COLUMBIA 56
Masthead Ketch • Fin with rudder on skeg • Built 1974–1975
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 ⓘ
- 12.0
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 299
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 48.9%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 952 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin with rudder on skeg
- Rig Type
- Masthead Ketch
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1974
- Last Built
- 1975
- Number Built
- 18
Notes: Motorsailer based on the COLUMBIA 57 hull. Also sold as the SAILCRAFTER 52. Another version built in Italy and called the COLITALIA 56.
Designer
- William H. Tripp Jr. (1920–1971)
Builder
- Columbia Yachts (1961)