CELESTIAL 48
Masthead Ketch • Fin (shoal draft) • Built 1984–2001
Dimensions
- LOA
- 50 ft
- LWL
- 36.58 ft
- Beam
- 13.5 ft
- Max Draft
- 6 ft
- Displacement
- 27,000 lbs
- Ballast
- 12,000 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.80 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 17.6
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 246
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 44.4%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 990 sq ft
- I
- 53 ft
- J
- 17 ft
- P
- 47 ft
- E
- 15 ft
- PY
- 33 ft
- EY
- 10 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin (shoal draft)
- Rig Type
- Masthead Ketch
- Hull Material
- FG w/balsa core above waterline
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1984
- Last Built
- 2001
- Number Built
- —
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Perkens
- Engine Model
- 4-154
- Power
- 62 hp
- Engine Type
- Diesel
- Water
- 250 gal
- Fuel
- 250 gal
Notes: Based on a Ted Brewer design (unauthorized) with changes made by the builder.\nSome models delivered with 62 hp Ford Lehman diesel. Later models were usually rigged as sloops or cutters.
Builder
- Xiamen Celestial Yacht Ltd (1980)