50 Adventure
Adventure
Equipped for ocean crossings and remote cruising grounds.
€1,195,000Builder base price, ex-VAT
Eco-designed · Barreau-Neuman
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Windelo 50
A 50-foot blue-water catamaran built from basalt and recycled PET, with twin 20 kW electric motors charged by sun, wind and water.
15.24m
Length overall
253m²
Sail area downwind
53.8kWh
48 V lithium bank
11.2t
Light displacement
Fast, robust, eco-designed
Built for sailors with vast horizons.
Equipped to take you to Patagonia by way of the Pacific islands, with no carbon footprint unless you motor for long stretches. Fast, comfortable, and sturdy enough to trust far from shore.
Architects Christophe Barreau and Frédéric Neuman gave her slightly fuller bows than most catamarans, so she keeps performing when fully loaded for a long passage. Add a powerful rig, modest displacement and daggerboards, and she covers ground quickly without leaving essential gear behind.
BOW
Made to sail loaded
Fuller entries carry cruising weight without giving up speed.
DB
Daggerboards
2.32 m draft with boards down for upwind work, 1.03 m with them up for shallow anchorages.
CE A
Ocean category
Certified CE Category A for up to 12 people.
Forward cockpit
Two wheels, under cover, up front.
Both helms sit at the front of the saloon behind a wall of glass, with the winches and lines led between them. You steer and trim out of the weather, a few steps from the galley and the rest of the crew.
Bench seating on each side turns the cockpit into a lookout for whoever is on watch.
Living aboard
Bright, open and level with the sea.
Panoramic windows all round the saloon, an L- or U-shaped galley, a dining table for up to six and en-suite cabins in both hulls. Up to four cabins plus a skipper's cabin.
Performance
Quick on every point of sail.
Barreau-Neuman lines, daggerboards and 253 m² downwind on 11.2 tonnes light. On test she held more than 7 knots close-hauled and never dropped below 4 knots through a tack.
7+kn
Close-hauled at 35° in 13 knots of apparent wind
13.5kn
With 21 knots of apparent wind under Code Zero
4kn
Her slowest speed through a tack
6kn
On electric power for nearly four hours
Sea trial · Sail Universe
Energy system
Charge it while you sail.
Two 20 kW electric shaft drives run off a 53.8 kWh lithium bank. Solar on the roof refills it at anchor, and once the sails are up the idle propellers turn into hydro-generators.
Sailing at 10 knots, each propeller puts back about 1 kWh every hour, so a full day under sail can refill the bank. If the batteries run low, a 17.9 kW generator starts on its own, for a range of around 1,100 nautical miles under power.
On board
Energy- Solar
- 4,500–6,000 W
- Wind turbine
- Optional
- Motors
- 2 × 20 kW, 48 V
- Battery bank
- 1,120 Ah · 53.8 kWh
- Hydro-regen, 10 kn
- ≈1 kWh per prop
- Generator
- 17.9 kW diesel
Solar and regeneration figures from Sail Universe's test boat. Electric range: about 4 hours at 6 knots using 10 kW.
Construction
Basalt skins. A core made from bottles.
Like every Windelo, the 50 swaps glass fibre for basalt, spun from volcanic rock, and uses PET foam made from recycled plastic bottles for most of the core. PVC foam stays only where loads are highest.
OuterBasalt-fibre skin
CoreRecycled PET / PVC foam
InnerBasalt-fibre skin
Versions
Three ways to own the 50.
The same hull, finished for how you plan to use it. Trim, electronics and interior fit-out are configurable on every version.
50 YachtingSemi-custom
Yachting
Comfort first, with a layout the design team adapts to you.
from €1,295,000Builder base price, ex-VAT
51 Sport
Sport
Tuned for speed and efficiency, for owners who race.
from €1,525,000Builder base price, ex-VAT
Prices from Windelo's published list. Ask us for delivered US pricing, build slots and options.
Layouts
Lay her out your way.
Pick an L- or U-shaped galley for the saloon, then a cabin plan for the hulls. On the Yachting version the design team will mix plans or draw a custom one, keeping an eye on weight and balance.
Saloon
L-shaped galley
Galley along one side, with a dining table for four to six.
Saloon
U-shaped galley
A wraparound galley, a table for six and an optional chart table with a reversible seat.
Hulls
Owner's version with office
A master cabin with office, storage and forward head in one hull. Two guest cabins in the other.
Hulls
Four cabins
A master cabin and three guest cabins, with two separate WCs and two central heads.
Hulls
Four cabins + skipper
A master cabin, three guest cabins and a skipper cabin in the bow.
Hulls
Family with bunks
A master cabin with office and bunk cabin, a double guest cabin and a second bunk cabin.
Tap a plan to enlarge it.
Specifications
Windelo 50
Hull
- Length overall
- 50′ 0″
- Beam
- 26′ 1″
- Draft, boards up
- 3′ 5″
- Draft, boards down
- 7′ 7″
- Light displacement
- 24,690 lb
- Appendages
- Daggerboards
- Construction
- Basalt / PET-PVC foam
Rig
- Type
- Sloop
- Mainsail
- 990 ft²
- Foresail
- 463 ft²
- Gennaker
- 1,733 ft²
- Upwind area
- 1,981 ft²
- Downwind area
- 2,723 ft²
- Design
- Barreau-Neuman
Power & tanks
- Propulsion
- 2 × 20 kW electric
- Transmission
- Shaft drive
- Battery bank
- 48 V · 53.8 kWh
- Generator
- 17.9 kW
- Fuel
- 132 gal
- Fresh water
- 106 gal
- Black water
- 53 gal
Accommodation
- Cabins
- Up to 4 + skipper
- Galley
- L- or U-shaped
- Steering
- Twin wheels, forward
- Max persons
- 12
Certification
- CE category
- A · Ocean
- Builder
- Windelo, France
Virtual tour
Walk through the 50 in 360°.
Move from the forward cockpit through the saloon and down into the hulls. Use full screen for the best view.
Film
See the 50 on the water.
Cruising World on board, plus the builder's guided tour and a sail on the new Yachting version.
Just Catamarans
Talk to us about a Windelo 50.
We'll walk you through the versions, options, build slots and delivered pricing, and set up a viewing or test sail when a boat is nearby.
Phone+1 (954) 589-2343
Office
Harbour Towne Marina, 850 NE 3rd Street, Suite 207
Dania Beach, FL 33004
Photos © Windelo. Specifications and prices from windelo-catamaran.com and may change. Sea-trial figures from Sail Universe. See all Windelo models.