German built yacht, Vega?

[MASH]

I recently saw a German built yacht of about 26' said by her owner (who spoke virtually no English) that it was 30 yrs old and called a Vega. This was NOT an Albin Vega. Had side decks canted downwards and smoothly faired into the fairly high cabin top, quite distinctive. Anyone know what it was cos I can't find it with my search engine?

 

[Danny]

Might be worth searching for wega instead. Germans pronounce W as V so maybe that caused confusion?

 

[stevebirch2002]

Photo?

 

[Matrosen]

The German spelling of the word Vega would be Wege. An E at the end of a German word is pronounced as an "ah"

 

[Vara]

Vega referring to the star is the same spelling in both English and German.

I have dim recollections of a Vega on the Havel (Berlin) in 1972, but I remember it as an open day sailor which doesn't push the search on much further.

 

[srp]

Vega
Mfr: Szczecinska Stocznia Jachtowa
Designer: R Langer and K Michalski
Construction: Wood

loa 38.25', lwl 26.5', beam 9.5', draft 6', Mercedes 40hp diesel, mahogany on oak, 6-7 berths, introduced in 1965
The line drawing in the Daytons guide to Yachts of Yesteryear shows a hull shape fairly similar to the SCOD, but nothing like the shape you describe. No entries under Wega, Wege etc I'm afraid.

 

[Matrosen]

In that case the word Vega will be Greek or Latin.
The German word 'Weg' means 'Way' so 'Wege' means 'Ways'.