75 Skerry Cruiser
Balatonfüred SY · Jeno Benacsek · 1943
Updated
The 75 Skerry Cruiser is a 18.48 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Jeno Benacsek and built by Balatonfüred SY, first launched in 1943. It races in Class A.
Length
18.48 m
60′ 8″
Beam
2.81 m
Draft
1.88 m
Displacement
9.2 t
Sail area
121 m²
On the podium
Where a 75 Skerry Cruiser finishes when she goes racing.
Not enough data yet to show how this design finishes. It has not been found in the race results we have collected so far.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a 75 Skerry Cruiser was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
No regattas found yet.
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
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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: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a 75 Skerry Cruiser actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Not enough data yet to say who this design races against. No result we have collected puts it on the water beside another design we track.
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
5.72
40°
Beam reach
9.43
90°
Broad reach
10.98
135°
Downwind VMG
10.36
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 design earns its keep off the wind. A course with long free legs suits it better than a windward-leeward.
Where it gains
Its best ground is running deep when it blows, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short upwind in moderate air, giving away time it never gets back.
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 1.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the downwind.
How fast is a 75 Skerry Cruiser
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.27 | 5.12 | 5.47 | 5.72 |
| 52° | 6.61 | 7.64 | 8.01 | 8.29 |
| 60° | 7.07 | 7.99 | 8.32 | 8.59 |
| 75° | 7.50 | 8.37 | 8.70 | 9.00 |
| 90° | 7.51 | 8.57 | 8.96 | 9.43 |
| 110° | 7.04 | 8.61 | 9.27 | 9.95 |
| 120° | 6.82 | 8.52 | 9.34 | 10.50 |
| 135° | 6.29 | 8.62 | 9.61 | 10.98 |
| 150° | 5.30 | 7.87 | 9.31 | 11.94 |
| Run VMG | 4.60 | 6.81 | 8.22 | 10.36 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 900 kg.
Rigging
75 Skerry Cruiser rig and sail dimensions
A 75 Skerry Cruiser carries 18.55 m of mainsail hoist on a 6.33 m boom, a forestay 15.70 m above the deck and a 5.86 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails