Asso 99
SANTARELLI · Santarelli · 1982
Updated
The Asso 99 is a 9.96 m planing racing yacht designed by Santarelli and built by SANTARELLI, first launched in 1982. It races in Class B. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 16% of the designs it races against. It comes alive as the breeze builds, and gives time away in the light.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 16% of the boats it races against.
77th of 92 in its class.
Updated — Race Edge up from 1 to 14. More boats of this design have been measured, and the figure now rests on a larger fleet. The gain shows most in light and medium air.
Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold: designs scoring the same win anywhere from one race in ten to seven in ten. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.
Length
9.96 m
32′ 8″
Beam
2.93 m
Draft
1.73 m
Displacement
1.2 t
Sail area
53 m²
On the podium
Where a Asso 99 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 Asso 99 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 Asso 99 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
5.79
37°
Beam reach
11.60
90°
Broad reach
14.66
135°
Downwind VMG
11.00
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.
The stronger it blows, the better this design looks. On a windy coastal course it is in its element; on a light-air windward-leeward it has to be sailed well to hold on.
Where it gains
Its best ground is off the wind once it pipes up, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage running deep as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short cracked off in the light stuff, giving away time it never gets back. A planing hull rarely rewards a drifter: there is not enough pressure to get anything out of 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 3.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots it gives away time on the broad reach — the rating asks more than the boat returns.
How fast is a Asso 99
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.11 | 5.41 | 5.65 | 5.79 |
| 52° | 6.29 | 7.63 | 8.05 | 8.45 |
| 60° | 6.61 | 7.94 | 8.49 | 9.05 |
| 75° | 6.79 | 8.29 | 9.24 | 10.17 |
| 90° | 6.69 | 8.35 | 9.90 | 11.60 |
| 110° | 6.29 | 8.46 | 10.01 | 13.20 |
| 120° | 6.07 | 8.22 | 10.41 | 13.36 |
| 135° | 5.36 | 7.54 | 9.58 | 14.66 |
| 150° | 4.44 | 6.68 | 8.27 | 12.71 |
| Run VMG | 3.85 | 5.79 | 7.20 | 11.00 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. Crew weight is declared around 520 kg.
Rigging
Asso 99 rig and sail dimensions
A Asso 99 carries 11.25 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.15 m boom, a forestay 9.90 m above the deck and a 5.60 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 17 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 52 to 83 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.