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Amel 54

Sailboat specifications

The Amel 54 is a 53’10” (16.4m) cruising sailboat designed by Amel Design Office (France). She was built between 2005 and 2010 by Amel (France).

Amel 54's main features

Model
Amel 54
Hull type
Monohull
Category
Offshore cruising sailboat
Sailboat builder
Sailboat designer
Country
France
Construction
GRP (glass reinforced polyester):
- Hull: Single skin fiberglass polyester
- Deck: Sandwich balsa fiberglass polyester
First built hull
2005
Last built hull
2010
Appendages
Keel : L-shaped keel (with bulb)
Helm
Single helm wheel
Rudder
Single rudder on skeg
Unsinkable
No
Trailerable
No
EC design category
 iThe CE design category indicates the ability to cope with certain weather conditions (the sailboat is designed for these conditions)

A: Wind < force 9, Waves < 10m
B: Wind < force 8, Waves < 8m
C: Wind < force 6, Waves < 4m
D: Wind < force 4, Waves < 0,5m
A
Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
About 
690 000
 (2006)

Amel 54's main dimensions

Overall length
56’ 5”17.2 m
Hull length
53’ 10”16.4 m
Waterline length
45’ 1”13.75 m
Beam (width)
15’ 8”4.8 m
Draft
6’ 11”2.1 m
Light displacement (MLC)
38581 lb17500 kg
Ballast weight
11244 lb5100 kg

Amel 54's rig and sails

Upwind sail area
1507 ft²140 m²
Rigging type
Ketch Marconi (in-mast furling mainsail) masthead
Mast configuration
Deck stepped mast
Rotating spars
No
Number of levels of spreaders
2
Spreaders angle
Swept-back
Spars construction
Aluminum spars
Standing rigging
1x19 strand wire

Amel 54's performances

Upwind sail area to displacement
 iThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds.

The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size.

Upwind: under 18 the ratio indicates a cruise oriented sailboat with limited performances especially in light wind, while over 25 it indicates a fast sailboat.
224 ft²/T20.77 m²/T
Displacement-length ratio (DLR)
 iThe Displacement Length Ratio (DLR) is a figure that points out the boat's weight compared to its waterline length. The DLR is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement in tons by the cube of one one-hundredth of the waterline length (in feet).
The DLR can be used to compare the relative mass of different sailboats no matter what their length:

a DLR less than 180 is indicative of a really light sailboat (race boat made for planning), while a DLR greater than 300 is indicative of a heavy cruising sailboat.
191
Ballast ratio
 iThe Ballast ratio is an indicator of stability; it is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement by the mass of the ballast. Since the stability depends also of the hull shapes and the position of the center of gravity, only the boats with similar ballast arrangements and hull shapes should be compared.

The higher the ballast ratio is, the greater is the stability.
29 %
Critical hull speed
 iAs a ship moves in the water, it creates standing waves that oppose its movement. This effect increases dramatically the resistance when the boat reaches a speed-length ratio (speed-length ratio is the ratio between the speed in knots and the square root of the waterline length in feet) of about 1.2 (corresponding to a Froude Number of 0.35) . This very sharp rise in resistance, between speed-length ratio of 1.2 to 1.5, is insurmountable for heavy sailboats and so becomes an apparent barrier. This leads to the concept of "hull speed".
The hull speed is obtained by multiplying the square root of the waterline length (in feet) by 1.34.
9.00 knots

Amel 54's auxiliary engine

Engine(s)
1 inboard engine
Engine(s) power
110 HP
Fuel type
Diesel
Fuel tank capacity
237.8 gal900 liters

Amel 54's accommodations and layout

Cockpit
Center cockpit
Cabin(s) (min./max.)
2 / 3
Berth(s)
7
Head(s)
2
Freshwater tank capacity
237.8 gal900 liters
Maximum headroom
7’ 5”2.25 m

Amel 54's fore cabin

Berth width
4’ 7”1.4 m

Amel 54's aft cabin

Berth length
6’ 7”2 m
Berth width
5’ 2”1.6 m
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