11 Metre
Technology Yachts · Ron Holland · 1991
Updated
The 11 Metre is a 10.30 m planing racing yacht designed by Ron Holland and built by Technology Yachts, first launched in 1991. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 99% of the designs it races against.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 99% of the boats it races against.
3rd of 159 in its class.
Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold: designs scoring the same win anywhere from one race in ten to seven in ten. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.
This design has been found in real race results — 32 starts across 9 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
10.30 m
33′ 10″
Beam
2.52 m
Draft
1.71 m
Displacement
1.7 t
Sail area
43 m²
On the podium
Where a 11 Metre finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 32 starts by 4 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 32 starts by 4 boats between 2015 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a 11 Metre was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Marstrand Big Boat Race2026
Island Offshore - Race to the Arctic2026- Raymarine OneStar2026
- Bundefjorden Onsdagsseilaser2026
- Norgesmesterskap NOR Rating2026
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a 11 Metre actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Italia 9.98 (7 meetings), Luffe 40 (7 meetings), Arcona 370 (7 meetings), J/99 (6 meetings), Xp 33 (6 meetings), Dehler 30 OD (6 meetings), Arcona 345 (6 meetings), Bavaria Match 38 (6 meetings), Dehler 38 (Judel/Vrolijk) (5 meetings), Elan 350 (7 meetings), Dehler 36 (Judel/Vrolijk) (5 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (5 meetings), Corby 33 (4 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the 11 Metre has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
4.87
40°
Beam reach
8.68
90°
Broad reach
11.18
135°
Downwind VMG
10.19
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
This is a boat that wants breeze. On a windy coastal course it is in its element; on a light-air windward-leeward it has to be sailed well to hold on.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the run when it blows, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage cracked off as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short to windward once it pipes up, giving away time it never gets back. That is a hull that wants to get up and go, and needs pressure to do it.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 2.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a 11 Metre
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.60 | 4.64 | 4.86 | 4.87 |
| 52° | 5.49 | 6.73 | 6.98 | 7.09 |
| 60° | 5.79 | 6.98 | 7.25 | 7.42 |
| 75° | 6.03 | 7.27 | 7.69 | 8.00 |
| 90° | 5.91 | 7.35 | 8.11 | 8.68 |
| 110° | 6.12 | 7.41 | 8.07 | 9.61 |
| 120° | 6.02 | 7.62 | 8.46 | 9.71 |
| 135° | 5.43 | 7.45 | 9.03 | 11.18 |
| 150° | 4.58 | 6.74 | 8.24 | 11.76 |
| Run VMG | 3.96 | 5.86 | 7.19 | 10.19 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. Crew weight is declared around 350 kg.
Rigging
11 Metre rig and sail dimensions
A 11 Metre carries 11.00 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.15 m boom, a forestay 9.89 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 18 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails