Hylas 70

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The Hylas 70, on the water

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

Footage from El Viaje de Bohemia

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 39 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 39

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.71

LightHeavy

144 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 144

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 21.7

TenderStiff

39% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 39%

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

Heavier than ~83% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~90% of boats her size on file

Compared with 41 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Hylas 70, as the fleet has seen it

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The Hylas 70 is a 21.2-meter masthead sloop designed by German Frers and built by Queen Long (TAIWAN) and Hylas Yachts USA since 1995. It features a Keel/Cbrd. hull with a 3.6-meter draft and displaces 34,105 kg. Aboard *El Viaje de Bohemia*, a Hylas 70 completed a 1,000-mile delivery from Miami to Newport, Rhode Island, in eight days, navigating varied conditions including rough seas off Cape Hatteras.26:34 The boat's complex hydraulic system, which controls the anchor windlass, furling headsails, and winches, required a technical stop in Charleston, South Carolina, for fluid level issues.20:42 The Hylas 70 relies on a generator for all electrical needs, including air conditioning, refrigeration, and an electric oven, as it lacks solar power.4:10 Navigation is managed through dual helm stations with chart plotters and an autopilot system controllable from the interior navigation station.1:19

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

38.5%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

21.7

Displacement / length

143.8

Comfort ratio

38.7

Capsize screening

1.71

Hull speed

10.5 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

3961

Hull

Hull type

Keel/Cbrd.

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1995

Designer

German Frers

Builder

Queen Long (TIAWAN), Hylas Yachts USA

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The family

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