Arcona 430
Arcona Yachts · Stefan Qviberg · 2007
Updated
The Arcona 430 is a 13.13 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Stefan Qviberg and built by Arcona Yachts, first launched in 2007. It races in Class A.
Length
13.13 m
43′ 1″
Beam
3.94 m
Draft
2.33 m
Displacement
9.8 t
Sail area
106 m²
On the podium
Where a Arcona 430 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
7
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 7 starts by 1 boat between 2015 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Arcona 430 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Skagen Offshore Race2026- Island Offshore - Race to the Arctic2026
- Raymarine OneStar2026
- Hollænderseilasen2015
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 Arcona 430 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Arcona 410 (6 meetings), Dehler 44 (5 meetings), Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek) (5 meetings), Landmark 43 (5 meetings), Elan 410 (6 meetings), JPK 10.50 (4 meetings), Swan 45 (4 meetings), Dehler 42 (4 meetings), Xp 38 (4 meetings), Fast 42 (4 meetings), First 40 (3 meetings), Dehler 41 (Voogd) (3 meetings), First 31.7 (2 meetings), First 34.7 (2 meetings), Sun Fast 3300 (Andrieu) (5 meetings), Figaro 2 (2 meetings), Italia 9.98 (2 meetings), J/109 (2 meetings), Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk) (2 meetings), Dehler 30 OD (1 meeting), Sun Fast 37 (1 meeting), Luffe 40 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3600 (1 meeting), Elan 40 (1 meeting), Pogo 40 (1 meeting), Hanse 370 (1 meeting), Salona 34 (1 meeting), King 40 (1 meeting), Xp 44 (1 meeting), J/111 (1 meeting), J/122 (1 meeting), HH 42 (1 meeting), Swan 48 (Frers) (1 meeting), First 45 (Briand) (1 meeting), Swan 56 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), ILC 40 (1 meeting), J/46 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Arcona 430 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
6.00
38°
Beam reach
9.59
90°
Broad reach
10.48
135°
Downwind VMG
8.86
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.
There is no obvious weak spot here. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a reach once it pipes up, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short cracked off when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is a hull that will lift and run given enough breeze.
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 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Arcona 430
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.71 | 5.20 | 5.77 | 6.00 |
| 52° | 5.75 | 7.62 | 8.14 | 8.39 |
| 60° | 6.14 | 7.88 | 8.39 | 8.64 |
| 75° | 6.45 | 8.09 | 8.70 | 9.11 |
| 90° | 6.53 | 8.22 | 8.91 | 9.59 |
| 110° | 6.21 | 8.23 | 9.22 | 10.26 |
| 120° | 5.98 | 8.11 | 9.13 | 10.70 |
| 135° | 5.33 | 7.67 | 8.80 | 10.48 |
| 150° | 4.47 | 6.82 | 8.29 | 9.77 |
| Run VMG | 3.88 | 5.91 | 7.42 | 8.86 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 950 kg.
Rigging
Arcona 430 rig and sail dimensions
A Arcona 430 carries 17.45 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.97 m boom, a forestay 17.87 m above the deck and a 5.30 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails