Feeling 55

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The Feeling 55, on the water

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

Footage from Sailing Suria

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 moderate beam gives 30 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 30

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.94

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 146

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 17.3

TenderStiff

30% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 30%

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

Heavier than ~78% of boats her size on file
Draws more than ~87% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~93% of boats her size on file

Compared with 145 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Feeling 55, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Feeling 55 is a 16.8-meter fractional sloop designed by Alliaura Marine and built from 2007 to 2012. It features a lifting keel with a 3.6-meter draft and dual rudders, though a fin keel option with a 2.2-meter draft was also available. The boat has a 5.2-meter beam and displaces 19,999 kg. Aboard *Suria*, the crew of a Lagoon 410 toured a 55-foot Feeling 55, noting its lifting keel and dual Yanmar engines.20:39

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

30.0%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

17.3

Displacement / length

146.2

Comfort ratio

29.8

Capsize screening

1.94

Hull speed

9.6 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

3124

Hull

Hull type

Lifting keel with dual rudders

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

2007–2012

Units built

7

Designer

Alliaura Marine

Builder

Alliaura Marine, Kirie

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The family

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