RYCK 280

Bill Dixon’s design maximises internal space by dropping the bed low and using the full breadth of the hull

Despite the fact that the Hanse Group’s new Ryck brand only entered the market towards the back end of 2021, there’s a powerful resonance to its debut model. In addition to the long unbroken lines, the tapered forepeak and the wide open deck, the reverse bow and sleek, twin-stepped hull makes it feel like a formula we’ve enjoyed before. In fact, if you think about models from the likes of XO, Axopar, Nimbus and Saxdor, the Ryck 280 is not just an incidental overlap, it is a very deliberate revoicing of a concept that the boating public has embraced with unrelenting relish ever since it first appeared on the scene back in 2014.

SPACE YOU CAN ENJOY

Ryck is named after the Ryck River in northern Germany, which connects Hanse’s HQ both to the Baltic Sea and to the wider markets