Skye 51
Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1980
A heavy-displacement cutter designed by Kaufmann and Ladd, also marketed as the Oceanic 51 and Mao Ta 51
Designed by Kaufmann, Ladd & F. Michael Kaufman, built by Mao TA Shipyard (Taiwan).
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin With Rudder On Skeg
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 38 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.
At 1.69 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.
219 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.
17.7 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
40% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.
A capable offshore cruiser with an easy motion when the sea gets up.
- Heavier than ~88% of boats her size on file
Compared with 1605 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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