Blusail 24
Rimini Sail · BRENTA-PERIOTTO · 1995
Updated
The Blusail 24 is a 7.47 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by BRENTA-PERIOTTO and built by Rimini Sail, first launched in 1995. It races in Sportboat. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 67% of the designs it races against.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 67% of the boats it races against.
10th of 28 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 121 starts across 21 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
7.47 m
24′ 6″
Beam
2.38 m
Draft
1.65 m
Displacement
1.2 t
Sail area
32 m²
On the podium
Where a Blusail 24 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
3%
of 121 starts by 3 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 121 starts by 3 boats between 2022 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Blusail 24 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Yacht Club Domaso Circolo Velico del Lario Asd2026- Coppa Italia Minialtura ORC2026
- 1° Tappa Campionato Velico del Lario2026
- Campionato Velico del Lario ORC2025
- Interlaghi Classica & Campionato Velico del Lario ORC2025
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
3%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Blusail 24 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Solaris 44 (6 meetings), Surprise (6 meetings), First 24 (Manuard) (5 meetings), Stag 29 (6 meetings), Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), First 45 (Briand) (1 meeting), First 36.7 (1 meeting), First 31.7 (2 meetings), Comet 105 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 40 (1 meeting), Bavaria Cruiser 42 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 32 (1 meeting), Stag 32 (1 meeting), First 260 (1 meeting), First 44.7 (1 meeting), Dufour 365 (1 meeting), First 30 (Berret) (1 meeting), Furia 25 (1 meeting), Comet 910 (Finot) (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Blusail 24 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
4.68
37°
Beam reach
7.96
90°
Broad reach
10.96
135°
Downwind VMG
8.35
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 boat that wants breeze. 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 on a broad reach in a strong breeze, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage downwind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short to windward in a strong breeze, 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 2.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Blusail 24
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.20 | 4.40 | 4.65 | 4.68 |
| 52° | 4.85 | 6.15 | 6.43 | 6.53 |
| 60° | 5.10 | 6.29 | 6.65 | 6.80 |
| 75° | 5.26 | 6.43 | 7.01 | 7.31 |
| 90° | 5.49 | 6.58 | 7.17 | 7.96 |
| 110° | 5.59 | 6.91 | 7.72 | 8.75 |
| 120° | 5.43 | 6.95 | 8.05 | 9.47 |
| 135° | 4.82 | 6.58 | 7.88 | 10.96 |
| 150° | 4.06 | 5.95 | 7.05 | 9.65 |
| Run VMG | 3.52 | 5.16 | 6.22 | 8.35 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. Crew weight is declared around 350 kg.
Rigging
Blusail 24 rig and sail dimensions
A Blusail 24 carries 9.20 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.50 m boom, a forestay 8.70 m above the deck and a 3.89 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 9 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 44 to 57 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.