Here you have some pictures of the new 505.. nobody have seen it yet.. dealers only so this is a "world premiere" for "MyHanse" :)

I got plenty more pictures.. but a bit akward to upload here on the forum... and the limit of the image size is set a bit low..... let me know if there is anything special you want to see and I'll upload it. I had a good look at it inside/out and compared it to the 575.

Super boat!

 

This 505 is moored at the wharf which Hanse use in Greifswald. The red coloured building in the back ground of the last photo is Wendel & Rados. The 505 looks great. I like the flower box on the bow. I didn't seee this option of the pricelist of the 575.

 

The most obvious differnce with the 575 is there is no tender garage or the larger cockpit with twin tables etc. The below decks area of the 505 looks very good. The port side space which can be delivered as a twin bunk cabin, or a 3rd ensuite, or storage space or even as an office space should be winner with a lot of buyers. I notice this same space can now be configured as a storage space on the 575 as well. I am not sure of the starting price difference - does anyone know the starting price of the 505?  

 

It looks like the 505 should be another winner for Hanse.  

Yes, it's as you say.. main  difference is garage and larger cockpit.

Hi All

I'm new to the forum, been following for a little while, I just paid my deposit on a new 505 before the early bird discount ran out, I've seen a few phone photos from the Dealer Conference, but would really love to see some more, as many as you have the better, it will just get me all the more excited, if that's possible :)

cheers

Peter

PS Happy for you to email them to me if too hard to post here. 

 

Congrats on the 505 on order and welcome to the forum. It is good to see another Hanse coming downunder. Are you having a delivery in Oz or picking it up in Europe? Are you intending to take her cruising?  

Thanks, being delivered in Sydney in Feb/March, will keep it here & cruise/club race locally, I have children still at school so we will enjoy it with the family. Hoping to get the family involved as they have not been sailors before. 

Frankly I haven't sailed much for a long time, I crewed on a 2 tonner for 6 years back in the 80's,  a lot of ocean races & campaigning. This is my first owned yacht.

When do you take delivery of your 575?

You obviously saw the 505 in person, there is a new 575 just delivered in Sydney and was shown at the Sydney Boat Show, it really is beautiful, is the fit out below as good on the 505 as the 575?

Peter

 

The 505 will be a good size for your first owned yacht. We visited the Hanse yard back in early June and at that stage there was a lot of discussion about the 505 but we weren't shown one. I guess they didn't want us to change boats at that late stage in the sales process. We had the opportunity to see twenty 575's in various stages of construction which was good. There are still things we want to look at in closer detail so we are going to take a quick 3 day trip to Sydney to see the 575 probably in mid Oct. We couldn't get to the Sydney boat show as we were on charter up around Lizard Island over that period.

 

We did see a 495 at a QLD boat show a few years ago which did not appeal to us but the 505 now has features which would appeal. I am sure your family will love the 505 and maybe you can encourage them to do some longer range cruising. Each year around this time there is a sailing rally which leaves from our marina and spends about 5 weeks up in the Louisiades (Papua New Guinea) which is a really interesting area only about 600nm from Cairns. Well worth a visit for families new to cruising.  

 

We pick our 575 up at the factory in mid June next year and our plan is to take about 10 years to sail her back to Oz. 

 

I am sure a lot of forum members woud like to hear what you have specified on your 505!

Wayne our 505 options:

 

You have chosen a fairly large option list - no mention of air cond or generator?

 

We had looked at the in mast furling option in detail and after a lot of input from the forum putting forward cases both pro and cons we decided IMF was not for us mainly because (i) we are going to spend a lot of time cruising to more remote areas and felt the simplier slab reefing setup would be easier to maintain and potentially less problematic and (ii) the use of IMF was not as easy and simple as we had originally thought it would be. Having said this most if not all owners who have IMF were happy with their choice. A lot of the larger vessels we saw at the Hanse yard were fitted with IMF. I notice the 2014 model 575 now lists two options for IMF with the new option being an electric "push button" unit with a fairly large price attached. If you haven't read the forum item about IMF have a look in the 575 posts as it is informative reading. Andy I suggest you have a look at the IMF thread as well.   

 

 Andy you must be going to do a lot of cruising even if you only are sailing back to Oz over 12 months. What are you plans for your trip from the yard?