ESSENZIALE — ITA 99001
Model: Esse 990
SchuchterUmberto Felci
Updated
ESSENZIALE (ITA 99001) is a Esse 990 designed by Umberto Felci and built by Schuchter. She has been racing since 2017. Against a typical Esse 990 she is quicker on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats1
Race start
0
Wins
0%
Podiums
99
Race Edge
510.3s/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 ESSENZIALE finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
1
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 ESSENZIALE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Trofeo Alta Velocità201737
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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
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Not enough data yet: 1 race of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats ESSENZIALE meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (3)
Met too few times for a figure.
STENELLA (Dolphin 81, 1 meeting), CAIPIRINHA (Melges 32, 1 meeting), PROTEINA (Picco 25, 1 meeting)
How ESSENZIALE 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 is quicker than a typical Esse 990 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
ESSENZIALE in blue, a typical Esse 990 dashed.
ESSENZIALE 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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