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Southerly Yachts 580

Solent · Swing Keel w/dual Rudders · First built 2025

An Ed Dubois-designed swing-keel cruiser featuring a versatile Solent rig and dual rudders for shoal-water exploration

Designed by Ed Dubois.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Swing Keel w/dual Rudders

Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draftDraws 1.10 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 35 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 35
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.82
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 171
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 24.1
TenderStiff

35% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 35%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Heavier than ~84% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~95% of boats her size on file

Compared with 122 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
34.8%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Solent
Ratios
SA / displacement
24.1
Displacement / length
171.2
Comfort ratio
34.8
Capsize screening
1.82
Hull speed
9.6 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
3155
Hull
Hull type
Swing keel w/dual rudders
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2025
Designer
Ed Dubois
Builder
Southerly Yachts

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