Garcia Yachts Exploration 45
Cutter · Keel/centreboard, twin rudders · First built 2014
A rugged aluminum cutter by Berret-Racoupeau featuring a centerboard and dual rudders for high-latitude exploration
Designed by Berret-Racoupeau.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Keel/CB w/dual Rudders
See her sail
The Garcia Yachts Exploration 45, on the water
The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.
Footage from Sailing Northern Brees
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Shoal draftDraws 1.14 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelyComfort 32Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 1.84Bluewater
LightD/L 205Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 15.5Powered-up
TenderBallast 31%Stiff
A capable offshore cruiser with an easy motion when the sea gets up.
- Beamier than ~76% of boats her size on file
Compared with 200 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
The living fleet
Sailed by the fleet
Where the fleet has filmed this boat.
Seen 4 times across 4 channels of the fleet.
On the water
The Garcia Yachts Exploration 45 on video
We found OUR NEXT BOAT... but there is only one PROBLEM $$$ [Ep.93] The Bohemian JourneyEl Viaje de BohemiaSailing across the North Sea to Norway | Sailing Florence Ep.210Sailing FlorenceTwo years with "Mirage", my Amel 50. Review and five wishes for next-generation push-button sailing.Sailing Mirage
Also on YouTube
Who's been looking
Market signal
Crews the fleet has filmed weighing this model up — no sale seen, and no asking price.
2channels looked into buying
The creators seriously considered this boat as their next vessel, despite the cost
from El Viaje de Bohemiaseen November 2025watch
From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.
The record
Full specifications
The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.
Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
31.1%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.5
Displacement / length
205.0
Comfort ratio
32.3
Capsize screening
1.84
Hull speed
8.6 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
2147
Hull
Hull type
Keel/CB w/dual rudders
Construction
Aluminum
Ballast type
Aluminum
Production
Years built
First built 2014
Designer
Berret-Racoupeau
Builder
Garcia 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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