Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · 1990–1993
A 14-metre masthead sloop with a deep 2.35-metre fin keel, designed for offshore speed and stability
Designed by Edward Dubois & Ed Dubois, built by Henri Wauquiez.
See her sail
The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.
Footage from Hugh Robertson Sailing
Is it for you?
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 30 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.
1.84 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
228 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.
17.0 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
39% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.
A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.
Compared with 2208 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
What the fleet has seen
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The Centurion 45 is a 14.1-meter Masthead Sloop designed by Edward Dubois and built by Henri Wauquiez from 1990 to 1993. It features a fin keel with a spade rudder, a 4.1-meter beam, and a 2.4-meter draft, displacing 10,999 kg.
The living fleet
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Boats like this, on the water
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The family
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