Botin 56
King Marine · Botín & Carkeek · 2018
Updated
The Botin 56 is a 17.10 m planing racing yacht designed by Botín & Carkeek and built by King Marine, first launched in 2018. It races in Maxi.
Length
17.10 m
56′ 1″
Beam
4.72 m
Draft
3.89 m
Displacement
8.4 t
Sail area
189 m²
On the podium
Where a Botin 56 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 2 boats between 2024 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Botin 56 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Rolex Middle Sea Race2025
Aegean 6002024
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 Botin 56 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
J/109 (2 meetings), Xp 44 (3 meetings), Swan 56 (2 meetings), HH 42 (2 meetings), Neo 430 (4 meetings), Pac 52 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3300 (Andrieu) (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3200 (1 meeting), JPK 10.30 (2 meetings), Irc 52 (1 meeting), TP 52 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Comet 38 (Vallicelli) (1 meeting), Dufour 34 (1 meeting), Arcona 380 (1 meeting), First 40 (1 meeting), Farr 30 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3600 (1 meeting), Elan 450 (1 meeting), IMX 40 (1 meeting), Cookson 50 (1 meeting), J/111 (1 meeting), First 45 (Briand) (1 meeting), TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), X-41 (1 meeting), Mat 122 (1 meeting), Swan 42 (3 meetings), Dufour 44 (1 meeting), J/121 (1 meeting), Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), J/125 (1 meeting), Mat 11.80 (1 meeting), DK 46 (1 meeting), First 45 (Farr) (1 meeting), Neo 400 (1 meeting), Sydney 43 (1 meeting), Farr 45 (2 meetings), Pogo 36 (3 meetings), X-482 (1 meeting), Ice 52 (1 meeting), Swan 651 (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
7.91
36°
Beam reach
15.01
90°
Broad reach
17.25
135°
Downwind VMG
14.02
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 the beam once it pipes up, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage cracked off as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
There is no condition where it falls away badly, which is worth something over a season of mixed weather.
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 beam reach.
How fast is a Botin 56
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 5.55 | 6.99 | 7.53 | 7.91 |
| 52° | 8.52 | 10.09 | 10.81 | 11.53 |
| 60° | 9.04 | 10.62 | 11.42 | 12.27 |
| 75° | 9.46 | 11.36 | 12.39 | 13.64 |
| 90° | 9.45 | 11.61 | 13.20 | 15.01 |
| 110° | 8.79 | 11.41 | 13.56 | 16.34 |
| 120° | 8.27 | 11.04 | 13.75 | 16.88 |
| 135° | 7.19 | 10.42 | 13.36 | 17.25 |
| 150° | 6.00 | 9.09 | 11.44 | 16.18 |
| Run VMG | 5.20 | 7.87 | 9.91 | 14.02 |
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 1310 kg.
Rigging
Botin 56 rig and sail dimensions
A Botin 56 carries 22.88 m of mainsail hoist on a 7.63 m boom, a forestay 22.23 m above the deck and a 9.79 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails