Akilaria 950
MC TEC · Marc Lombard · 2007
Updated
The Akilaria 950 is a 9.50 m planing racing yacht designed by Marc Lombard and built by MC TEC, first launched in 2007. It races in Class C.
Length
9.50 m
31′ 2″
Beam
3.69 m
Draft
2.41 m
Displacement
3.2 t
Sail area
76 m²
On the podium
Where a Akilaria 950 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
3
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 3 starts by 2 boats between 2021 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Akilaria 950 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2026
blueribboncup2021
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 950 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
JPK 10.30 (2 meetings), X-362 (2 meetings), J/99 (2 meetings), Anteros 36 (2 meetings), Swan 441 (2 meetings), J/111 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Comet 41 (2 meetings), First 34.7 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 46.3 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 39 (Jézéquel) (1 meeting), IMX 40 (1 meeting), First 40.7 (2 meetings), Hanse 400 (1 meeting), Elan 400 (1 meeting), Dufour 405 (1 meeting), Swan 55 (Frers) (1 meeting), Azuree 33 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), X-402 (1 meeting), Dufour 40 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 42 (Lostuzzi) (1 meeting), First 45 (Briand) (1 meeting), Genesi 43 (1 meeting), Dufour 44 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 72 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 44 (Polli) (1 meeting), Rimar 36 (1 meeting), Pogo 36 (1 meeting), First 30 (Kouyoumdjian) (1 meeting), Archambault 40 (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
5.46
37°
Beam reach
9.46
90°
Broad reach
12.29
135°
Downwind VMG
9.34
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.
It needs pressure to show what it can do. 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 cracked off in a strong breeze, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage downwind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short upwind when it blows, 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 2.2 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Akilaria 950
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.03 | 5.05 | 5.36 | 5.46 |
| 52° | 6.11 | 7.18 | 7.46 | 7.68 |
| 60° | 6.46 | 7.41 | 7.75 | 8.05 |
| 75° | 6.71 | 7.75 | 8.22 | 8.71 |
| 90° | 6.69 | 7.91 | 8.71 | 9.46 |
| 110° | 6.25 | 7.95 | 9.16 | 10.46 |
| 120° | 6.04 | 7.91 | 9.45 | 11.23 |
| 135° | 5.46 | 7.46 | 9.04 | 12.29 |
| 150° | 4.60 | 6.76 | 8.08 | 10.78 |
| Run VMG | 3.98 | 5.86 | 7.00 | 9.34 |
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 290 kg.
Rigging
Akilaria 950 rig and sail dimensions
A Akilaria 950 carries 13.40 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.93 m boom, a forestay 13.67 m above the deck and a 5.73 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails