Baltic Yachts 52

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The Baltic Yachts 52, on the water

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

Footage from ArcticStern Ocean Sailing

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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 28 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 28

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.95

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 178

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 20.9

TenderStiff

41% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 41%

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

Draws more than ~95% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~85% of boats her size on file

Compared with 1425 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Baltic Yachts 52, as the fleet has seen it

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The Baltic Yachts 52 is a 16.0-meter masthead sloop designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built by Baltic Yachts from 1990 to the present. It has a fin keel with a bulb and a spade rudder, a beam of 4.7 meters, a draft of 2.8 meters, and displaces 14,500 kg. The model has a sail area to displacement ratio of 20.9 and a comfort ratio of 28.1. A Baltic Yachts 51, a similar model, was previously owned by the prior owner of the 68-foot Garcia ketch *Lifesong*, which sailed from Roscoff, France, to Bodø, Norway, in winter conditions.11:00 A Baltic Yachts 51 was also sailed in the Caribbean by Gunnar Kristiansen, a yacht captain and racing sailor.17:32

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

41.4%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

20.9

Displacement / length

177.8

Comfort ratio

28.1

Capsize screening

1.95

Hull speed

8.8 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

2377

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/bulb & spade rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

First built 1990

Units built

17

Designer

Sparkman, Stephens

Builder

Baltic 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.

Baltic Yachts 58Designed to the IMS rule, this 17.83-metre masthead sloop features a deep 3.2-metre draft and a powerful 21.64 SA/D ratio Baltic Yachts 64A Sparkman & Stephens masthead sloop built by Baltic, offering a powerful sail area-to-displacement ratio for fast cruising Baltic Yachts 51A 15.5-metre cruiser produced through the 1980s, offering a powerful sail-area-to-displacement ratio for its size Baltic Yachts 46A performance-oriented masthead sloop from the early Baltic Yachts era, featuring a stiff fin-keel hull by C&C Baltic Yachts 73A 22-metre masthead sloop with a 3-metre draft, engineered for high-speed cruising with a 22.03 sail-area-to-displacement ratio Baltic Yachts 40A Judel-Vrolijk masthead sloop from the 1990s, balancing a high 21.22 SA/D ratio with a deep 2.19-metre draft

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