Sail area / displacement
How much sail the boat carries for its weight — its power in light air.
- 28.9· Racing
How it is worked out
sail area (ft²) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅔
published upwind sail area
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ICEYachts54_20sg_1944 — ICE Yachts
Design
- Naval architect
- Felci Yacht Design
Summary
Sailing MonohullSail
- Length overall
- 51.8 ft
- Beam
- 15.3 ft
- Draft
- 8.2–9.2 ft
- Displacement
- 28,660 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 28.9 (upwind 157 m², displacement 13000 kg) · 3 cabins
- Liveaboard
From the published figures: LOA 15.8 m · 3 cabins · 2 heads · fresh water 520 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.
Displacement / length
How heavy the boat is for its waterline length. Lower is lighter and quicker; higher is steadier and roomier.
- 111· 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.
- 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.
- 23.5· 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.
- 1.99· 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.
- 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.
- Fuel92 galWater137 gal
Dimensions
- LOA
- 51.8 ft (15.8 m)
- Hull length
- —
- LWL
- 48.7 ft (14.84 m)
- Beam
- 15.3 ft (4.65 m)
- Draft (min)
- 8.2 ft (2.5 m)
- Draft (max)
- 9.2 ft (2.8 m)
- Air draft
- —
- Displacement
- 28,660 lb (13,000 kg)
- Ballast
- 11,023 lb (5,000 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
- 3,229 ft² (300 m²)
- Rig type
- —
Engine and Tanks
- Engine
- —
- Engine count
- —
- Engine manufacturer
- Volvo Penta
- Propulsion type
- saildrive
- Fuel capacity
- 92 gal (350 L)
- Fresh water capacity
- 137 gal (520 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 20,85 m, E 6,90 m, J 5,62 m
- Engine
- Volvo CV 75 Saildrive
- Construction
- Infusione resina epossidica, Sandwich, Vetro/Carbonio
- Engine power basis
- printed in CV (Italian horsepower) only; hp left empty
- Displacement basis
- as printed (13 t)
- Draft as printed
- 2.50/2,80 m
- Sail area basis
- main 90 + jib 67 m² as printed
Figures read fromiceyachts.it/ice-54/· datiread 9/18/2026
Layouts & Drawings
1 drawing from the builder's page: general arrangement, sail plan, profile.
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