DISCOVERY 55
Masthead Sloop • Fin with rudder on skeg • Built 2000–2021
Dimensions
- LOA
- 54.79 ft
- LWL
- 49.21 ft
- Beam
- 15.68 ft
- Max Draft
- 7.32 ft
- Displacement
- 49,604 lbs
- Ballast
- 20,944 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.71 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 14.7
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 186
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 42.2%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 1237.85 sq ft
- I
- 71.62 ft
- J
- 20.37 ft
- P
- 63.42 ft
- E
- 22.24 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin with rudder on skeg
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 2000
- Last Built
- 2021
- Number Built
- 52
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Yanmar
- Power
- 160 hp
- Engine Type
- Diesel x2
- Water
- 266 gal
- Fuel
- 352 gal
- Mast Height
- 77.16 ft
Notes:
A MKII version was launched in 2014 with some interior design changes and a new window configuration.
Reported sail area = main + self-tacking jib.
SA for furling Genoa (140%) = 87.5 sqm / 941.84 sq ft.
Draft – shoal keel version 1.80m/5.92’
Also available as a cutter as well as a number of different interior layouts.
The final hull built is #55. However a few numbers were not used, for ex. 13)
Designer
Builder
- Discovery Yachts (1998–2022)