Baltic 43
Baltic Yachts · Judel/Vrolijk · 1986
Updated
The Baltic 43 is a 13.21 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Judel/Vrolijk and built by Baltic Yachts, first launched in 1986. It races in Class B.
Length
13.21 m
43′ 4″
Beam
4.20 m
Draft
2.45 m
Displacement
10.3 t
Sail area
112 m²
On the podium
Where a Baltic 43 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
4
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 4 starts by 2 boats between 2023 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Baltic 43 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regata Brindisi-Corfù2026- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2025
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2024
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2023
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: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Baltic 43 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Dufour 40 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (3 meetings), First 40.7 (7 meetings), Comet 36 (3 meetings), Dufour 34 (4 meetings), X-35 (2 meetings), Bavaria 40 (2 meetings), Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) (3 meetings), First 36.7 (4 meetings), J/109 (2 meetings), X-412 (2 meetings), Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk) (2 meetings), X-34 (2 meetings), Sun Fast 3600 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek) (3 meetings), Mumm 36 (1 meeting), Comet 51 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 44 (Polli) (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 440 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Comet 45 (2 meetings), Caravela 950 (1 meeting), Elan S5 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 49 (1 meeting), Bavaria Match 42 (1 meeting), Farr 39 (1 meeting), X-482 (1 meeting), Bavaria C45 (1 meeting), Oceanis 393 (1 meeting), Bavaria Cruiser 39 (1 meeting), Marchi 39 (1 meeting), Show 34 (1 meeting), Dufour 530 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 46 (Jézéquel) (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 43 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 51 (1 meeting), Hanse 430 (1 meeting), Elan 37 (1 meeting), Dehler 34 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Bonin 358 (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
5.66
37°
Beam reach
8.64
90°
Broad reach
9.41
135°
Downwind VMG
8.16
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.
Soft conditions suit it. 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 to windward when the breeze is soft, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short cracked off once it pipes up, 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 43
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.80 | 5.12 | 5.52 | 5.66 |
| 52° | 5.77 | 7.27 | 7.67 | 7.80 |
| 60° | 6.06 | 7.44 | 7.83 | 8.01 |
| 75° | 6.26 | 7.57 | 8.02 | 8.35 |
| 90° | 6.14 | 7.58 | 8.10 | 8.64 |
| 110° | 5.88 | 7.68 | 8.36 | 9.14 |
| 120° | 5.72 | 7.60 | 8.37 | 9.40 |
| 135° | 5.14 | 7.25 | 8.18 | 9.41 |
| 150° | 4.36 | 6.58 | 7.80 | 8.88 |
| Run VMG | 3.77 | 5.71 | 6.99 | 8.16 |
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 660 kg.
Rigging
Baltic 43 rig and sail dimensions
A Baltic 43 carries 15.99 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.96 m boom, a forestay 17.69 m above the deck and a 5.95 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 128 to 155 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.