Bonin 358
Bonin · Maurizio Cossutti · 2012
Updated
The Bonin 358 is a 10.86 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Maurizio Cossutti and built by Bonin, first launched in 2012. It races in Class C.
Length
10.86 m
35′ 8″
Beam
3.54 m
Draft
2.18 m
Displacement
4.9 t
Sail area
71 m²
On the podium
Where a Bonin 358 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
17%
of 24 starts by 3 boats
Wins
8%
Read from 24 starts by 3 boats between 2019 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Bonin 358 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
32nd Cyclades Regatta - '262026
EST 1052026- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2026
- 31st Cyclades Regatta2025
- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2024
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: 9 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
25%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Bonin 358 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Dufour 40 (7 meetings), J/109 (7 meetings), Melges 32 (7 meetings), J/99 (7 meetings), Jv 44 (7 meetings), Rimar 36 (7 meetings), X-43 (7 meetings), Bh 36 (7 meetings), First 44.7 (7 meetings), Sun Fast 3200 (7 meetings), J/11 (7 meetings), Dehler 38 (Judel/Vrolijk) (6 meetings), X-37 (6 meetings), Salona 34 (6 meetings), Archambault 34 (6 meetings), Cobra 33 (6 meetings), Comet 36 (6 meetings), Bavaria Match 38 (5 meetings), Salona 37 (4 meetings), J/105 (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (6 meetings), First 40 (4 meetings), Dehler 35 (Voogd) (4 meetings), First 45 (Briand) (3 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Bonin 358 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
5.25
39°
Beam reach
8.96
90°
Broad reach
11.02
135°
Downwind VMG
8.45
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 cracked off in a strong breeze, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, 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 on the beat 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 1.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Bonin 358
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.58 | 4.83 | 5.15 | 5.25 |
| 52° | 5.47 | 7.04 | 7.41 | 7.56 |
| 60° | 5.77 | 7.28 | 7.67 | 7.85 |
| 75° | 5.98 | 7.47 | 8.03 | 8.39 |
| 90° | 6.08 | 7.63 | 8.29 | 8.96 |
| 110° | 6.11 | 7.88 | 8.66 | 9.66 |
| 120° | 5.98 | 7.86 | 8.96 | 10.21 |
| 135° | 5.33 | 7.51 | 8.71 | 11.02 |
| 150° | 4.48 | 6.70 | 7.98 | 9.76 |
| Run VMG | 3.88 | 5.80 | 6.95 | 8.45 |
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 520 kg.
Rigging
Bonin 358 rig and sail dimensions
A Bonin 358 carries 13.29 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.04 m boom, a forestay 13.53 m above the deck and a 5.31 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 110 to 121 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.