3900kg
Fin keel: draft – 1.5m; ballast – 1100kg; disp. – 3800kg
Shoal keel: draft – 1.15m; ballast – 1200kg; disp. – 3900kg
Deep fin keel: draft – 1.9m; ballast – 1050kg; disp. – 3750kg
Later upgraded version is the DELPHIA 29.2.
Thanks to Delphia 29 owner Jonathan Pierce for suppling information and the photo.
Upwind sail area: 36.6 m²/398 sq.ft.
Mainsail: 21.3 m²/229 sq.ft.
Genoa on furler: 15.3 m²/165 sq.ft.
Asymmetric spinnaker: 62 m²/667 sq.ft.
Symmetric spinnaker: 51 m²/549 sq.ft.
Also available with a fixed keel.
Perhaps the most popular pocket cruiser in Germany.
Builder 1969-1980: Klepper-Werke, Rosenheim
Builder since ca. 1980: Gruben Bootsbau GmbH
Swing and drop keel versions.
Later became the Southerly 430
A fixed keel version also available.
Draft: 6.33’/1.93m
Later renamed SOUTHERLY 390.
First built by Wegu Germany. (HAPPY SAILING 18?)
