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Discovery Yachts 58

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 2015

A Ron Holland-designed blue water cruiser featuring a high-comfort ratio and a stable, fractional sloop rig

Designed by Ron Holland.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

See her sail

The Discovery Yachts 58, on the water

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

Footage from Berthon International

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 39 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 39
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.71
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 169
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 15.6
TenderStiff

37% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 37%

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

  • Heavier than ~92% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~89% of boats her size on file

Compared with 805 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Discovery Yachts 58, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Discovery Yachts 58 is a Ron Holland-designed fractional sloop, built by Discovery Yachts from 2015 to the present, featuring a fin with bulb and spade rudder hull. It measures 17.9 meters LOA, with a 5.1-meter beam, 2.4-meter draft, and 27,249 kg displacement. The 2021 Discovery 58 *Buzz 2* features a custom specification including a Selden white-painted mast, carbon furling boom, and Dyneema running rigging.0:05 Its deck layout incorporates Atlas carbon davits, a synthetic teak finish, and a Starlink antenna.1:25 A 150-horsepower Yanmar engine, bow thruster, and a custom OIS hydraulic system for main and headsail furling provide propulsion and maneuvering.12:04 Andersen electric winches manage the sail plan, which includes an 80m2 main sail, a 58m2 self-tacking inner headsail, and a 109m2 furling genoa.3:25 The cockpit has dual helm stations with titanium wheels, Raymarine i70 instrumentation, and C-Zone system management.5:35 Below deck, the light oak interior houses three cabins, a raised saloon, and a full-height engine room containing an Onan genset and a Seafresh watermaker.7:27 The galley includes an Ocean Chef five-burner oven, a Miele washer-dryer, and extensive refrigeration.13:55

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 3 times across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Discovery Yachts 58 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 Discovery Yachts 58 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
36.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.6
Displacement / length
169.1
Comfort ratio
39.3
Capsize screening
1.71
Hull speed
9.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
3236
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2015
Designer
Ron Holland
Builder
Discovery Yachts

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