GS 52

Summary

Best Suited For

• Liveaboard

  From the published figures: LOA 17.05 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

55.9 ft (17.05 m)

Hull length

53.1 ft (16.2 m)

LWL

—

Beam

16.9 ft (5.15 m)

Draft (min)

8.2 ft (2.5 m)

Draft (max)

9.5 ft (2.9 m)

Air draft

—

Displacement

36,376 lb (16,500 kg)

Ballast

—

Cabins

3

Heads

—

Berths

6–8

Sail Plan

Main sail

—

Jib

—

Genoa

—

Sail area

—

Downwind sail area

—

Rig type

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

75–80 hp (Volvo Penta)

Engine count

1

Engine manufacturer

Volvo Penta

Propulsion type

—

Fuel capacity

92 gal (350 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

Self-tacking jib (race)

65 m2

Overall length (Performance)

17.05 m

Overall length (race)

17.95 m

Draft options

2.90 m std., 2.70 m ORC, 2.50 m

Gennaker area (Performance)

250 m2

Mainsail area (race)

100 m2

Self-tacking jib (Performance)

62 m2

Engine options

75 hp Volvo Penta saildrive std., 80 hp Yanmar opt.

Mainsail area (Performance)

95 m2

Gennaker area (race)

280 m2

Length

LOA stored is the Performance version (17.05 m); the race version is 17.95 m; hull length 16.20 m (re-read 2026-10-07)

About Grand Soleil

Premium production

Italian builder of performance-oriented sailing yachts, established over 50 years ago, part of Cantiere del Pardo S.p.A.

The Grand Soleil Line is where the brand began, more than fifty years ago, and it remains its core: sailing yachts under 65 feet built by Cantiere del Pardo. What the yard calls its dual DNA is the refusal to make an owner choose between speed and comfort -- on one side a racing heart, pushing for hydrodynamics, sail plans that are powerful but manageable, and current construction; on the other the long-distance line, with the volume, range and stowage of a home at sea. The racing half is not a slogan: Grand Soleils have won the IMS and ORC world championships more than once, and raced the Fastnet, the Rolex Giraglia and the Middle Sea Race.

The Grand Soleil Range

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

1. GS Plus 72 P77.9 ft
2. GS Plus 65 LC70.9 ft
3. GS Plus 65 P70.9 ft
4. GS 60 LC64.6 ft
5. GS 52· this model55.9 ft
6. GS 52 LC55.7 ft
7. GS 4449.2 ft
8. GS 42 LC45.4 ft
9. GS 4044.3 ft

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