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Southerly 110

Fractional Sloop · Swing Keel · First built 1999

A Rob Humphreys-designed fractional sloop with a swing keel that allows for shallow-water exploration and drying out

Designed by Rob Humphreys, built by Northshore Yachts.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Swing Keel

See her sail

The Southerly 110, on the water

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

Footage from SVN solovelanet

Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draftDraws 0.71 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 28 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 28
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.89
LightHeavy

248 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 248
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 15.1
TenderStiff

47% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 47%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

What the fleet has seen

The Southerly 110, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Southerly 110 is a 10.8-meter fractional sloop designed by Rob Humphreys and built by Northshore Yachts from 1999 to the present. This 6979 kg displacement bluewater cruiser features a swing keel, twin rudders, and a pronounced coachroof. Its 2300 lb swing keel allows for a variable draft, enabling shallow-water navigation and beaching, where the boat can rest upright.0:51 Aboard SVN solovelanet, the boat demonstrated precise helm response from its twin-blade rudder and speeds exceeding eight knots while beam-reaching in 25–30 knots of wind.3:20 The deck layout includes a compact 76 cm steering wheel, engine control, bowsprit command, and centerboard control on a single pedestal.0:48 Berthon International toured a 2008 Southerly 110, *Peridot*, which had its standing rigging replaced in 2019 and a 2020 sail inventory including a Sanders Vectron fully battened mainsail, self-tacking jib, and furling Code Zero.1:11 Another 2000 Southerly 110, listed for sale at Adel Marina, featured an upgraded engine, a carbon spinnaker pole, and a larger-than-standard genoa on a Furlex furler.11:29

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 3 times across 2 channels of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Southerly 110 on video

What broke, what changed

Gear aboard, as the crews told it

Moments from individual boats of this model that the fleet has filmed — one crew, one piece of kit, one day on the water. Not a review of the class, and not a count of anything.

Each line is one crew's account of their own boat. Another Southerly 110 may be fitted out entirely differently.

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale

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

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
46.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.1
Displacement / length
248.2
Comfort ratio
28.2
Capsize screening
1.89
Hull speed
7.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1266
Hull
Hull type
Swing Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Iron
Production
Years built
First built 1999
Designer
Rob Humphreys
Builder
Northshore Yachts

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Southerly 35 - A Yacht Delivery from Eastbourne to Chichester.1:01from Halcyon Yachts - International Yacht Delivery
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The family

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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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