Lady Helmsman
Fractional Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1976
A slender 12.1-metre fractional sloop with a 47% ballast ratio, designed for stiff performance since 1976
Designed by Hakan Sodergren, built by Helmsman Yachts.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin With Rudder On Skeg
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 29 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.
At 1.52 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.
154 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.
15.9 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
48% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.
A capable offshore cruiser with an easy motion when the sea gets up.
- Lighter than ~75% of boats her size on file
- Narrower than ~98% of boats her size on file
Compared with 2860 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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