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Vindo 50

Masthead Sloop · Long Keel · First built 1974

A 10.65-metre masthead sloop with a 46% ballast ratio, engineered for a stiff, predictable motion in open water

Designed by Carl Andersson.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Long Keel

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The Vindo 50, on the water

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Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 27 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 27
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.81
LightHeavy

246 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 246
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 15.7
TenderStiff

46% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 46%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

What the fleet has seen

The Vindo 50, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Vindo 50 is a masthead sloop with a long keel, designed by Carl Andersson and built by Vindo Marin AB since 1974. It measures 10.7 meters LOA, with a 3.1-meter beam, 1.6-meter draft, and 5207 kg displacement; a ketch variant is also available. In 1983, explorer Erling Kagge and three friends sailed a Vindo 50 to the Caribbean and back, an experience he described as formative despite poor preparation.1:22 Kagge advocates for smaller, simpler sailboats like the Vindo 50 to maintain a direct connection with nature, arguing that excessive technology can distance sailors from the environment.15:56

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

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Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
46.1%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.7
Displacement / length
246.4
Comfort ratio
27.2
Capsize screening
1.81
Hull speed
7.0 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
999
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1974
Designer
Carl Andersson
Builder
Vindo Marin AB

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The family

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

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