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Thomas Bergner: north German builder of dinghies and dinghy cruisers. NAMMERT insures a Thomas Bergner regardless of year built or where you bought it, liability, hull, legal expenses and personal accident cover from one house, taken out online in five minutes.

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At a glance

Origin

several countries

Class

sailing boats and sailing yachts

Typical sizes

3,8 to 8,5 m

Premium from

from €39 a year for liability

Worth knowing

Thomas Bergner; cover, cost and conditions

Thomas Bergner Bootsbau is a boatyard in Trappenkamp, Schleswig-Holstein, that combines carbon fibre with wood. It builds dinghy cruisers, H dinghies and DN ice yachts, plus a small series of 30 square metre dinghy cruisers. New Pirat dinghies come out of the shop as well, the youth class Carl Martens designed in 1938 for a competition run by the magazine Yacht. The O-Jolle in the range goes back to the one-design that Hellmut Stauch drew for the 1936 Olympic Games. What marks a Bergner boat is the pairing of classic German dinghy classes with wood and carbon, built in a small workshop rather than in large series.

Our model records list nine designs: eight dinghies and small sailing boats and one sailing yacht, the JK 28 Jollenkreuzer at 8.5 metres. Build years run from 1976 to the present, and eight lines reach into the most recent years. Only the glassfibre H-Jolle ends in 2004; the Bergner H-Jolle, the 15 square metre touring dinghy at 6.2 metres, runs alongside it from 1997. The Seggerling at 4.7 metres arrived in 2003, the O-Jolle at 5 metres in 2005, and the Pirat, the Solo-Dinghy and the Jollenkreuzer 20qm at 7.75 metres in 2010. The JK 28 followed in 2012 and the KK28 Kielkreuzer in 2017. The Solo-Dinghy is the smallest at 3.78 metres, the JK 28 and KK28 the largest at 8.5 metres each. Four designs measure five metres or less.

Wood and carbon reward an owner who keeps an eye on them. On a used Bergner, look at the varnish and the edges where water can creep into the wood, at the joints between wooden and carbon parts, and at the centreboard case, which takes the loads of every tack. Dinghies spend a lot of time on trailers and launching trolleys, so check the hull where it rests on the supports. Foils, mast and boom in carbon are light but dislike point loads and careless storage. Several of these classes race actively, so the condition of the sails and the measurement certificate matter when buying.

Questions and answers

Frequent questions

Which is the smallest Bergner boat?

For Thomas Bergner: The Bergner Solo-Dinghy at 3.78 metres,

listed from 2010 into the most recent build years.

Next come the Seggerling at 4.7 metres and the O-Jolle and Pirat at 5 metres each.

What separates the JK 28 from the KK28?

For Thomas Bergner: Both measure 8.5 metres.

Our records list the JK 28 as a dinghy cruiser from 2012 and the KK28 as a keel cruiser from 2017.

The cover that fits

For Thomas Bergner: What matters for sailing boats and sailing yachts is the same across every

brand; engine output, how a claim is settled, cruising range and theft protection.

The class page lists every point and every brand in this class, Thomas Bergner included.

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Nautical information What counts before you cast off, papers, equipment, waters

Licence

Under sail no licence is needed; with an auxiliary engine from 15 hp one is.

Registration

Official number or boat certificate; a flag document for trips abroad.

Waters

Inland lakes, the Baltic and the North Sea; tide, current and shoals belong in the passage plan.

Equipment

Lifejackets, harness and jackstays, lifebuoy, distress signals, reefing system.

Cruising range

Certificate of insurance for foreign harbours; check that racing is covered.

Weather

Reef in time: first reef from Beaufort 5, second from 6, watch the gust forecast.

General guidance, not a complete account;

what governs are the rules of the waters you are on and the manual of your Thomas Bergner.

Current wind force and direction for your waters are shown on the Home.

Series by Thomas Bergner, build years and cover

Bergner H - dinghy (15m² Wanderjolle)

Bergner H - dinghy (15m² Wanderjolle) is a sailing boat from Thomas Bergner, built since 1997.

Bergner JK 28 dinghy cruiser

Bergner JK 28 dinghy cruiser is a sailing yacht from Thomas Bergner, built since 2012.

Bergner dinghy cruiser 20qm

Bergner dinghy cruiser 20qm is a sailing boat from Thomas Bergner, built since 2010.

Bergner KK28 Kielkreuzer

Bergner KK28 Kielkreuzer is a sailing boat from Thomas Bergner, built since 2017.

Bergner O-dinghy

Bergner O-dinghy is a sailing boat from Thomas Bergner, built since 2005.

Bergner Pirat

Bergner Pirat is a sailing boat from Thomas Bergner, built since 2010.

Bergner Seggerling

Bergner Seggerling is a sailing boat from Thomas Bergner, built since 2003.

Bergner Solo-Dinghy

Bergner Solo-Dinghy is a sailing boat from Thomas Bergner, built since 2010.

H-dinghy (GFK)

H-dinghy (GFK) is a sailing boat from Thomas Bergner, built from 1976 to 2004.

What this means for the cover

As the Bergner H - dinghy (15m² Wanderjolle), Bergner JK 28 dinghy cruiser,

Bergner dinghy cruiser 20qm by Thomas Bergner and 5 more series are still in production,

parts are available and repair costs are predictable.

Even so, value it at replacement cost including retrofitted electronics, not at list price.

For the H-dinghy (GFK) by Thomas Bergner series the market value and the replacement cost often

differ widely.

An agreed value removes the age-based scale, and the figure in the policy stands.

For the Bergner H - dinghy (15m² Wanderjolle), Bergner dinghy cruiser 20qm,

Bergner KK28 Kielkreuzer by Thomas Bergner and further series:

On boats this size the condition of rig and fittings decides.

A dismasting is covered, worn terminals after years are not.

For the Bergner JK 28 dinghy cruiser by Thomas Bergner series:

On sailing yachts the rig and the underwater hull are the expensive parts:

a dismasting quickly costs a quarter of the boat,

and osmosis counts as wear and is covered by no hull policy.

All series at a glance

The Thomas Bergner range in figures

These figures come from the model records we keep for Thomas Bergner: boat type,

build years and length, nothing estimated.

sailing boat: 8 models, since 1976, 3.8 to 8.5 m
sailing yacht: 1 model, since 2012, 8.5 m

Which model was built when?

Sailing boat Motorboat RIBEach bar is one Thomas Bergner model, running from its first to its last year of build. The colour shows the type of boat.

What does a used Thomas Bergner cost?

We hold today’s price ranges by year for 3 models by Thomas Bergner.

The table shows what boats in average condition are worth,

from the oldest to the youngest year on record.

Choose your exact model, year and condition in the calculator.

Model	Years built	Range today
Bergner H - Jolle (15m² Wanderjolle)	2022 to 2024	€27,300 to €39,300
Bergner Seggerling	2006	€4,400 to €5,600
H-Jolle (GFK)	1979 to 2001	€3,700 to €9,600