Santa Cruz 50 – Hula Girl
_Hula Girl_, the renowned Santa Cruz 50 is a West Coast classic. She is skinny and light and very much built for downwind offshore racing. In the 2016 Pacific Cup she set a California to Hawaii record for any 50 footer of 7 days 20 hours, shaving nearly a day off the previous record.
Formerly the personal boat of America's Cup skipper and Volvo Around the World Race winner Paul Cayard, she has been modified and optimised and it truly a special boat. With the new keel, the boat is lighter and has less drag with the same righting moment. The new Hall rig is three feet taller than standard and has a modern swept-back spreader configuration providing more rig stiffness without the need for runners or checkstays.
Hula Girl flies masthead asymmetrical spinnakers off a long penalty pole. The grinding pedestal in the cockpit and Harken carbon three-speed winches make the long downwind legs a breeze.
The cockpit is small, nothing like the big cockpits of modern boats, but is a pretty comfortable interior, compared to the newer stripped down boats.
- LOA
- 15.24 m
- Construction
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Fibreglass
3 spread swept back Hall Spars carbon mast - Electronics / Navigation Equipment
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B&G displays on mast and in cockpit, Expedition on boat computer, Sat Phone, SSB with Pactor modem, AIS, GPS, VHF, plotter
- Sail Wardrobe
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Sails:Main, J1,J3, J4, A1, A2, A3, A4, Genoa Staysail, Spinnaker Staysail, Jib Top, Blast Reacher, Storm Sails, Delivery Sails
- Accommodation
- Simple racing interior; 8 berths and 1 heads
- Racing Equipment
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Pedestal to control the primaries
Harken carbon three-speed winches
Events
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13th July 2026 - 31st July 2026
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- Category For Charter
- Yacht Type Monohull
- Length 14.10 m
- Region Western Mediterranean
- Performance Level Performance Racer
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- Length 12.98 m
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- Builder
- Santa Cruz Yachts
- Designer
- Bill Lee
- Built
- 1980
- Length
- 15.24 m
- Beam
- 3.66 m
- Draft
- 2.44 m
- Ideal Crew Number (Racing)
- 10
The sailing was fantastic and what an amazing experience so you have a long-term LV customer here
Ben Chance