ORION 50
Staysail Ketch • Fin with rudder on skeg • Built 1983–1987
Dimensions
- LOA
- 49.5 ft
- LWL
- 42.5 ft
- Beam
- 14.5 ft
- Max Draft
- 6.5 ft
- Displacement
- 36,600 lbs
- Ballast
- 14,000 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.75 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 16.2
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 213
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 38.3%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 1118 sq ft
- I
- 58.5 ft
- J
- 18.54 ft
- P
- 52 ft
- E
- 15.33 ft
- PY
- 32.83 ft
- EY
- 10.83 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin with rudder on skeg
- Rig Type
- Staysail Ketch
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1983
- Last Built
- 1987
- Number Built
- 7
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Perkins
- Engine Model
- 4-236
- Power
- 85 hp
- Engine Type
- Diesel
- Water
- 200 gal
- Fuel
- 200 gal
Notes: Thanks to ORION 50 owner Eric van Duyn for supplying media and updated information.
Designer
- Gary Mull (1939–1994)
Builder
- Ta Shing Yacht Building Ltd. (1947)