CS 50 Sailboats for Sale

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull Type

Monohull · fin

Rig

Masthead Sloop

LOA

49.86' · 15.2 m

Disp.

27,557 lbs · 12,500 kg

First year

1987

The CS 50 represents the pinnacle of Canadian Sailcraft’s engineering and the final, most ambitious project for a builder that had already defined the standard for production quality in North America. Commissioned in the late 1980s, this 50foot flagship was penned by the legendary naval architect Germán Frers, signaling a bold departure from the yard’s typical production run. Intended to compete with the elite European yards of the era, the CS 50 combined robust North American build techniques with the sleek, highperformance aesthetics characteristic of Frers’ designs. However, macroeconomic pressures on the sailboat market led to the windup of CS Yachts in 1992. As a result, the CS 50 remains one of the rarest bluewater cruiserracers ever built, with only a single custom hull, named Whirlwind, fully completed and documented in 1987.