Rapido 53XS

Design

Naval architect

Morrelli & Melvin

Summary

Best Suited For

• Performance Cruising

  From the published figures: performance cruiser · 3 cabins

• Liveaboard

  From the published figures: LOA 16.1 m · 3 cabins · 2 heads

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.

Dimensions

LOA

52.8 ft (16.1 m)

Hull length

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LWL

49.9 ft (15.2 m)

Beam

34 ft (10.36 m)

Draft (min)

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Draft (max)

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Air draft

87.1 ft (26.56 m)

Displacement

20,613 lb (9,350 kg)

Ballast

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Cabins

3

Heads

2

Berths

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Sail Plan

Main sail

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Jib

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Genoa

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Sail area

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Downwind sail area

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Rig type

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Engine and Tanks

Engine

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Engine count

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Engine manufacturer

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Propulsion type

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Fuel capacity

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Fresh water capacity

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Black water capacity

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Construction

Mast material

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Hull material

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Deck material

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Keel type

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Rudder type

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Steering wheels

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Builder's Own Figures

Freeboard

1.67m

Accommodation

three cabins, two heads, additional informal sleeping; non-folding

Sail areas

Main: 117m2 Jib / Solent: 73m2 Staysail: 25m2 Reacher: 150m2 Asym Spin: 230m2

Headroom

in saloon and cockpit 2.0m; in forward cabin 1.91m

Draft as printed

daggerboard up 0.67m (2.2ft), daggerboard down 3.94m (11.5ft); twin fixed rudders 1.13m (3.3ft)

Displacement basis

average light displacement, subject to final options (9,350 kg)

Layouts & Drawings

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

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About Rapido Trimarans

Premium production

Carbon performance trimarans designed by Morrelli & Melvin and built in Vietnam by Triac Composites, the yard co-founder Paul Koch set up in 2014 — the folding Rapido 40 and 50, the 53XS, the Rapido 60 and 63, a 40 Racer and the R500 ECO Power Cat.

Rapido, in the company's telling, began with a simple idea: there should be a better way to cross an ocean under sail. Co-founder Paul Koch had spent his life designing, building and sailing multihulls — he started in 1986 with OSTAC Yachts (Ocean Sailing Trimarans and Catamarans) and from 1994 to 2010 led Corsair Marine, helping turn the trimaran from a specialist craft into a respected form of performance cruising. With his business partner Richard Eyre he set out to build a genuine ocean-going trimaran that combined performance, safety, comfort and simplicity and could be run by a couple — not a racer adapted for cruising, nor a cruiser with performance added afterwards. Its stated mission is to build the world's best ocean-cruising trimarans. For the design they engaged Morrelli & Melvin, the California naval architects founded by Gino Morrelli and Pete Melvin, whose credits include two multihull America's Cup winners, Stars and Stripes in 1988 and BMW Oracle Racing's trimaran in 2010. To build the boats, Koch and Eyre co-founded Triac Composites in Vietnam in 2014; its facility about 45 minutes from the centre of Ho Chi Minh City, with large CNC and robotic machinery and an 8.5-metre autoclave, builds every Rapido exclusively.

The Rapido Trimarans Range

Every model Rapido Trimarans publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

1. Rapido 6363 ft
2. Rapido 6059.4 ft
3. Rapido 53XS· this model52.8 ft
4. Rapido 5050 ft
5. Rapido 4039.5 ft
6. Rapido 40 Racer39.4 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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