AQUILON — GER 8614
Model: Grand Surprise
Updated
AQUILON (GER 8614) is a Grand Surprise designed by Joubert/Nivelt and built by Archambault. She has been racing since 2026. Against a typical Grand Surprise she is quicker downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats4
Race starts
0
Wins
0%
Podiums
80
Race Edge
Grand Surprise: 85
542.0s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.
Length
9.55 m
31′ 4″
Beam
2.96 m
Draft
2.08 m
Displacement
2.8 t
Sail area
55 m²
On the podium
Where AQUILON finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
4
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Regattas
Every regatta we found with AQUILON on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Maibockregatta 2026 LYC2026795- Fehmarn Rund202610
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Report a regattaWho she races against
The boats AQUILON meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (12)
Met too few times for a figure.
SEA LOUNGE (Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto), 4 meetings), FRU HANSEN (Hanse 371, 4 meetings), BONA TEMPORA (First 34.7, 4 meetings), SMILLA (Luffe 43, 4 meetings), FEINSCHLIFF (F & F 95, 3 meetings), MATCHBOX (Mat 101, 3 meetings), JILA (J/92, 3 meetings), PATENT 4 (Italia 9.98, 1 meeting), ADAMAS (Luffe 43, 1 meeting), PEGGY-X (X-362, 1 meeting), CEDO NULLI (Corby 33, 1 meeting), BALTIC PEARL (J/112, 1 meeting)
How AQUILON compares with a typical Grand Surprise
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Grand Surprises measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Grand Surprise; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Grand Surprise on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
AQUILON in blue, a typical Grand Surprise dashed.
AQUILON in blue, a typical Grand Surprise dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Grand Surprises racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Grand Surprise
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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