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Orion 50

Staysail Ketch · Fin with rudder on skeg · 1983–1987

Specifications

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
38.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Staysail Ketch
Ratios
SA / displacement
13.7
Displacement / length
212.8
Comfort ratio
36.0
Capsize screening
1.75
Hull speed
8.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
2202
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1983–1987
Units built
7
Designer
Gary Mull
Builder
Ta Shing Yacht Building (TAIWAN), Ta Shing Yacht Building Ltd.

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