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Design

Designer
Nauta Design
Naval architect
Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design

Summary

78.7 ftLOA11.5 ftDRAFT20.3 ftBEAM
Sailing MonohullSail
Length overall
78.7 ft
Beam
20.3 ft
Draft
11.5 ft
Air draft
—
Displacement
91,492 lb

* A standard reference image, not the actual boat — shown to help visualise this model's published dimensions.

Sailing Ratios

Classic yacht-design ratios worked out from the builder's published figures, each shown against the bands designers read it by.

Sail area / displacement

How much sail the boat carries for its weight — its power in light air.

ModestCruiserPerformanceRacing162024
  • not published: sail area
How it is worked out

sail area (ft²) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅔

Displacement / length

How heavy the boat is for its waterline length. Lower is lighter and quicker; higher is steadier and roomier.

UltralightLightModerateHeavyVery heavy100180270350A80: 115
  • 115· Light
How it is worked out

displacement (long tons) ÷ (0.01 × waterline length in ft)³

Ballast ratio

The share of the weight carried in the keel — a rough guide to stiffness, though how deep that weight sits matters as much.

LowModerateHigh3040
  • not published: ballast
How it is worked out

ballast ÷ displacement × 100

Comfort ratio

Ted Brewer's measure of how gently a boat moves in a seaway. Higher means a slower, easier motion.

LightCoastalModerate offshoreHeavy offshoreVery heavy20304050A80: 34.7
  • 34.7· Moderate offshore
How it is worked out

displacement (lb) ÷ (0.65 × (0.7 × LWL + 0.3 × LOA) × beam^1.333), lengths in ft

Capsize screening

A guide from the inquiry after the 1979 Fastnet race: below 2 was taken as suited to ocean passages. It ignores hull shape and where the ballast sits.

Below 22 and above2A80: 1.81
  • 1.81· Below 2
How it is worked out

beam (ft) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅓

Hull speed

Roughly the speed a displacement hull reaches before it has to climb its own bow wave.

  • 11.3 kn
How it is worked out

1.34 × √(waterline length in ft), in knots

Most builders publish a light displacement. The ratios were defined on a loaded boat, so every boat here reads a little lighter than a surveyor's figure would — all alike, which keeps them comparable.

Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Fuel and water on one scale: a tank twice the height holds twice as much.

  • Fuel528 gal
    Water343 gal

Dimensions

LOA
78.7 ft (23.98 m)
Hull length
—
LWL
70.9 ft (21.6 m)
Beam
20.3 ft (6.2 m)
Draft (min)
11.5 ft (3.5 m)
Draft (max)
—
Air draft
—
Displacement
91,492 lb (41,500 kg)
Ballast
—
Cabins
—
Heads
—
Berths
—

Sail Plan

Main sail
—
Jib
—
Genoa
—
Sail area
—
Downwind sail area
—
Rig type
—

Engine and Tanks

Engine
230 hp (Yanmar)
Engine count
1
Engine manufacturer
Yanmar
Propulsion type
—
Fuel capacity
528 gal (2,000 L)
Fresh water capacity
343 gal (1,300 L)
Black water capacity
—

Construction

Mast material
—
Hull material
vacuum-infused epoxy sandwich, fibreglass with carbon reinforcements
Deck material
—
Keel type
—
Rudder type
—
Steering wheels
—

Builder's Own Figures

Ballast
approx. 13.310 kg (fixed keel)
Construction
vacuum-infused epoxy sandwich with fibreglass and carbon reinforcements; full carbon optional (builder's page)
Engine
YANMAR 4LV KMH 230 HP @ 3800 RPM
Draft
fixed keel 3.50 m
Service batteries
1200Ah 24V (12 x 12V, 200 Ah)
Generator
Onan 17.5 kW QD MDKBN 50 Hz
Watermaker
1 x Shenker Modular circa 150 l/h, 220V
Engine power basis
per engine as printed
Displacement basis
light displacement (41.500 kg)

Figures read fromadvancedyachts.com/yachts/a80/a80-apsaras/· Technical Specificationsread 10/17/2026

Layouts & Drawings

1 drawing from the builder's page: general arrangement, sail plan, profile.

About Advanced Yachts

Semi-custom

Milan-based Italian sailing-yacht atelier building a few semi-custom performance cruisers a year — the 18.6-metre A62, the 20.5-metre A66 and the 24-metre A80, the latter two drawn by Reichel/Pugh with design by Nauta Design, and the 22-metre AC72 catamaran whose first hull is in build.

Advanced Yachts presents itself as a company of sailors who have been sailing for more than forty years and as a true sailing-yacht atelier: limited production, each yacht made to measure for its future owner, every one built in Italy by artisans and small specialist firms, from shipbuilding and carpentry to teak decks, lighting, engineering and fabrics. Its boat pages tell the story of the range. The first A66, One Shot, was built for an experienced owner who spends long periods aboard and has since sailed the Mediterranean and the Atlantic; the second, Botta Dritta, for a racing owner who wanted both long Mediterranean cruises and competitive regattas. The first A80, Apsaras, was built for a Hong Kong owner who had fallen for the A66 but wanted a larger boat; presented at the Monaco Yacht Show, she won the cruising category of the ARC, spent a season in the Caribbean and set off round the world by way of South Africa, Madagascar, the Philippines and Australia, racing the Sydney–Hobart on the way. Jikan, the second A80, was built for an English owner with a furling boom and self-tacking jib for short-handed sailing, and Mindfulness, the third, combines the two with a shoal-draft keel and is offered for charter. Salt, developed after the first A80s, became the first A66s. In 2025 the yard announced the AC72 catamaran, its first boat entering construction, and moved to the advancedyachts.com address.

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The Advanced Yachts Range

Every model Advanced Yachts publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

  1. A80· this model78.7 ft
  2. AC7272.2 ft
  3. A6667.1 ft
  4. A6261 ft

By the Same Designers

Boats this boat's designers also drew, for other builders too. Credits are grouped only where the names clearly agree, however each builder spelled them; an unclear one is left out.

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