VITESSE OBLIGE — SUI 077
Model: Esse 850
Updated
VITESSE OBLIGE (SUI 077) is a Esse 850 designed by Umberto Felci and built by Proteus Yachts. She has been racing since 2026. She sails close to a typical Esse 850 at every angle.
Racing record
96
Race Edge
Esse 850: 99
540.5s/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
8.49 m
27′ 10″
Beam
2.19 m
Draft
2.00 m
Displacement
1.2 t
Sail area
46 m²
On the podium
Where VITESSE OBLIGE 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.
In one-design racing: 1 podium in 4 starts, counted apart: against identical boats a podium means something else.
Regattas
Every regatta we found with VITESSE OBLIGE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
MairegattaOne-design2026312- Internationale Frühlingsregatta YCROne-design20261455
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Report a regattaWho she races against
The boats VITESSE OBLIGE meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
How VITESSE OBLIGE compares with a typical Esse 850
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Esse 850s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Esse 850; 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 sails level with a typical Esse 850 across the course.
Speed at every angle
VITESSE OBLIGE in blue, a typical Esse 850 dashed.
VITESSE OBLIGE in blue, a typical Esse 850 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Esse 850s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Esse 850
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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