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Kanter Yachts Atlantic 45

Staysail Ketch · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1989

A Ted Brewer-designed staysail ketch built for heavy-displacement comfort and offshore stability

Designed by Ted Brewer & Edward S. Brewer.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

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The Kanter Yachts Atlantic 45, on the water

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Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 43 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.

Comfort ratio 43
CoastalBluewater

At 1.69 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.69
LightHeavy

326 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 326
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 15.1
TenderStiff

35% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 35%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

  • Heavier than ~93% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~80% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2367 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Kanter Yachts Atlantic 45, as the fleet has seen it

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The Kanter Yachts ATLANTIC 45 is a Ted Brewer-designed staysail ketch built by Kanter Yachts since 1989. It features an aluminum hull, a fin with rudder on skeg, and measures 13.6 meters LOA with a 4.2-meter beam and 2.1-meter draft.10:25 Displacing 16,329 kg, it has a comfort ratio of 42.7. The ATLANTIC 45 is designed for high-latitude sailing and is considered an offshore-capable vessel.10:53

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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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
$95,000Median asking

  • 1985 Cantor 45 Atlantic listed for $95,000, an aluminum boat designed for polar regions, with a recent $20,000 price drop

    from Be The Captainseen April 202510:41

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

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
34.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Staysail Ketch
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.1
Displacement / length
325.9
Comfort ratio
42.7
Capsize screening
1.69
Hull speed
8.1 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1824
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Production
Years built
First built 1989
Designer
Ted Brewer, Edward S. Brewer
Builder
Kanter Yachts

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