SUMMARY
There is nothing quite like the Hanses. The company defined its market early in its career and hasn't deviated. I found little to fault with this 350. In size the cabins are what you would expect on a 35-footer but the all-important entertaining area—the saloon—is huge. And the beam aft gives cockpit space.
She is affordable and easy for small crews to handle. The golden rule is that the smaller the boat the more responsive it is to sail.
She doesn't have a huge sail area but she is so responsive to handle that it doesn't matter. A great illustration is watching Peter, while under sail on a very light day, repeatedly spin the boat in its own length and point it in any direction without touching a line while the sails take care of themselves.
The sheer ease of sailing this boat will win over non-believers, including powerboat people who think that sailing is an unnecessarily complex black art. It ain't necessarily so.



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