50

Name: 50
Brand: Solaris

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Solaris 50 exterior sailing — Solaris

Design

Designer: Javier Soto Acebal
Naval architect: Solaris Design Team
Interior designer: Roseo Design & Solaris Design Team

Summary

Sailing MonohullSailCE A

Length overall: 50.9 ft
Beam: 15.7 ft
Draft: 7.7–9.2 ft
Displacement: 35,053 lb
Sail area (upwind): 1,668 ft²
Cabins: 3

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

Best Suited For

Bluewater Cruising
From the published figures: CE Category A · LOA 15.5 m · fresh water 510 L
Liveaboard
From the published figures: LOA 15.5 m · 3 cabins · fresh water 510 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.

24.9· 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.

140· 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.

31· 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.

28.1· 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.

1.92· 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.

9.3 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.

Fuel98 gal
Water135 gal

Design Category

Certified CE design category A (Ocean): the wind and waves the EU Recreational Craft Directive says this boat is designed to take.

D
Sheltered waters
Wind
up to Beaufort 4
Waves
up to 0.3 m
C
Inshore
Wind
up to Beaufort 6
Waves
up to 2 m
B
Offshore
Wind
up to Beaufort 8
Waves
up to 4 m
AThis boat
Ocean
Wind
above Beaufort 8
Waves
above 4 m

Design limits set by the EU Recreational Craft Directive (2013/53/EU), in significant wave height. A category covers the conditions of those below it. It is the limit the boat was designed to, not a promise that it is safe in any conditions within it — that judgement stays with the skipper.

Show the builders' own words

A figure marked with a quote mark was read from the builder's page. Open it for the exact line, the page and the date.

Dimensions

LOA: 50.9 ft (15.5 m)
Hull length: —
LWL: 48.2 ft (14.68 m)
Beam: 15.7 ft (4.78 m)
Draft (min): 7.7 ft (2.35 m)
Draft (max): 9.2 ft (2.8 m)
Air draft: —
Displacement: 35,053 lb (15,900 kg)
Ballast: 10,692 lb (4,850 kg)
Cabins: 3
Heads: —
Berths: —

Sail Plan

Main sail: —
Jib: —
Genoa: —
Sail area: 1,668 ft² (155 m²)
Downwind sail area: —
Rig type: —

Engine and Tanks

Engine: 50–75 hp (Volvo Penta)
Engine count: 1
Engine manufacturer: Volvo Penta
Propulsion type: saildrive
Fuel capacity: 98 gal (370 L)
Fresh water capacity: 135 gal (510 L)
Black water capacity: —

Construction

Mast material: —
Hull material: —
Deck material: —
Keel type: —
Rudder type: —
Steering wheels: —

Figures read fromthe builder's page

Layouts & Drawings

1 drawing from the builder's page: general arrangement, sail plan, profile.

Solaris

Brochure

Download the official 50 brochure (PDF)

Videos

External content

Films of this model from the builder's official YouTube channel (SOLARIS Yachts). They are the builder's own; the figures above are the reference.

Solaris 50 - 2025
SOLARIS Yachts · 9/12/2025
Meet the Owners: Simon - Solaris 50 'Indigo'
SOLARIS Yachts · 4/3/2023
Meet the Owners: Pinin - Solaris 50 'Pinin'
SOLARIS Yachts · 3/24/2023

Videos whose title names the 50, from the channel the builder's site links; last checked 9/30/2026. Playing one loads YouTube's player, which may set cookies.

About Solaris

Semi-custom

Italian builder of performance sailing yachts, founded in 1974 in Aquileia, now also producing motor yachts under Solaris Power and the CNB brand.

Solaris was founded in Aquileia, in the province of Udine, in 1974. Its milestones run through the models: the Solaris 47 of 1979, the Solaris One of 1984 and Solaris Zero of 1986, the 48cc of 1991, the 47 Express Cruiser of 1997, the Solaris 52 of 2000 and the Solaris One 48 of 2006. The Solaris 37 of 2012 opened the current era, the first Solaris Cup was sailed in 2014, and the range was renewed with the 50 in 2017, the 44 in 2018, the 111 flagship in 2021, the 40 in 2022 and the 55 in 2024.

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