Stadtship 56
Fractional Sloop · Lifting Keel · First built 2005
A high-performance aluminium fractional sloop featuring a lifting keel for versatile access to deep and shallow waters
Designed by Van de Stadt Design & E. G. Van de Stadt, built by Km Yachtbuilders.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Lifting Keel
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The Stadtship 56, on the water
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Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 33 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.
1.82 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
150 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.
21.6 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.
35% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.
A capable offshore cruiser with an easy motion when the sea gets up.
- Heavier than ~83% of boats her size on file
- Beamier than ~89% of boats her size on file
Compared with 141 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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Seen once across one channel of the fleet.
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