Amel 54

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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 SAWLORS - Sailing Around the World

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, with a fin keel and skeg-hung rudder, produced from 2005 to the present. It displaces 17,499 kg, has a 4.8-meter beam, and draws 2.1 meters. Aboard SAWLORS - Sailing Around the World, Thais Canado and Beto Toledo chose an Amel 54 for a global circumnavigation, citing its suitability for long-distance cruising.16:45 They maintained an average speed of 7 knots during a 120-mile passage from Fuengirola to Melilla, using the mainsail and favorable currents.11:44 The crew navigated heavy commercial traffic near the Strait of Gibraltar by monitoring relative bearing to assess collision risk.5:57 Upon arrival, they decommissioned gear, including the dinghy and bicycles, to prepare for a transfer of ownership.14:46

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Who's been looking

Market signal

Crews the fleet has filmed weighing this model up — no sale seen, and no asking price.

1channel looked into buying

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

The record

Full specifications

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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.

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