ELFIN 5 — GER 8680
Model: Esse 990
SchuchterUmberto Felci
Updated
ELFIN 5 (GER 8680) is a Esse 990 designed by Umberto Felci and built by Schuchter. She has been racing since 2026. Against a typical Esse 990 she is slower on a beam reach.
Racing record
99
Race Edge
524.4s/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
9.98 m
32′ 9″
Beam
2.55 m
Draft
2.12 m
Displacement
2.5 t
Sail area
65 m²
On the podium
Where ELFIN 5 finishes when she goes racing.
Not enough data yet for her podiums: we have not found her in a race with six boats or more, measured on handicap.
Regattas
Every regatta we found with ELFIN 5 on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Midsummer-Cup20261
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Report a regattaHow ELFIN 5 compares with a typical Esse 990
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Esse 990s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Esse 990; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Esse 990 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
ELFIN 5 in blue, a typical Esse 990 dashed.
ELFIN 5 in blue, a typical Esse 990 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Esse 990s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Esse 990
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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