ICE 53 ST

Name: ICE 53 ST
Brand: ICE Yachts

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Design

Naval architect: Felci Yacht Design

Summary

Sailing MonohullSail

Length overall: 53.1 ft
Beam: 15.3 ft
Draft: 11.2 ft
Displacement: 22,046 lb
Sail area (upwind): 1,690 ft²
Cabins: 3

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

Best Suited For

Performance Cruising
From the published figures: SA/D 34.4 (upwind 157 m², displacement 10000 kg) · 3 cabins
Liveaboard
From the published figures: LOA 16.18 m · 3 cabins · 2 heads · fresh water 440 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.

Sail area / displacement

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

34.4· Racing

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.

85· Ultralight

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.

38· 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.

17.9· Light

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.

2.18· 2 and above

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.

9.4 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.

Fuel66 gal
Water116 gal

Dimensions

LOA: 53.1 ft (16.18 m)
Hull length: —
LWL: 48.7 ft (14.84 m)
Beam: 15.3 ft (4.66 m)
Draft (min): 11.2 ft (3.4 m)
Draft (max): —
Air draft: —
Displacement: 22,046 lb (10,000 kg)
Ballast: 8,378 lb (3,800 kg)
Cabins: 3
Heads: 2
Berths: —

Sail Plan

Main sail: 969 ft² (90 m²)
Jib: —
Genoa: —
Sail area: 1,690 ft² (157 m²)
Downwind sail area: 3,875 ft² (360 m²)
Rig type: —

Engine and Tanks

Engine: —
Engine count: —
Engine manufacturer: Volvo Penta
Propulsion type: saildrive
Fuel capacity: 66 gal (250 L)
Fresh water capacity: 116 gal (440 L)
Black water capacity: —

Construction

Mast material: —
Hull material: carbon/glass epoxy sandwich
Deck material: —
Keel type: —
Rudder type: —
Steering wheels: —

Builder's Own Figures

Jib: 67 m²
Mast: Carbonio
Rig P/E/J: P 20,70 m, E 6,90 m, J 5,7 m
Engine: Volvo D2 CV 75 - Sail Drive
Construction: Infusione resina epossidica, Sandwich, Carbonio
Ballast as printed: 3,80 - 4,00 t
Displacement basis: lightship (10,00 t (Lightship)*)
Engine power basis: printed in CV (Italian horsepower) only; hp left empty
Sail area basis: main 90 + jib 67 m² as printed

Figures read fromiceyachts.it/ice-53-st/· datiread 9/18/2026

About ICE Yachts

Semi-custom

Italian builder of carbon-epoxy performance cruisers from Salvirola near Cremona — fourteen Felci-designed monohulls from the 15.8-metre ICE 52 to the 24-metre ICE 80, plus the ICE Cat sixty four and seventytwo catamarans by Micheletti+Partners, all infused in carbon and glass with carbon rigs.

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