The Baltic 78 Custom is a 24-metre performance cruiser currently in build at the Finnish yard, a lightweight carbon-composite sloop drawn by judel/vrolijk design & co for an owner who wants genuine sailing performance without giving up comfort for extended cruising. At 42 tonnes light displacement with 15 tonnes of ballast, she is disciplined for her volume, the hallmark of Baltic’s structural approach.
A lifting keel takes her draft from 2.80 metres up to 4.15 metres, trading a measure of upwind bite for access to shallower anchorages that a fixed-keel yacht of this size could never reach. The hull lines and rig are optimised for performance across a wide wind range, while the 6.27-metre beam provides the stability and interior volume expected of a modern fast cruiser.
Interiors are the work of Design Unlimited, bringing a refined, contemporary feel to the accommodation. Due for delivery in 2027, the Baltic 78 Custom continues the yard’s tradition of building bespoke, high-performance yachts to the exacting standards that have defined Baltic since its founding, each one tailored to the individual programme of its owner.
Length
23.99M
Beam
6.27M
Draft
4.15M
Day Guests
Sleeping
Cabin
Cruise Speed
Max Speed
Fuel
Engine
Naval
judel/vrolijk design & co
Interior
Design Unlimited
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€12,000,000
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Her lines are drawn for speed first, comfort close behind.
The naval architects behind her hull and rig, judel/vrolijk design & co, have kept her light without making her twitchy. Forty two tonnes of light displacement carries fifteen tonnes of ballast, a ratio that favours stiffness and control over raw lightness for its own sake. The composite build keeps that discipline through the structure rather than just the keel, and a 6.27 metre beam gives her the stability and interior volume a long range cruising yacht needs without dulling her manners under sail. Every surface above the waterline is drawn to work with the rig, not around it, which is the mark of a boat built by sailors for sailing.
Up or down, her keel changes what the Baltic 78 Custom can do.
A lifting mechanism takes her draught from 2.80 metres to 4.15 metres, trading some upwind bite for access to anchorages a fixed keel yacht of this size could never reach. Offshore, the deeper setting delivers the grip and stability a serious passage demands. Inshore, raising the keel opens shallow bays without forcing a change of plan. A semi fixed bimini, removable but built not to fold, shelters the cockpit from sun and spray while making it easier to flake and stow the mainsail, a small detail that speaks to how closely the whole deck layout has been thought through for a crew sailing long distances rather than pottering for an afternoon.
She is built to stay out, not just to go fast.
A substantial battery bank lets her owners run the yacht at anchor for extended periods without the generator, keeping evenings quiet in the kind of remote bay that is the whole point of a long range cruise. That self sufficiency matters for a family planning to split their time between the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, where good service and fuel are not always close at hand. Combined with her lifting keel and offshore capable hull, the battery capacity turns the Baltic 78 Custom into a yacht that can disappear for weeks at a time and still arrive with everything working.
Design Unlimited brings a familiar hand to a new hull.
The studio previously shaped the interiors of the Baltic 175 Pink Gin, now sailing as Scorpione of London, and the Baltic 108 WinWin, and carries that same restrained, livable language into the 78 Custom. The approach favours warmth and proportion over display, the kind of interior that suits a family planning to spend weeks aboard rather than an afternoon. Natural light and clean joinery are used to make the accommodation feel larger than the hull’s dimensions would suggest, a frequent hallmark of Baltic’s custom projects, where the interior is drawn around how an owner actually lives rather than fitted in afterwards.
She exists because one family asked for exactly this.
Discussions began in late 2025, and the finished yacht is due to reach her owners in the summer of 2027, built at Baltic’s yard in Finland to the standard that has defined the business since it was founded. At 23.99 metres with a 6.27 metre beam, she sits in that useful range where a yacht is large enough for genuine long range cruising yet still small enough to be sailed by a compact, confident crew. For an owner drawn to performance sailing but unwilling to give up comfort or range for it, the Baltic 78 Custom is a considered answer rather than a compromise.
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