RELEASE — GER 8684
Model: Salona 41
Updated
RELEASE (GER 8684) is a Salona 41 designed by J&J Design and built by AD Boats. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Salona 41s. Against a typical Salona 41 she is quicker upwind in light air and on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats3
Race starts
0
Wins
67%
Podiums
74
Race Edge
510.0s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.50 m
41′ 0″
Beam
3.82 m
Draft
2.25 m
Displacement
8.1 t
Sail area
89 m²
On the podium
Where RELEASE finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
1
Seconds
1
Thirds
3
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 RELEASE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Kornati Cup202625- Regata Jabuka20253
- ORC DH World Championship20252
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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: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
1 more race without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats RELEASE meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (54)
Met too few times for a figure.
MARY S (JPK 10.30, 2 meetings), ELAYA (Elan E5, 2 meetings), MUNJEK RS (Sun Fast 3300, 2 meetings), JUNE (First 36, 2 meetings), COLOMBRE (JPK 10.80, 1 meeting), ANEMOX (X-35, 1 meeting), TASMANIA (First 40.7, 1 meeting), SONIA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), NORTHERN LIGHT ADR (Sportboat 30, 1 meeting), LUNATIKA (Sun Fast 3600, 1 meeting), CUNI (Canard 41, 1 meeting), JOY (J/99, 1 meeting), DEMON X (X-35, 1 meeting), TOKIO (J/99, 1 meeting), GARBIN II (First 40.7, 1 meeting), FLAY (First 40.7, 1 meeting), KEY-GO (V 34, 1 meeting), ANDREBORAH (Solaris 36, 1 meeting), AXTEROPE (X-35, 1 meeting), WILD AT HEART (JOD 35, 1 meeting), BOOMERANG (Farr 30, 1 meeting), SKIP...INTRO (Elan S5, 1 meeting), RAPTOR (Elan E4, 1 meeting), JOKER (J/109, 1 meeting), VERTIGO (Elan 350, 1 meeting), IAIAI (Elan 37, 1 meeting), GLENFIELD (Evolution 10, 1 meeting), FREEDOM (First 36.7, 1 meeting), FAVORIT (Farr 45, 1 meeting), PHILOU (Dehler 46, 1 meeting), TRINITY (Solaris 44, 1 meeting), CALANTHE (Salona 44, 1 meeting), ODIN (Elan E6, 1 meeting), ELKE 8 (Bavaria 47, 1 meeting), JANUARY (First 36, 1 meeting), MARCH (First 36, 1 meeting), EASY ELEVEN (Dufour 470, 1 meeting), SEPTEMBER (First 36, 1 meeting), ANNA MARIA (Bavaria Cruiser 39, 1 meeting), THOR (Elan E6, 1 meeting), MARIA (More 55, 1 meeting), NEOSTAR III (Bavaria Cruiser 40 S, 1 meeting), UNIFORM (Elan 350, 1 meeting), MR. J (J/111, 1 meeting), GIULIA (Italia 9.98, 1 meeting), ERCO D (Archambault 40, 1 meeting), ČLANICA (X-35, 1 meeting), ATHENA PIRNAR (X-35, 1 meeting), TWINKY (First 36.7, 1 meeting), ROTGIPFLER (Elan S5, 1 meeting), SPORTSKI VUK (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), CAPE CODE (Bavaria Match 42, 1 meeting), BELLAVITA (Dufour 460, 1 meeting), DUPIN (Seascape 27, 1 meeting)
How RELEASE compares with a typical Salona 41
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Salona 41s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Salona 41; 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 Salona 41 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
RELEASE in blue, a typical Salona 41 dashed.
RELEASE in blue, a typical Salona 41 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Salona 41s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Salona 41
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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