Akilaria 40
BERT MAURI · Sam Manuard · 2006
Updated
The Akilaria 40 is a 12.09 m planing racing yacht designed by Sam Manuard and built by BERT MAURI, first launched in 2006. It races in Class A.
Length
12.09 m
39′ 8″
Beam
4.32 m
Draft
3.00 m
Displacement
5.0 t
Sail area
118 m²
On the podium
Where a Akilaria 40 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
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.
Read from 1 start by 1 boat between 2021, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Akilaria 40 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2021
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: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Akilaria 40 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Comet 45 (1 meeting), Swan 48 (1 meeting), Xp 44 (1 meeting), Tod (1 meeting), First 36.7 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 43 (Design) (1 meeting), Comet 38 (Vallicelli) (1 meeting), Swan 42 (1 meeting), Advanced A 44 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Ice 60 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (2 meetings), First 44.7 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 52 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3600 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 54 (1 meeting), X-41 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 47 (1 meeting), First 35 (Farr) (1 meeting), Ice 52 (1 meeting), Archambault 40 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 34 (Skyron) (1 meeting), X-332 (1 meeting)
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
6.28
37°
Beam reach
11.19
90°
Broad reach
14.34
135°
Downwind VMG
11.18
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. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is off the wind once it pipes up, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on the run as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
There is no condition where it falls away badly, which is worth something over a season of mixed weather.
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 2.0 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Akilaria 40
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.44 | 5.71 | 6.09 | 6.28 |
| 52° | 6.73 | 8.14 | 8.57 | 8.93 |
| 60° | 7.15 | 8.41 | 8.96 | 9.39 |
| 75° | 7.52 | 8.87 | 9.57 | 10.23 |
| 90° | 7.51 | 9.09 | 10.16 | 11.19 |
| 110° | 7.05 | 9.10 | 10.62 | 12.63 |
| 120° | 6.82 | 9.08 | 10.91 | 13.36 |
| 135° | 6.15 | 8.57 | 10.68 | 14.34 |
| 150° | 5.15 | 7.62 | 9.33 | 12.90 |
| Run VMG | 4.46 | 6.59 | 8.08 | 11.18 |
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 640 kg.
Rigging
Akilaria 40 rig and sail dimensions
A Akilaria 40 carries 16.68 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.34 m boom, a forestay 15.87 m above the deck and a 7.43 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails