48 LE

Summary

Best Suited For

• Coastal Cruising

  From the published figures: sport cruiser · LOA 14.73 m

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.

Speed, Power & Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Dimensions

LOA

48.3 ft (14.73 m)

Hull length

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LWL

—

Beam

14.2 ft (4.32 m)

Draft (min)

3.8 ft (1.17 m)

Draft (max)

—

Air draft

10.8 ft (3.3 m)

Displacement

32,501 lb (14,742 kg)

Ballast

—

Cabins

2

Heads

2

Berths

4

Performance

Maximum speed

49 kn

Cruising speed

—

Range

—

Guests

—

Crew

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

600 hp (Mercury)

Engine count

3

Engine manufacturer

Mercury

Propulsion type

outboard

Fuel capacity

660 gal (2,498 L)

Fresh water capacity

100 gal (378 L)

Black water capacity

50 gal (189 L)

Construction

Hull material

—

Deck material

—

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Deadrise at transom

21°

Height, waterline to radar

3.99 meters / 13'1"

Length overall

14.73 meters / 48'4", with the integrated swim platform

Engine options

Triple Mercury 600 Verado V12 (performance reports)

Accommodation

'accommodate four guests'

Displacement basis

dry weight, as printed (14,742 kg / 32,500 lbs)

Air draft basis

waterline to standard hardtop

Top speed as printed

56.4 MPH

Engine power basis

per engine as printed

Layouts & Drawings

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

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About Tiara Yachts

Premium production

Family-owned American builder of outboard luxury yachts from Holland, Michigan — nine Mercury Verado-powered models in the Luxury Crossover, Luxury Sport and Luxury Express series, from the 10.6-metre 34 LX to the 17.1-metre 56 LS, built by the Slikkers family since 1974.

Tiara's story starts with Leon Slikkers, who began building boats at Chris-Craft in 1946 and left in 1955 to build wooden runabouts under his own SlickCraft name; he was experimenting with fibreglass a year later, and by 1960 SlickCraft built nothing else. In 1969 he and his wife Dolores sold SlickCraft to AMF, and on 18 February 1974 he founded S2 Yachts, Inc. with his sons David and Robert, at first to build sailboats, starting a 72,000-square-foot plant at 725 East 40th Street in Holland, Michigan that same year. The first Tiara powerboats, a 20-foot Overnighter and a 25-foot Vacationer, came in 1976, and the Pursuit fishing boats were added in 1977 and later concentrated at a plant in Fort Pierce, Florida, leaving Holland to Tiara. Sailboat production ended in 1987. The timeline counts Tiara among the first builders to use Volvo Penta IPS, on the 38 Open in 2004; the 38 LS of 2017 was the first outboard-powered Tiara, and the 48 LS of 2021, built with Mercury Marine, is described as the first model by any maker designed for Mercury's 7.6-litre V12 600 hp Verado. S2 Yachts divested Pursuit in 2018, Leon Slikkers retired in 2021 at 93 after a 75-year career, the EX 60 of 2022 became the largest model the company had built, and in 2024 Tiara marked fifty years as a family-owned builder in Holland.

The Tiara Yachts Range

Every model Tiara Yachts publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

1. 56 LS56.2 ft
2. 48 LE· this model48.3 ft
3. 46 LS46.6 ft
4. 43 LE43.5 ft
5. 43 LS43.5 ft
6. 39 LE39.5 ft
7. 39 LS39.5 ft
8. 35 LS35.8 ft
9. 34 LX34.7 ft

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