BUDDHANA
Class BSemi-displacementCruiser/Racer

BUDDHANA — ITA 16541

Model: Salona 45

AD BoatsJ&J Design

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BUDDHANA (ITA 16541) is a Salona 45 designed by J&J Design and built by AD Boats. She has been racing since 2015 and has won ten races. She sails with a larger sail plan and a shallower keel than most Salona 45s. Against a typical Salona 45 she is quicker on a beam reach.

BUDDHANA ITA 16541 - J&J Design - AD Boats

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

34

Race starts

10

Wins

76%

Podiums

20

Race Edge

510.7s/mile

Rating 2025

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn29
10–16 kn26
Over 16 kn25
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Length

13.61 m

44′ 8″

Beam

4.14 m

Draft

2.39 m

Displacement

10.5 t

Sail area

109 m²

On the podium

Where BUDDHANA finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

76%

of 34 starts · Salona 45 fleet: 65%

Wins

29%

Wins29%10
Seconds32%11
Thirds15%5
Off the podium24%8

Regattas

Every regatta we found with BUDDHANA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyVento de l'Alguer20251221261
  • ItalyVento de l'Alguer2024821212
  • ItalyVento de l'Alguer2020111632
  • ItalyVento de l'Alguer201834
  • ItalyVento de l'Alguer201742523323

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Round the buoys, or offshore

A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.

Round the buoys

84%

of these races end on the podium

19 races of 10 NM or less

Offshore & coastal

67%

of these races end on the podium

15 races over 10 NM

Sharper round the buoys. Short courses reward acceleration and manoeuvring, and that is where this design makes its money.

Who she races against

The boats BUDDHANA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

BUDDHANA aheadRival ahead
LUNA STORTA · Salona 3779%ahead in 23 of 29 meetings
PERGENTINA · Canados 3784%ahead in 16 of 19 meetings
CORTO MALTESE · Fy 4938%ahead in 6 of 16 meetings
LILA · Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini)88%ahead in 14 of 16 meetings
PALOMA · Sun Odyssey 3688%ahead in 14 of 16 meetings
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FERULA · Dufour 4447%ahead in 7 of 15 meetings
SURPRISE · Sun Odyssey 3969%ahead in 9 of 13 meetings
VIVA · Balanzone62%ahead in 8 of 13 meetings
GIA' AMELIE · Hanse 38545%ahead in 5 of 11 meetings
PULCE 2 · Dufour 42580%ahead in 8 of 10 meetings
GUIZZO · Elan 31060%ahead in 6 of 10 meetings
MIRA · Grand Soleil 5250%ahead in 4 of 8 meetings
MACASSAR · Queen 3475%ahead in 6 of 8 meetings
Other competitors (28)

Met too few times for a figure.

VISPA TERESA (J/24, 7 meetings), GUIZZO IS BACK (Pogo 36, 7 meetings), FLORESA (Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto), 7 meetings), VITAMINA (Canados 33, 6 meetings), TABA TABA (Hobby 30, 6 meetings), IKIGAI (JOD 35, 6 meetings), MASACCIO (Ba 40, 6 meetings), GAGLIARDA (Elan 350, 6 meetings), GEMINI (Vismara 45, 5 meetings), INVERSOL (J/24, 5 meetings), TYXH (F&c 40, 4 meetings), COCCA (First 345, 4 meetings), ZAHRA (Mostes 55, 4 meetings), JOSEPHA II (Hanse 370, 4 meetings), ALE (Comet 303, 4 meetings), ALBERTONE I (Oceanis 331, 4 meetings), KENNY (First 38, 4 meetings), ELISA (Elan 33, 4 meetings), LUCICCHIETTA (Bavaria 40, 2 meetings), CAPINERA (Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk), 2 meetings), PALUCK III (Class 33, 2 meetings), DATENANDI (Ec 37, 2 meetings), BREZZA (Show 29, 2 meetings), NARANJA (Elan 450, 2 meetings), MAEVA (Dufour 46, 2 meetings), PEN GUEN (Brin de Folie, 2 meetings), CARPE DIEM (Dehler 34 (Stadt), 2 meetings), GLICERINA (J/24, 1 meeting)

How BUDDHANA compares with a typical Salona 45

Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Salona 45s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Salona 45; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.00 kn
Beam reach+0.06 kn
Broad reach+0.10 kn
Downwind+0.04 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Salona 45 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

BUDDHANA in blue, a typical Salona 45 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

BUDDHANA in blue, a typical Salona 45 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Salona 45s racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the Salona 45

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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