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Antigua Yachts 53

Masthead Ketch · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1976

A Charles Morgan Jr. design featuring a custom deck layout on the proven Morgan Out Island 51 hull

Designed by Charles Morgan Jr.

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

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 44 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.

Comfort ratio 44
CoastalBluewater

At 1.65 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.65
LightHeavy

270 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 270
EasygoingPowered-up

10.7 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 10.7
TenderStiff

32% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 32%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

  • Heavier than ~93% of boats her size on file
  • Draws less than ~96% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~82% of boats her size on file

Compared with 1538 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
32.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Ketch
Ratios
SA / displacement
10.7
Displacement / length
269.5
Comfort ratio
44.2
Capsize screening
1.65
Hull speed
8.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
2305
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1976
Designer
Charles Morgan Jr
Builder
Antigua Yachts

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Amel Super Maramu16.00 mSame hull family0.3 m longerA 16-metre masthead ketch replacing the Mango 52, featuring a wing keel and a versatile engine range for blue-water travel
Baltic Yachts 5115.52 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA 15.5-metre cruiser produced through the 1980s, offering a powerful sail-area-to-displacement ratio for its size
Bavaria Yachts 5115.60 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 15.6-metre masthead sloop with a 2.4-metre draft, designed for high-volume cruising and steady offshore speed

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