Alpa 9.50 Sailboats for Sale

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull Type

Monohull · fin

Rig

Masthead Sloop

LOA

31.17' · 9.5 m

Disp.

9,800 lbs · 4,445 kg

First year

1970

At the dawn of fiberglass yacht construction in the early 1970s, the Italian shipyard Cantiere Alpa, led by the visionary Danilo Cattadori, sought to marry the emerging structural advantages of GRP with the timeless, seaworthy aesthetic of traditional wooden cruisers. The result was the Alpa 9.50. Introduced in 1970 and produced throughout the decade, this 31.17foot masthead sloop carved out a distinct reputation in the Mediterranean as a beautifully proportioned, highly robust cruiser. While Alpa designed the 9.50 inhouse under Cattadori's guidance, the boat heavily drew design cues from the legendary Sparkman & Stephens designs of the era—such as the early Nautor Swans—earning it the unofficial moniker of the "Mini Swan" among classic boat enthusiasts. Built with an uncompromising focus on structural integrity rather than maximizing interior volume, the Alpa 9.50 represents a golden age of yacht building when hulls were handlaid to thicknesses that would be considered financially ruinous by modern production standards.