Irwin Yachts 52
Staysail Ketch · Fin with rudder on skeg · 1976–1985
A Ted Irwin-designed staysail ketch built for long-range cruising with a stable, heavy-displacement hull
Designed by Ted Irwin.
See her sail
The Irwin Yachts 52, 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.
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
The living fleet
Sailed by the fleet
The crews aboard this model, and where they were last seen.
What they go for
Market signal
Where this crew has seen the model for sale, and the asking prices that came with it.
- listed for sale, but the speaker warns against buying such a large, older boat as a first offshore vessel due to high costs▶ 8:16
From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.
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Full specifications
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Boats like this, on the water
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Comparable boats the fleet has actually sailed on camera: same type, within a quarter of her length. Open the boat, or watch the video.
Big Drama with 40kts wind in Antiparos, Greece. The results of bad communication during Mediterranean mooring
Inside the New Beneteau Oceanis 52: What Works, What Doesn’tThe family
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Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.
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