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Avance Yachts 245

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/transom Hung Rudder · First built 1972

A 1972 fin-keeled fractional sloop with a 48% ballast ratio, designed for stability in a compact 24-foot package

Designed by Peter Norlin, built by AB Oja Batar.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/transom Hung Rudder

See her sail

The Avance Yachts 245, on the water

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

Footage from SEILmagasinet

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.54 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,750 kg of hull, so roughly 2,350 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.
LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 17 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 17
CoastalBluewater

2.13 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.13
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 226
EasygoingPowered-up

15.2 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 15.2
TenderStiff

49% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 49%

A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.

What the fleet has seen

The Avance Yachts 245, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Avance Yachts 245 is a Peter Norlin-designed fractional sloop with a fin keel and transom-hung rudder, built by AB Oja Batar and Avance Yachts since 1972. It measures 7.5 m LOA, with a 2.5 m beam, 1.4 m draft, and 1750 kg displacement. The model was referenced during a five-day European Boat of the Year test in Spain, which evaluated 16 of 17 entered boats.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

The record

Full specifications

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

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
48.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.2
Displacement / length
226.0
Comfort ratio
16.8
Capsize screening
2.13
Hull speed
5.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
586
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/transom hung rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1972
Designer
Peter Norlin
Builder
AB Oja Batar, Avance Yachts

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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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