Aphrodite 101
Bianca Yachts · Elvstrom/Kjaerulff · 1979
Updated
The Aphrodite 101 is a 9.90 m displacement racing yacht designed by Elvstrom/Kjaerulff and built by Bianca Yachts, first launched in 1979. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 91% of the designs it races against. It is at its best in light air and struggles to hold that once it blows.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 91% of the boats it races against.
16th of 159 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 16 starts across 6 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
9.90 m
32′ 6″
Beam
2.44 m
Draft
1.74 m
Displacement
3.2 t
Sail area
53 m²
On the podium
Where a Aphrodite 101 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
25%
of 16 starts by 5 boats
Wins
6%
Read from 16 starts by 5 boats between 2015 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Aphrodite 101 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Island Offshore - Race to the Arctic2026- Bundefjorden Onsdagsseilaser2026
- Norgesmesterskap Doublehanded/Seilmakeren Doublehanded2026
- Bergen Singlehanded2026
Malaga Sailing Cup2025
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: 2 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 Aphrodite 101 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Salona 34 (7 meetings), Dehler 34 (Judel/Vrolijk) (7 meetings), Hanse 370 (7 meetings), First 34.7 (6 meetings), Sun Fast 3200 (6 meetings), First 30 (6 meetings), Sun Fast 3600 (6 meetings), X-35 (6 meetings), Hanse 371 (6 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (5 meetings), Arcona 370 (5 meetings), X-37 (5 meetings), Luffe 40 (5 meetings), Sun Fast 3300 (Andrieu) (5 meetings), Elan 380 (4 meetings), Dehler 36 (Stadt) (4 meetings), XR 41 (4 meetings), J/80 (6 meetings), First 40.7 (6 meetings), J/92 (4 meetings), 11 Metre (3 meetings), Farr 30 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) (3 meetings), Fareast 28 (3 meetings), Elan 310 (3 meetings), X-79 (3 meetings), Melges 32 (3 meetings), First 40 (3 meetings), Cumulus (3 meetings), X-332 (2 meetings), Bavaria Match 35 (2 meetings), Mean Marine 32 (2 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Aphrodite 101 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
4.67
38°
Beam reach
7.34
90°
Broad reach
8.48
135°
Downwind VMG
7.39
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 light-air boat. In the light it does more than its numbers promise, and gives some of that back when the wind arrives.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the beat in the light stuff, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage off the wind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on the beam once it pipes up, giving away time it never gets back. That is a displacement hull working to its designed speed.
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 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Aphrodite 101
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.40 | 4.33 | 4.57 | 4.67 |
| 52° | 5.09 | 6.20 | 6.43 | 6.54 |
| 60° | 5.33 | 6.37 | 6.61 | 6.72 |
| 75° | 5.49 | 6.53 | 6.83 | 7.01 |
| 90° | 5.52 | 6.64 | 6.99 | 7.34 |
| 110° | 5.41 | 6.73 | 7.17 | 7.58 |
| 120° | 5.23 | 6.71 | 7.33 | 7.96 |
| 135° | 4.67 | 6.50 | 7.27 | 8.48 |
| 150° | 3.91 | 5.93 | 6.91 | 8.08 |
| Run VMG | 3.39 | 5.15 | 6.36 | 7.39 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 400 kg.
Rigging
Aphrodite 101 rig and sail dimensions
A Aphrodite 101 carries 12.00 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.50 m boom, a forestay 11.02 m above the deck and a 4.23 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 9 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 58 to 77 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.