About this tender
The Wajer 38 is the Dutch yard's signature mid-size open day-tender and the platform we point owners at when the brief is a fast, dry, owner-driver-friendly day-boat with credible chase capability. At 11.03m on a 3.74m beam she carries up to sixteen guests with a streamlined windscreen forward, a three-person sundeck aft, and a single-level walk-around layout that is unusually safe for families with younger children.
What sets the Wajer 38 apart from the Italian and German competition at this length is the helm geometry. The cockpit puts the driver at the visual centre of the boat without isolating them from passengers; sightlines are clean across all four quadrants, the windshield does its job at chase speeds, and the elegant convertible canvas hood gives shelter for nine in unexpected weather. Wajer have refined this layout across multiple generations and it is genuinely different from the broker-spec equivalents.
Build quality is the other half of the case. Vacuum-infused GRP hull, hand-finished trim, and the kind of ironwork (anchor handling, cleats, hatches) that holds up to a Mediterranean charter season without complaint. We have taken delivery of multiple Wajer 38s and the build philosophy is what brings owners back: every detail engineered, nothing left as a yard-floor compromise.
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The four details we'd point out first to a captain who hasn't seen one on the water yet.
The Wajer 38 puts the helm at the visual centre of the boat with sightlines across all four quadrants. The windscreen and convertible hood shelter up to nine guests in weather; the three-person sundeck aft, the U-shaped cockpit and the forward seating accommodate sixteen on coastal certification. Walk-around side decks are deep enough to use safely underway.
Standard package is twin Volvo Penta D4-260 sterndrive; most chase-spec hulls run twin Volvo IPS 600 or D6-DP IPS 650 for joystick docking and a 45-knot top end. We default to the IPS package for owners who plan to dock the boat themselves; the sterndrive package suits owners with permanent crew.
Sixteen passengers at coastal CE-B certification is the working capacity, and the boat is laid out to use it. Bolster seating at the helm, U-shaped cockpit aft and a forward sun-pad cover the typical guest-shuttle brief. Convertible hood means a sudden change in weather does not end the day.
Hull is vacuum-infused GRP with effective spray rails dynamically integrated into the hull design. The flared bow and integrated rails are the reason the Wajer 38 is genuinely dry at chase speeds; this is the engineering that owners notice when they step aboard. Finish quality is a clear step above the broker-spec competition.
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The full specification
Specifications, prices, availability, and performance figures are supplied for guidance only and remain subject to confirmation by the yard, seller, broker, survey, contract, and final specification.
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Wajer · Heeg, Netherlands
Tell us about your yacht, your programme, and the missions 38 needs to handle. We come back within 48 hours with a written assessment - fit for the brief, lead time, and trade-offs against alternatives in the same band.
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