Masthead Sloop · Fin Keel · First built 2018
A Bill Dixon-designed masthead sloop built for offshore comfort with a heavy displacement and stable motion
Designed by Bill Dixon, built by Queen Long Marine.
See her sail
The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.
Footage from Sailing Doodles
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 moderate beam gives 42 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.
At 1.67 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.
253 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
Compared with 1961 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
What the fleet has seen
Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.
The Hylas 48 is a 14.6-meter masthead sloop with a fin keel, designed by Bill Dixon and built by Queen Long Marine and Hylas Yachts USA since 2018. It has a beam of 4.4 meters, a draft of 2.0 meters, and a displacement of 19,050 kg. The model has a comfort ratio of 42.1.
The living fleet
Where the fleet has filmed this boat.
Seen 2 times across one channel of the fleet.
On the water
The record
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Boats like this, on the water
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The family
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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