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Discovery Yachts 48

Solent · Fin w/dual Rudders · First built 2016

A versatile blue-water cruiser offered in fixed and swing-keel configurations, featuring a dual-rudder fin hull.

Designed by Oscar Mayr Design.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/dual Rudders

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 37 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 37
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.74
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 216
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 15.9
TenderStiff

35% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 35%

A capable offshore cruiser with an easy motion when the sea gets up.

  • Heavier than ~90% of boats her size on file
  • Draws more than ~75% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~83% of boats her size on file

Compared with 1839 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
35.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Solent
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.9
Displacement / length
216.5
Comfort ratio
36.9
Capsize screening
1.74
Hull speed
8.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
2238
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/dual rudders
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Cast Iron
Production
Years built
First built 2016
Designer
Oscar Mayr Design
Builder
Discovery Yachts

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