Sail area / displacement
How much sail the boat carries for its weight — its power in light air.
- 23.3· Performance
How it is worked out
sail area (ft²) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅔
mainsail + jib, added up
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f-460-exterior-21-2560x1440-copy — Faurby Yacht A/S
Summary
Sailing MonohullSail
- Length overall
- 48.2 ft
- Beam
- 12.8 ft
- Draft
- 6.9 ft
- Air draft
- —
- Displacement
- 23,149 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.
Displacement / length
How heavy the boat is for its waterline length. Lower is lighter and quicker; higher is steadier and roomier.
- 143· 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.
- 40· High
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.
- 27.3· Coastal
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.
- 1.80· 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.
- 8.6 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.
- Fuel50 galWater79 gal
Dimensions
- LOA
- 48.2 ft (14.7 m)
- Hull length
- —
- LWL
- 41.7 ft (12.7 m)
- Beam
- 12.8 ft (3.9 m)
- Draft (min)
- 6.9 ft (2.1 m)
- Draft (max)
- —
- Air draft
- —
- Displacement
- 23,149 lb (10,500 kg)
- Ballast
- 9,259 lb (4,200 kg)
- Cabins
- —
- Heads
- —
- Berths
- —
Sail Plan
- Main sail
- 667 ft² (62 m²)
- Jib
- 517 ft² (48 m²)
- Genoa
- —
- Sail area
- —
- Downwind sail area
- —
- Rig type
- —
Engine and Tanks
- Engine
- —
- Engine count
- —
- Engine manufacturer
- —
- Propulsion type
- —
- Fuel capacity
- 50 gal (190 L)
- Fresh water capacity
- 79 gal (300 L)
- Black water capacity
- —
Construction
- Mast material
- —
- Hull material
- —
- Deck material
- —
- Keel type
- —
- Rudder type
- —
- Steering wheels
- —
Builder's Own Figures
- Tanks
- fresh water and fuel are 'Approx.' on the page
Figures read fromfaurby.dk/yachts/faurby-460· Specificationsread 9/13/2026
Layouts & Drawings
1 drawing from the builder's page: general arrangement, sail plan, profile.
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About Faurby Yachts
Semi-custom
Danish semi-custom builder of hand-finished cruising yachts in two lines — the Performance Cruiser (335 to 460) and the Deck Saloon (360 DS to 570 DS, evolved from Nordship) — at Lunderskov, Jutland, with roots going back to 1976.
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