KC54

Design

Designer

Simonis Voogd Yacht Design

Summary

Best Suited For

• Bluewater Cruising

  From the published figures: CE Category A · LOA 16.5 m · fresh water 1000 L

• Performance Cruising

  From the published figures: performance cruiser · 4 cabins

• Liveaboard

  From the published figures: LOA 16.5 m · 4 cabins · fresh water 1000 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

54.1 ft (16.5 m)

Hull length

—

LWL

53.5 ft (16.3 m)

Beam

27.2 ft (8.3 m)

Draft (min)

4.6 ft (1.4 m)

Draft (max)

10.2 ft (3.1 m)

Air draft

85.3 ft (26 m)

Displacement

36,927 lb (16,750 kg)

Ballast

—

Cabins

3–4

Heads

—

Berths

—

Sail Plan

Main sail

—

Jib

—

Genoa

—

Sail area

—

Downwind sail area

—

Rig type

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

—

Engine count

2

Engine manufacturer

Yanmar

Propulsion type

twin diesel with Integrel E-Drives (hybrid)

Fuel capacity

264 gal (1,000 L)

Fresh water capacity

264 gal (1,000 L)

Black water capacity

—

Construction

Mast material

—

Hull material

carbon (all-carbon construction)

Deck material

—

Keel type

—

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Boards

carbon centreboards (daggerboards optional)

Headroom

salon 2.1 m minimum, hulls 2.05 m minimum

Air draft

mast clearance above water 26 m with either rig (Performance or Turbo)

Engines

twin Yanmar 80 diesel engines with Integrel E-Drives (hybrid electric motoring and power generation)

Draft

boards up 1.4 m, boards down 3.1 m

Rig

coachroof-stepped high-modulus carbon mast; Performance or Turbo rig and sail plan

Bridge deck clearance

0.95 m

Mast length

22.45 m, coachroof stepped

Sail areas

Performance rig: mainsail 103 m² (furling boom) or 113 m² (slab reefing), solent/jib 68 m², J0/genoa 106 m², storm staysail 22 m², spinnaker A2 276 m², Code 65 178 m²; Turbo rig: mainsail 111/122 m², jib 75 m², J0 110 m², spinnaker A2 294 m², Code 65 190 m²

Layouts

3-cabin owner's version (aft study converts to an additional cabin) or 4-cabin layouts

Displacement basis

target lightship 16,750 kg as printed; realistic cruising weight 21,250 kg

Unit basis

metric and imperial printed side by side in the specification images; metric stored

Layouts & Drawings

4 drawings from the builder's page: general arrangement, sail plan, profile.

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About Kinetic Catamarans

Semi-custom

Builder of all-carbon performance cruising catamarans, founded in 2018 — the 16.5-metre KC54 and the new K6 in 64-foot and 68-foot lengths, designed by Simonis Voogd in the Netherlands and built in Kinetic's own yard in Knysna, South Africa.

Kinetic Catamarans was founded in 2018 and, in its own words, has established itself as a creator of innovative, quality performance catamarans. It is a US company with its yard in Knysna, South Africa, and a joint venture between two keen sailors: Bob Hayward, a successful US real estate developer and entrepreneur, and Leon Scheepers, a respected South African boatbuilder with wide experience of multihull production. Their vision is luxury performance cruising catamarans of the highest quality and reliability, and their philosophy that time on the water is precious: the boats use all-carbon construction for its weight saving and strength, carry performance carbon rigs and sail plans, and are set up for short-handed sailing, with only leading equipment and suppliers, attention to detail and after-sales support meant to take the complexity out of owning a boat of this kind. The designs come from Simonis Voogd Design BV in the Netherlands; the electrical systems are designed with Cay Electronics (USA, Tortola), the rig and sailing set-up with Rigging Projects (UK, the Netherlands), and the sails by North Sails.

The Kinetic Catamarans Range

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

1. K6-6868.1 ft
2. K6-6464 ft
3. KC54· this model54.1 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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