Rapido 50

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The Rapido 50, on the water

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Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draftDraws 0.67 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 71

EasygoingPowered-up

30.4 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 30.4

Draws more than ~98% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~99% of boats her size on file

Compared with 256 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Rapido 50, as the fleet has seen it

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The Rapido 50 is a 15.2-meter trimaran sailboat, designed by Morrelli and Melvin and built by Rapido Trimarans in Hong Kong, with production beginning in 2022. It features a fractional sloop rig, a beam of 10.4 meters, a draft of 3.5 meters, and a displacement of 8550 kg. Its beam folds to 5.6 meters for transport or docking. The main sail area is 108 square meters, the solent is 57.5 square meters, the staysail is 20.5 square meters, the reacher is 166 square meters, and the asymmetrical spinnaker is 230 square meters. Aboard Sailing La Vagabonde, the Rapido 50's electrical system is described as a 48-volt ecosystem, powering propulsion, refrigeration, and navigation with 46 lithium-ion battery cells and redundant starter batteries for its Yanmar engine.6:43 Deck hardware, including Harken winches and an anchor windlass, also operates on the 48-volt bus.8:42 The boat incorporates a carbon rotating mast with a sensor for radar and wind data, and forward-facing sonar for shallow-water navigation.10:06

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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On the water

The Rapido 50 on video

European Yacht of the Year testing in SpainThomas Nilsson hits 20.5 knots on the JPK during a 17-boat Boat of the Year test in Spain.SEILmagasinet

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

30.4

Displacement / length

71.2

Hull

Hull type

Trimaran Dbrd.

Construction

Composite / carbon fiber; Divinycell foam sandwich

Production

Years built

First built 2022

Designer

Morrelli, Melvin

Builder

Rapido Trimarans (Hong Kong)

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The family

Related models

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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