Hylas 47

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The Hylas 47, on the water

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

Footage from Be The Captain

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 39 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 39

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.75

LightHeavy

290 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 290

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 15.8

TenderStiff

42% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 42%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

Heavier than ~89% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~82% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2148 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Hylas 47, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Hylas 47 is a Sparkman & Stephens-designed cutter-rigged sailboat, built by Queen Long Marine and Hylas Yachts USA from 1986 to the present, with a fin keel and rudder on skeg. It measures 14.2 meters LOA, has a 4.3-meter beam, 1.8-meter draft, and displaces 15,875 kg. The Hylas 47 is similar in design to the Stevens 47. Kyle Jackney, with 40 years in the marine industry, identifies the Hylas 47 as a robustly constructed boat with a history of successful circumnavigations.0:02 He advises buyers to prioritize models with a Perkins 4108 or Yanmar 55 engine over the Westerbeak 70.17:46

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale

Listed for sale by BVI Yacht Sales in St. Thomas
from 59° North Sailingseen May 2026watch
1989 S&S design listed in St. Thomas
from 59° North Sailingseen June 2026watch

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

41.7%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Cutter

Ratios

SA / displacement

15.8

Displacement / length

289.5

Comfort ratio

38.9

Capsize screening

1.75

Hull speed

8.2 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1924

Hull

Hull type

Fin with rudder on skeg

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1986

Designer

Sparkman, Stephens

Builder

Queen Long Marine, Hylas Yachts USA

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Malo Yachts 45/4614.20 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 14-metre blue-water cruiser that evolved from the M45 to the M46, featuring a 39% ballast ratio for offshore stability

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Sweden Yachts 4514.15 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 14.15-metre masthead sloop with a 2.3-metre draft and a 42% ballast ratio, designed for offshore speed and stability

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The family

Boats like this

Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

Hylas 49A Sparkman & Stephens cutter with a skeg-hung rudder, designed as a refined and updated evolution of the Hylas 47 Hylas Yachts 46A German Frers-designed masthead sloop built for offshore performance with a high sail area to displacement ratio Hylas 45.5A German Frers-designed masthead sloop featuring a skeg-hung rudder and an extended transom for improved access Hylas 54A German Frers-designed cutter with a high comfort ratio and bulb keel, built for stable, long-distance blue water cruising Stevens 47A heavy-displacement cutter with a 45% ballast ratio, designed for stable and predictable offshore passage-making Hylas 44A 13-metre cruiser featuring a skeg-hung rudder and a substantial 49% ballast ratio for offshore stability

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