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Southerly Yachts 470

Fractional Sloop · Swing Keel · First built 2013

A 14.35-metre fractional sloop featuring a self-tacking jib and a swing keel for deep-water performance in shoal areas

Designed by Stephen Jones.

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

Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draftDraws 1.00 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 37 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 37
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.74
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 216
EasygoingPowered-up

14.7 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 14.7
TenderStiff

35% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 35%

A capable offshore cruiser with an easy motion when the sea gets up.

  • Heavier than ~82% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~80% of boats her size on file

Compared with 211 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
35.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
14.7
Displacement / length
216.5
Comfort ratio
37.4
Capsize screening
1.74
Hull speed
8.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
2238
Hull
Hull type
Swing Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2013
Designer
Stephen Jones
Builder
Southerly Yachts, Northshore Yachts

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Bristol Yachts 45.513.79 mSame hull family0.6 m shorterA heavy-displacement masthead sloop with a 3.35-metre keel-centerboard draft, built for deep-water cruising performance
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