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Allures 51.9

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Design

Naval architect
Berret-Racoupeau Yacht Design
Interior designer
Berret-Racoupeau Yacht Design

Summary

72.8 ftAIR DRAFT10.7 ftDRAFT15.9 ftBEAM
Sailing MonohullSail
Hull length
51.1 ft
Beam
15.9 ft
Draft
4.4–10.7 ft
Air draft
72.8 ft
Displacement
40,124 lb
Sail area (upwind)
1,206 ft²
Cabins
3
Berths
6

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

Best Suited For

Tags are derived from certified class, length, sail area, accommodation and tankage using the criteria described on the Sources page; an editor may add or remove one.

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.

ModestCruiserPerformanceRacing162024Allures 51.9: 16.5
  • 16.5· Cruiser
How it is worked out

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

published upwind sail area

Displacement / length

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

UltralightLightModerateHeavyVery heavy100180270350
  • not published: waterline length
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.

LowModerateHigh3040Allures 51.9: 32
  • 32· Moderate
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 heavy20304050
  • not published: waterline length
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 above2Allures 51.9: 1.86
  • 1.86· 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.

  • not published: waterline length
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.

  • Fuel193 gal
    Water164 gal

    27 gal of water per berth

Dimensions

LOA
—
Hull length
51.1 ft (15.58 m)
LWL
—
Beam
15.9 ft (4.86 m)
Draft (min)
4.4 ft (1.34 m)
Draft (max)
10.7 ft (3.25 m)
Air draft
72.8 ft (22.2 m)
Displacement
40,124 lb (18,200 kg)
Ballast
13,007 lb (5,900 kg)
Cabins
3
Heads
—
Berths
6

Sail Plan

Main sail
549 ft² (51 m²)
Jib
—
Genoa
—
Sail area
1,206 ft² (112 m²)
Downwind sail area
1,830 ft² (170 m²)
Rig type
—

Engine and Tanks

Engine
115 hp
Engine count
1
Engine manufacturer
—
Propulsion type
—
Fuel capacity
193 gal (730 L)
Fresh water capacity
164 gal (620 L)
Black water capacity
—

Construction

Mast material
Aluminium
Hull material
Aluminium
Deck material
Composite
Keel type
Integral centreboard
Rudder type
—
Steering wheels
—

Builder's Own Figures

Displacement
light
Engine
115 hp / 85 kW

Figures read fromallures.com/en/comparez-nos-modelesread 9/13/2026from the site's comparison table

Layouts & Drawings

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

About Allures Yachting

Semi-custom

French builder of aluminium blue-water cruising sailboats, founded in 2003 and part of the Grand Large Yachting group.

Allures Yachting was founded in 2003 as a French builder of aluminium sailboats for long-distance voyaging, from 40 to 52 feet. Its first generation of models started the story; by 2010 the yard was producing fifteen boats a year, had gained the industrial capacity to build its own hulls, and moved into a new building in Cherbourg where carpentry, equipment, deck and rigging were brought under one roof. The range was renewed in that period -- the 45 replaced the 44, the 52 succeeded the 51 in 2016, and the 40 evolved into the 39.9 -- and in 2017 a third generation began with the 40.9, 45.9 and 51.9, completed in 2021 with the 51.9, the first Allures with an aft cabin and a long cockpit. In 2019 an Allures 44 completed the Northwest Passage while an Allures 45 sailed Patagonia, and in 2025 the Horizon 47 revisited the bluewater cruising sailboat.

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The Allures Yachting Range

Every model Allures Yachting publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

  1. Allures 51.9· this model51.1 ft
  2. Allures 45.948.4 ft
  3. Allures Horizon 4746.8 ft
  4. Allures 40.940.6 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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