Amel 50.2

Design

Designer

Berret-Racoupeau Yacht Design

Naval architect

Cabinet Berret-Racoupeau Yacht Design

Summary

Best Suited For

• Liveaboard

  From the published figures: LOA 16.7 m · 3 cabins · fresh water 600 L

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.

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.

Dimensions

LOA

54.8 ft (16.7 m)

Hull length

51.8 ft (15.79 m)

LWL

48.9 ft (14.9 m)

Beam

16.4 ft (4.99 m)

Draft (min)

7.2 ft (2.2 m)

Draft (max)

—

Air draft

83 ft (25.3 m)

Displacement

48,325 lb (21,920 kg)

Ballast

13,669 lb (6,200 kg)

Cabins

3

Heads

—

Berths

—

Sail Plan

Main sail

764 ft² (71 m²)

Jib

291 ft² (27 m²)

Genoa

689 ft² (64 m²)

Sail area

—

Downwind sail area

—

Rig type

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

150 hp

Engine count

1

Engine manufacturer

—

Propulsion type

—

Fuel capacity

177 gal (670 L)

Fresh water capacity

159 gal (600 L)

Black water capacity

—

Construction

Mast material

—

Hull material

—

Deck material

—

Keel type

—

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Maximum displacement (average)

26550 kg

Staysail (option)

27 m2

Width at waterline

4.19 m

Solar panels

570 W / 24 V

Brochure

Films of this model from the builder's official YouTube channel (Amel Yachts). They are the builder's own; the figures above are the reference.

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  AMEL 50.2 | Launch

  Amel Yachts · 7/23/2026

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  AMEL 50.2 | YOUR FINEST CHAPTER

  Amel Yachts · 6/1/2026

Videos whose title names the Amel 50.2, from the channel the builder's site links; last checked 9/30/2026. Playing one loads YouTube's player, which may set cookies.

About Amel

Premium production

French builder of blue-water cruising monohulls, based in Périgny (La Rochelle) since the shipyard's founding in 1964.

Henri Amel, born Henri Tonet in 1913, sailed from his youth, began building boats in his Paris coachwork company and continued in Lyon after the war, and though wounded in one eye and later blind for many years never gave up his dream of robust, comfortable, easy-to-handle sailing boats. The Amel yard began in La Rochelle in 1964 when he took over ARPIN in the Ville-en-Bois district; after fire destroyed the workshops on 3 February 1968 he built a new yard at Périgny, inaugurated in January 1969, where every Amel has been built since. In 1973 he was one of the four La Rochelle builders who created the Grand Pavois boat show, the company became Chantiers Amel S.A. in 1978, the Maramu, Sharki and Mango followed, the first Amel furling systems appeared in 1983 and the retractable bow thruster in 1985, and the Super Maramu of 1988 led to the Super Maramu 2000, Cruising World's Boat of the Year in 2000. Henri Amel died on 12 April 2005, and from then every yacht has carried the name Amel -- the 54, the 64 and 55, the Amel 50 of 2017, European Yacht of the Year 2018, and the Amel 60 of 2019.

The Amel Range

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

1. Amel 6062.3 ft
2. Amel 50.2· this model54.8 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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