Baltic 39
Baltic Yachts · C&C Design · 1977
Updated
The Baltic 39 is a 11.91 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by C&C Design and built by Baltic Yachts, first launched in 1977. It races in Class C.
Length
11.91 m
39′ 1″
Beam
3.85 m
Draft
2.12 m
Displacement
8.2 t
Sail area
91 m²
On the podium
Where a Baltic 39 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
2
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 2 starts by 1 boat between 2016 and 2019, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Baltic 39 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2019- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2016
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: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Baltic 39 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
First 36.7 (2 meetings), Hanse 370 (2 meetings), Sun Fast 37 (3 meetings), Sun Fast 40 (1 meeting), J/105 (1 meeting), Dufour 41 (1 meeting), Hanse 370e (1 meeting), X-452 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 50 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 49 (1 meeting), Genesi 43 (1 meeting), Selection 37 (1 meeting), X-332 (2 meetings), Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Comet 45 (1 meeting), Comet 41 (1 meeting), X-35 (1 meeting), First 47.7 (1 meeting), Baltic 52 (1 meeting), Bavaria Holiday 38 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 34 (Finot) (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) (1 meeting), Hanse 400 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 440 (1 meeting), Dufour 40 (1 meeting), First 45 (Farr) (1 meeting), Oceanis 41.1 (1 meeting), First 31.7 (1 meeting), Elan 410 (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
5.24
37°
Beam reach
7.95
90°
Broad reach
8.65
135°
Downwind VMG
7.66
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. Early-season racing and morning breezes play to its strengths; once it pipes up the fleet comes back to it.
Where it gains
Its best ground is upwind in a strong breeze, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short on a broad reach when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is weight that has to be driven rather than released.
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 upwind.
How fast is a Baltic 39
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.51 | 4.70 | 5.12 | 5.24 |
| 52° | 5.31 | 6.71 | 7.09 | 7.25 |
| 60° | 5.56 | 6.86 | 7.24 | 7.43 |
| 75° | 5.70 | 6.97 | 7.42 | 7.73 |
| 90° | 5.57 | 7.01 | 7.49 | 7.95 |
| 110° | 5.47 | 7.11 | 7.72 | 8.30 |
| 120° | 5.32 | 7.05 | 7.75 | 8.63 |
| 135° | 4.82 | 6.76 | 7.60 | 8.65 |
| 150° | 4.12 | 6.16 | 7.26 | 8.23 |
| Run VMG | 3.57 | 5.35 | 6.61 | 7.66 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 800 kg.
Rigging
Baltic 39 rig and sail dimensions
A Baltic 39 carries 13.80 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.95 m boom, a forestay 15.85 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 6 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 117 to 131 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.