Trintella 53

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The Trintella 53, on the water

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

Footage from RAN Sailing

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 narrow beam gives 44 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.

Comfort ratio 44

CoastalBluewater

At 1.67 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.67

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 278

EasygoingPowered-up

20.1 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 20.1

TenderStiff

30% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 30%

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

Heavier than ~87% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~81% of boats her size on file

Compared with 158 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Trintella 53, as the fleet has seen it

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The Trintella 53 is a 16.4-meter masthead ketch sailboat designed by E. G. Van de Stadt and built by Anne Wever Shipyard between 1982 and 1989. It features a keel/centerboard hull, a 4.7-meter beam, a 3.0-meter draft, and displaces 22,954 kg. The design, vds design #344, was available as a sloop or cutter rig. Its comfort ratio is 44.0 and its SA/disp is 20.1.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

30.5%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Ketch

Ratios

SA / displacement

20.1

Displacement / length

278.1

Comfort ratio

44.0

Capsize screening

1.67

Hull speed

8.8 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

2386

Hull

Hull type

Keel/Cbrd.

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

1982–1989

Units built

9

Designer

E. G. Van de Stadt

Builder

Anne Wever Shipyard

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The family

Boats like this

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

Trintella 45A 13.7-metre masthead sloop with a 2.2-metre fin keel, engineered for high-performance offshore passage-making Trintella IIIA long-keeled cruiser by E.G. van de Stadt, offering a stable, comfortable motion in a classic masthead ketch rig Trintella 38A robust Van de Stadt-designed masthead sloop with a skeg-hung rudder, built for comfortable offshore cruising Trintella VA heavy-displacement 14.63-metre ketch built from 1974 to 1979 for stable, long-range blue-water cruising Trintella 42An E.G. Van de Stadt-designed masthead sloop featuring a fin keel and spade rudder for balanced performance

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