DESNA — GER 5588
Model: Knierim 49
Updated
DESNA (GER 5588) is a Knierim 49 designed by Judel/Vrolijk and built by Knierim. She has been racing since 2016. She sails with a shallower keel than most Knierim 49s. Against a typical Knierim 49 she is quicker on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats34
Race starts
0
Wins
21%
Podiums
91
Race Edge
446.4s/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 DESNA finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
21%
of 34 starts · Knierim 49 fleet: 15%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with DESNA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
- ORC World Championship2026106101413101810
ORC European Championship 2025 / 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE2025182522252323152313
ORC European Championship202462333332
Int. Deutsche Meisterschaft Offshore Seesegeln202455- ORC Worlds20169111197810
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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
30%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
9 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats DESNA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (49)
Other competitors (18)
Met too few times for a figure.
FRECCIA ROSSA (TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk), 7 meetings), TAROK VII (Swan 45, 7 meetings), STELL (Swan 45, 7 meetings), XENIA (Xp 44, 7 meetings), TUTIMA (DK 46, 7 meetings), EMBER SEA (Brenta 55, 7 meetings), RÅ GLEDE (HH 42, 7 meetings), VINGA (Swan 45, 6 meetings), CALYPSO (Maxi 75, 2 meetings), GINKGO (H 39, 2 meetings), HASPA HAMBURG (J/52, 2 meetings), EDELWEISS (Millenium 40, 2 meetings), TØSEN 2 (Mat 118, 2 meetings), RAROTONGA (Swan 46, 2 meetings), ABACUS (X-43, 2 meetings), HOTTE (Pogo 44, 2 meetings), ALBATROS (X-482, 1 meeting), GALAHAD (Pogo 10.50, 1 meeting)
How DESNA 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 is quicker than a typical Knierim 49 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
DESNA in blue, a typical Knierim 49 dashed.
DESNA 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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