Ocean 71 Sailboats for Sale & Market Overview

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull Type

Monohull · fin

Rig

Ketch

LOA

71' · 21.64 m

Disp.

75,000 lbs · 34,019 kg

First year

1970

The Ocean 71, conceived in the late 1960s and launched in 1970, represented a watershed moment in the history of yacht building. Designed by the visionary Dutch naval architect E.G. van de Stadt and built by the pioneering Southern Ocean Shipyard in Poole, United Kingdom, it was recognized upon its debut as the world’s largest production fiberglass sailing yacht. Van de Stadt drew inspiration directly from his legendary ocean racer Stormvogel—the groundbreaking 1961 ketch that essentially defined the modern oceangoing maxi. Seeking to bring that same longlegged, oceantaming performance to a production vessel, the partnership created a vessel capable of shrinking vast oceans while remaining manageable for a relatively small crew.