MaxiPlaningCruiser/Racer

Baltic 78

Baltic Yachts · Reichel/Pugh · 2000

Updated

Measured under the previous VPP (2021–2024)

The Baltic 78 is a 23.93 m planing racing yacht designed by Reichel/Pugh and built by Baltic Yachts, first launched in 2000. It races in Maxi.

Length

23.93 m

78′ 6″

Beam

5.62 m

Draft

4.63 m

Displacement

33.1 t

Sail area

314 m²

No boat of this design has been measured under the current VPP. The figures below come from measurement records issued between 2021 and 2024, on the earlier scale, so this design carries no Race Edge.

On the podium

Where a Baltic 78 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 Baltic 78 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

No regattas found yet.

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Round 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 Baltic 78 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.

3691230°60°90°120°150°WIND

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.

How fast is a Baltic 78

Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.

Angle6 kn10 kn14 kn20 kn
Beat VMG6.367.457.93—
52°9.5110.7011.16—
60°10.0311.0711.53—
75°10.5411.5112.11—
90°10.6211.7212.54—
110°10.2511.7712.76—
120°9.8811.7112.96—
135°8.9011.3013.05—
150°7.5010.1811.86—
Run VMG6.508.8110.27—

How they are set up

The range each sail spans across the fleet.

Mainsail173 m² – 195 m²
Headsail112 m² – 147 m²
Gennaker495 m² – 515 m²

Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 970 kg.