VANESSA PRIMO II — MLT 1973
Model: Dehler 38 (Judel/Vrolijk)
Updated
VANESSA PRIMO II (MLT 1973) is a Dehler 38 designed by Judel/Vrolijk and built by Dehler. She has been racing since 2026. She sails with a larger sail plan and a deeper keel than most Dehler 38s. Against a typical Dehler 38 she is quicker upwind in light air and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats1
Race start
0
Wins
100%
Podiums
47
Race Edge
Dehler 38: 33
534.5s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
11.29 m
37′ 0″
Beam
3.76 m
Draft
2.03 m
Displacement
7.3 t
Sail area
80 m²
On the podium
Where VANESSA PRIMO II finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
1
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 VANESSA PRIMO II on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Riva Montecristo20263
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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: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats VANESSA PRIMO II meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (4)
Met too few times for a figure.
ARIA (Comet 41, 1 meeting), FAHRENHEIT (Comet 38 (Vallicelli), 1 meeting), GASTONE (Bavaria 36, 1 meeting), FAUVETTE HR34 (Hallberg Rassy 34, 1 meeting)
How VANESSA PRIMO II compares with a typical Dehler 38
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Dehler 38s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Dehler 38; 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 Dehler 38 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
VANESSA PRIMO II in blue, a typical Dehler 38 dashed.
VANESSA PRIMO II in blue, a typical Dehler 38 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Dehler 38s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Dehler 38 (Judel/Vrolijk)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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