COLUMBIA 57
Masthead Sloop • Fin w/spade rudder • Built 1969–1974
Dimensions
- LOA
- 56.5 ft
- LWL
- 40.67 ft
- Beam
- 13 ft
- Max Draft
- 8 ft
- Displacement
- 45,000 lbs
- Ballast
- 22,000 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.46 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 16.4
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 299
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 48.9%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 1293 sq ft
- I
- 62.8 ft
- J
- 22 ft
- P
- 56 ft
- E
- 21.5 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin w/spade rudder
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1969
- Last Built
- 1974
- Number Built
- 11
Notes: First introduced as a racer with trim tab (as shown here). Later boats were turned out with more cruising amenities. Some were even rigged as schooners. An unknown number were sold as the SAILCRAFTER 57. The COLUMBIA 56 (Motor sailor), introduced in 1974, came from this same hull mold.
Designer
- William H. Tripp Jr. (1920–1971)
Builder
- Columbia Yachts (1961)