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Garcia Yachts Exploration 52

Cutter · Keel/centreboard, twin rudders · First built 2016

A 16.65-metre aluminum expedition vessel featuring a variable draft centerboard and dual rudders for remote cruising

Designed by Berret-Racoupeau.

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

See her sail

The Garcia Yachts Exploration 52, on the water

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

Footage from Sailing Mirage

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 34 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 34
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.80
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 175
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 17.0
TenderStiff

34% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 34%

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

  • Beamier than ~85% of boats her size on file

Compared with 152 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Garcia Yachts Exploration 52, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Garcia Yachts Exploration 52 is a 16.6-meter cutter-rigged sailboat designed by Berret-Racoupeau and built by Garcia Yachts since 2016. It features a keel/centerboard hull with dual rudders, a 4.8-meter beam, and a 2.9-meter draft, displacing 19,499 kg. Aboard *Sailing Mirage*, the Garcia Yachts Exploration 52 is praised for its interior comfort.5:26

The living fleet

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Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
33.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
17.0
Displacement / length
175.0
Comfort ratio
33.9
Capsize screening
1.80
Hull speed
9.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
2694
Hull
Hull type
Keel/CB w/dual rudders
Construction
Aluminum
Ballast type
Aluminum
Production
Years built
First built 2016
Designer
Berret-Racoupeau
Builder
Garcia Yachts

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The family

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