Hylas Yachts 46

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See her sail

The Hylas Yachts 46, on the water

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

Footage from Practical Sailor

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 31 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 31

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.82

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 194

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 20.5

TenderStiff

44% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 44%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

Heavier than ~79% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2204 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Hylas Yachts 46, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Hylas Yachts 46 is a German Frers-designed masthead sloop, built by Hylas Yachts since 1995, known as a blue water cruiser. It measures 14.1 meters LOA with a 4.2-meter beam and a 2.0-meter draft, displacing 12,599 kg.3:43 Aboard *Practical Sailor*, the Hylas 46 *Southern Cross*, hull number 52, is seen as a custom-rigged vessel that has completed an eight-year circumnavigation.1:07 This particular boat features a 7.5-foot titanium bowsprit, a repositioned inner forestay, and a cockpit-controlled Code Zero system.2:06 It carries 169 gallons of diesel and 135 gallons of fresh water, powered by a Yanmar 4JH engine. *Southern Cross* has a comprehensive Victron power management setup and over 900 amp hours of lithium battery capacity.3:48 Its interior includes a centerline queen master cabin, a Pullman-style guest cabin, and a galley designed for offshore passage-making.6:24

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model for sale, and the asking prices that came with it.

1seen for sale

1channel looked into buying

$400,000Median asking

The current owners had plans for an extended voyage and completed a comprehensive systems refresh before their plans changed, making Southern Cross available for someone new to buy her
from Practical Sailorseen September 20257:50

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

44.5%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

20.5

Displacement / length

193.8

Comfort ratio

31.3

Capsize screening

1.82

Hull speed

8.5 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1965

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/spade rudder

Construction

FG w/no core

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

First built 1995

Designer

German Frers

Builder

Hylas 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.

Hylas 56A 2011 masthead sloop with a 21.51 sail area to displacement ratio, engineered for spirited offshore performance Hylas 44A 13-metre cruiser featuring a skeg-hung rudder and a substantial 49% ballast ratio for offshore stability Hylas 42A German Frers-designed masthead sloop with a 50% ballast ratio, built for offshore performance and stability Hylas 45.5A German Frers-designed masthead sloop featuring a skeg-hung rudder and an extended transom for improved access

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