The Jeanneau Yachts 54, also known as the Jeanneau 54, is a French blue water cruising sailboat, that was first built in 2015. The hull was designed by Philippe Briand, the interior by Andrew Winch and the finishing work by the Jeanneau Design Office. Production The design was built by Jeanneau in France, starting in 2015, but it is now out of production. Design The Jeanneau Yachts 54 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of polyester fiberglass, with wood trim. The hull is a balsa-fiberglass vacuum infused sandwich, while the deck is PVC-fiberglass vacuum infused sandwich. It has a 9/10 fractional sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast, two sets of swept spreaders and aluminum spars with discontinuous stainless steel wire rigging. The hull has a plumb stem, a reverse transom with a drop-down tailgate-style swimming platform, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by dual wheels and a fixed "L"-shaped fin keel with a weighted bulb, or optional shoal-draft keel. The fin keel model displaces empty and carries of cast iron ballast, while the shoal-draft keel version displaces and carries of cast iron ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel and with the optional shoal draft keel. The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of gasoline engine for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . The design was built with a number of interior configurations, with sleeping accommodation for four to nine people. A typical layout has a double island berth in the bow cabin, a "U"-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the port side. Both the bow and stern cabins may be divided to provide extra bunks. The galley may be located on the port side, amidships, or just aft of the companionway ladder on the starboard side. In either location the galley is a straight configuration and is equipped with a three-burner stove, an ice box and a double sink. A navigation station is located on the starboard side. The boat may be equipped with two to four heads, depending on the number of bunks fitted. Cabin maximum headroom is . For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with an asymmetrical spinnaker of , or a code 0 of . The design has a hull speed of .