CELESTIAL 48

Sailboat Specifications

both US imperial metric

Hull Type:

Fin (shoal draft)

Rigging Type:

Masthead Ketch

LOA:

50.00 ft / 15.24 m

LWL:

36.58 ft / 11.15 m

Beam:

13.50 ft / 4.11 m

S.A. (reported):

990.00 ft² / 91.97 m²

Draft (max):

6.00 ft / 1.83 m

Displacement:

27,000 lb / 12,247 kg

Ballast:

12,000 lb / 5,443 kg

S.A./Disp.:

17.67

Bal./Disp.:

44.44

Disp./Len.:

246.25

Construction:

FG w/balsa core above waterline

Ballast Type:

Lead

First Built:

1984

Last Built:

2001

Builder:

Xiamen Celestial Yachts Ltd. (CHINA)

Designer:

Brewer/Fuhriman

Auxiliary Power/Tanks (orig. equip.)

Make:

Perkens

Model:

4-154

Type:

Diesel

HP:

62

Fuel:

250 gals / 946 L

Sailboat Calculations

Definitions

S.A./Disp.:

17.67

Bal./Disp.:

44.44

Disp./Len.:

246.25

Comfort Ratio:

32.10

Capsize Screening Formula:

1.80

S#:

1.94

Rig and Sail Particulars

help

I:

53.00 ft / 16.15 m

J:

17.00 ft / 5.18 m

P:

47.00 ft / 14.33 m

E:

15.00 ft / 4.57 m

PY:

33.00 ft / 10.06 m

EY:

10.00 ft / 3.05 m

S.A. Fore:

450.50 ft² / 41.85 m²

S.A. Main:

352.50 ft² / 32.75 m²

S.A. Total (100% Fore + Main Triangles)

803.00 ft² / 74.60 m²

S.A./Disp. (calc.):

14.33

Est. Forestay Len.:

55.66 ft / 16.97 m

Accommodations

Water:

250 gals / 946 L

Sailboat Links

Builders:

Xiamen Celestial Yacht Ltd

Download Boat Record:

PDF

Notes

Based on a Ted Brewer design (unauthorized) with changes made by the builder.
Some models delivered with 62 hp Ford Lehman diesel. Later models were usually rigged as sloops or cutters.

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