Hh 50

BoatsHh 50

See her sail

The Hh 50, on the water

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

Footage from The On Deck Channel

Is it for you?

Character

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

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 97

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 23.8

Draws more than ~96% of boats her size on file

Compared with 240 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Hh 50, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Hh 50 is a performance cruising catamaran designed by Morrelli & Melvin and built by Hudson Yacht Group since 2020. This fractional sloop features a twin daggerboard hull, measuring 15.8 meters LOA, 7.4 meters beam, and displacing 11,499 kg. Its draft of 3.3 meters allows for good upwind performance. The Hh 50's sail plan includes an 81.13 m² main and a 37.8 m² self-tacking jib, with optional larger jibs and spinnakers available. Mark O'Leary, a Leopard 50 owner, compared the Hh 50 to his Leopard 50 and Balance catamarans, noting the Leopard's solid steel cross-beam as a structural differentiator and its interior volume as a trade-off against the Hh 50's performance focus.1:07

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

23.8

Displacement / length

97.1

Hull

Hull type

Catamaran Twin Dbrd.

Construction

Carbon fiber w/corecell foam core

Production

Years built

First built 2020

Designer

Morrelli, Melvin

Builder

Hudson Yacht Group

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