CARO — GER 5506
Model: Knierim 49
Updated
CARO (GER 5506) is a Knierim 49 designed by Judel/Vrolijk and built by Knierim. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a deeper keel than most Knierim 49s. Against a typical Knierim 49 she is slower on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats14
Race starts
0
Wins
0%
Podiums
58
Race Edge
450.8s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
15.03 m
49′ 4″
Beam
4.09 m
Draft
2.91 m
Displacement
9.8 t
Sail area
143 m²
On the podium
Where CARO finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 14 starts · Knierim 49 fleet: 15%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with CARO on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
PalmaVela202665586- ORC European Championship 2025 / 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE2025262928292428262926
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Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.
Round the buoys
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats CARO meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (26)
Other competitors (5)
Met too few times for a figure.
NOLA (Carkeek 40, 5 meetings), SILVEREN SWAEN (Swan 54, 5 meetings), XUMMER (Xp 44, 5 meetings), VIKINGO (First 45 (Briand), 5 meetings), VERTIGO (Swan 54, 5 meetings)
How CARO compares with a typical Knierim 49
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Knierim 49s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Knierim 49; 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 gives away time to a typical Knierim 49 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
CARO in blue, a typical Knierim 49 dashed.
CARO in blue, a typical Knierim 49 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Knierim 49s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Knierim 49
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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