RAFFICA — ITA 4629
Model: DK 46
DK YachtsMark Mills
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RAFFICA (ITA 4629) is a DK 46 designed by Mark Mills and built by DK Yachts. She has been racing since 2025 and has won eight races, three of them in a row in 2026. She sails with a shallower keel than most DK 46s. Against a typical DK 46 she is quicker downwind, and slower on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats48
Race starts
8
Wins
38%
Podiums
87
Race Edge
DK 46: 73
461.4s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
14.10 m
46′ 3″
Beam
4.11 m
Draft
3.01 m
Displacement
9.0 t
Sail area
133 m²
On the podium
Where RAFFICA finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
38%
of 48 starts · DK 46 fleet: 40%
Wins
17%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with RAFFICA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Edison Next Italian Offshore Sailing Championship - Campionato Italiano Assoluto d’Altura20261112835686- ORC World Championship202618191810791818
- 54° Campionato Invernale Vela d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli202611121
- Edison Next Italian Offshore Sailing Championship - Campionato Italiano Assoluto d’Altura2025378995
- ORC Mediterranean Championship 2025 - 70th Tre Golfi Sailing Week202517521126
- 70a Regata dei Tre Golfi202519
- Campionato Nazionale Medio e Basso Tirreno20252573173
- 53° Campionato Invernale d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli2025313211551
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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
39%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 7 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats RAFFICA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (53)
Other competitors (61)
Met too few times for a figure.
TETTA (IMX 45, 7 meetings), SKIN (First 50, 7 meetings), SUGAR 3 (Italia 11.98, 6 meetings), REVE DE VIE (Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto), 6 meetings), FOREVER K (Cookson 50, 6 meetings), EXTRA 1 (X-41, 6 meetings), VARENNE (Italia 11.98, 6 meetings), COSTA DEL SALENTO (Dufour 40, 6 meetings), EGOISTA (Farr 40, 6 meetings), BLUETTE (Comet 41, 6 meetings), QUATTROGATTI (Comet 45, 6 meetings), LOUP SOLITAIRE (Sly 42, 6 meetings), NAMBAWAN (Comet 41, 6 meetings), DUFFY (Dufour 34, 6 meetings), SOULAIMA (X-35, 5 meetings), VELABIANCA (Sun Fast 32, 5 meetings), BRAINSTORM (First 31.7, 5 meetings), DJANGO (Wallyrocket 51, 5 meetings), ATHYRIS & C (Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek), 5 meetings), WANAX (X-37, 5 meetings), BIRBA3 (Italia 9.98, 5 meetings), GASTONE (Bavaria 36, 1 meeting), VELASQUEZ (Ridas 37, 1 meeting), MALVASIA (First 31.7, 1 meeting), LANCILLOTTO (First 40, 1 meeting), LE VENT PERDU (Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), ERGO (Grand Soleil 48, 1 meeting), MELAGODO (First 34.7, 1 meeting), ARYA (X-50, 1 meeting), NO REGRET (Ice 52, 1 meeting), ESCAPE (Xp 44, 1 meeting), SAGOLA (Farr 45, 1 meeting), SELVAGGIA (Elan 333, 1 meeting), LUNATIKA (Sun Fast 3600, 1 meeting), ARIA (Grand Soleil 48, 1 meeting), ATENA (Este 39, 1 meeting), SWIFT 2 (Pogo 44, 1 meeting), X-TENSION (X-332, 1 meeting), CORONA (B&c 46, 1 meeting), FANTASIA III (Solaris 44.2, 1 meeting), GOOD GAME (Solaris 64, 1 meeting), ADRIGOLE II (X-41, 1 meeting), ANEMOS (First 40.7, 1 meeting), KALA NAG 2 (Dufour 455, 1 meeting), DAGOBAH 2 (Elan 310, 1 meeting), SAFRAN ROUGE (Pogo 10.50, 1 meeting), LIVIA V (Grand Soleil 52, 1 meeting), MILLENIUM FALCON 2 (Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto), 1 meeting), PROSPETTICA (Comet 41, 1 meeting), CARBONITA (Neo 570, 1 meeting), PAPAZULU (Rm 136, 1 meeting), ARTEMISIA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), DONNA BEATRICE III (J/99, 1 meeting), HONEY BADGER (IMX 38, 1 meeting), VETARA (Pogo 36, 1 meeting), BLUE MARLIN II LE PRINC (Feeling 446, 1 meeting), JOKER (Comet 33, 1 meeting), DOLCEREZZA (Comet 36, 1 meeting), RENOIR (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), SYLPHEA IV (Impression 444, 1 meeting), BARONESSA (Sun Fast 3300, 1 meeting)
How RAFFICA compares with a typical DK 46
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, DK 46s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical DK 46; 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 DK 46 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
RAFFICA in blue, a typical DK 46 dashed.
RAFFICA in blue, a typical DK 46 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other DK 46s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the DK 46
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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