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Saffier Yachts SE 28 Leopard daysailer — sleek hull, tall carbon rig, Dutch flag at the stern.

Saffier Yachts SE 28 — Leopard

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THE BOAT

Built to move, configured to be yours

There is a moment, not long after the bow lifts and the first reach opens up, when the Saffier Yachts SE 28 Leopard reveals what it actually is. The cockpit is quiet. The reversed bow cuts clean. Every control is already where your hand reaches for it, and the jib has long since sorted itself out. The boat is simply moving, and you are along for the best part.

This is the Elegance line at its keenest: a daysailer with four proper berths for when the day stretches into evening, and enough configuration depth to match the way its owner actually sails. Tiller or twin wheels, diesel or electric, foredeck opened up or closed down, even the choice between easy self-tacking comfort and a full overlapping jib when the racing instinct kicks in. The SE 28 Leopard is not trying to be everything; it is trying to be exactly right for one particular person, whoever that turns out to be.

The SE 28 Leopard — at a glance
Length overall
9.2m
Beam
2.7m
Upwind sail area
40
Berths
4
Draft
1.7m
Displacement
2200kg
Saffier Yachts SE 28 Leopard sailing dayboat — gallery image 4
01QUICK AND ALIVE

A new hull built to be felt, not explained

The SE 28 Leopard carries a completely new hull: reversed bow, flat underwater sections, a deep spade rudder and 40 square metres of sail against just 2,200 kg. You feel it the moment you bear away onto a reach and the boat accelerates cleanly into the breeze. When the racing instinct takes over, a full overlapping jib and gennaker replace the self-tacking setup without changing anything else about how she handles.

Saffier Yachts SE 28 Leopard sailing on the water — gallery image 16
02YOUR HELM, YOUR RULES

Configured to you, sailed by one

Every sheet and control runs below deck to the helm, so the cockpit becomes the whole boat and the self-tacking jib handles its own business through a tack. Tiller or twin wheels, diesel or electric, the foredeck open or closed: the choice was yours at order time and the boat reflects it. Dedicated helm seats sit port and starboard for sailing hard or loafing at anchor. Configure it once, then forget there is anything to manage.

Saffier Yachts SE 28 Leopard sailing on the water — gallery image 30
03STAY LONGER

When the day refuses to end

Below the SE 28 Leopard's flush, uncluttered deck is a cabin built for exactly this: four proper berths, a galley with fridge, sink and coffee machine, and a heads. It is more than a place to sleep; it is permission to go further, stay out past sunset and wake up somewhere new. The daysailer life rarely has to end at the marina gate.

Full specifications

Every number,
on one page.

Length (without bowsprit)
8.4m
L.O.A. (with bowsprit)
9.2m
Beam
2.7m
Draft shallow keel
1.3m
Draft standard keel
1.7m
Ballast shallow keel
775kg
Ballast standard keel
750kg
Displacement
2200kg
Hull material
Vacuum infused fibreglass
Deck material
Vacuum infused fibreglass
Deck finishing
Esthec
CE-category
C
Design
D. Hennevanger | Kees van de Stadt
Builder
Saffier Yachts B.V.