BoatsAmel 54

Amel 54

Staysail Ketch · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 2005

A robust staysail ketch designed for serious blue-water cruising with a high comfort ratio and stable skeg-hung rudder

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

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The Amel 54, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Sailing SV Delos

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 29 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 29
CoastalBluewater

1.87 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.87
LightHeavy

135 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 135
EasygoingPowered-up

21.2 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 21.2
TenderStiff

29% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 29%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Heavier than ~76% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~80% of boats her size on file

Compared with 1012 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Amel 54, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Amel 54 is a 17.2-meter staysail ketch designed and built by Amel from 2005 to the present, featuring a fin keel with a rudder on skeg and displacing 17,499 kg. Aboard SAWLORS - Sailing Around the World, Thais Canado and Beto Toledo transitioned to an Amel 54 for a circumnavigation project, completing a 120-mile passage from Fuengirola to Melilla at an average speed of 7 knots.11:44 Naval architect Olivier Racampoux notes that modern Amel designs, including the Amel 55 and Amel 50, prioritize crew comfort and interior volume, utilizing 3D modeling for structural and aesthetic integration.6:18 Racampoux also highlights that while older designs often used ketch rigs for sail handling, modern electric winches and in-mast furling enable efficient sloop configurations on smaller yachts.34:26

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 5 times across 4 channels of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Amel 54 on video

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model for sale, and the asking prices that came with it.

1channel looked into buying
$300,000Median asking

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
29.1%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Staysail Ketch
Ratios
SA / displacement
21.2
Displacement / length
134.8
Comfort ratio
29.1
Capsize screening
1.87
Hull speed
9.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
2834
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2005
Designer
Amel
Builder
Amel

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Amel 55A 17-metre staysail ketch built since 2010, balancing a powerful sail plan with a stable, skeg-hung hull for long-range voyagingAmel 60A modern cutter-rigged bluewater cruiser from Berret-Racoupeau, designed for high-latitude comfort and long-range stabilityAmel 50Amel's first sloop since 1997, this 16.5-metre masthead design features a fin keel with bulb and dual ruddersAmel Mango 52A robust masthead ketch designed for blue-water cruising, featuring a protected skeg-hung rudder and a stable hull formAmel Maramu 46A 13.8-metre ketch produced throughout the 1980s, balancing a moderate displacement with a stable, sea-kindly motionAmel Super MaramuA 16-metre masthead ketch replacing the Mango 52, featuring a wing keel and a versatile engine range for blue-water travel

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