Brenta 24
INT.COMPOSITES · Luca Brenta · 1995
Updated
The Brenta 24 is a 7.49 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Luca Brenta and built by INT.COMPOSITES, first launched in 1995. It races in Sportboat. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 52% of the designs it races against. It is at its best in light air and struggles to hold that once it blows.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 52% of the boats it races against.
14th of 28 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 9 starts across 9 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
7.49 m
24′ 7″
Beam
2.38 m
Draft
1.66 m
Displacement
1.1 t
Sail area
31 m²
On the podium
Where a Brenta 24 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
1
Thirds
9
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 9 starts by 2 boats between 2014 and 2024, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Brenta 24 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regata Amigos de la Vela2024- Regata Amigos de la Vela2023
- Regata Proyecto Hombre2021
- Regata Amigos de la Vela2021
- Regata Amigos de la Vela2020
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: 8 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Brenta 24 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
First 36.7 (6 meetings), Salona 45 (6 meetings), First 31.7 (5 meetings), TP 52 (Farr) (4 meetings), Bashford 41 (4 meetings), Furia 37 (3 meetings), Centurion 40 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk) (3 meetings), Dufour 40 (3 meetings), Visiers 35 (2 meetings), Ro 330 (2 meetings), Salona 37 (2 meetings), First 40.7 (2 meetings), J/80 (1 meeting), Dufour 36 (1 meeting), Farr 395 (1 meeting), First 45 (Farr) (1 meeting), Drac One Ton (1 meeting), Corel 45 (1 meeting), Dufour 3800 (1 meeting), Rush 31 (1 meeting), Melges 24 (1 meeting), Hanse 342 (1 meeting), First 40 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Brenta 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
4.56
38°
Beam reach
7.70
90°
Broad reach
10.48
135°
Downwind VMG
8.00
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.
It needs pressure to show what it can do. 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 off the wind in a strong breeze, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on the run as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on the beat once it pipes up, 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 2.2 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the downwind.
How fast is a Brenta 24
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.31 | 4.33 | 4.55 | 4.56 |
| 52° | 5.00 | 6.08 | 6.32 | 6.43 |
| 60° | 5.24 | 6.27 | 6.51 | 6.65 |
| 75° | 5.40 | 6.47 | 6.86 | 7.11 |
| 90° | 5.41 | 6.52 | 7.17 | 7.70 |
| 110° | 5.42 | 6.78 | 7.56 | 8.42 |
| 120° | 5.24 | 6.72 | 7.84 | 9.38 |
| 135° | 4.67 | 6.37 | 7.54 | 10.48 |
| 150° | 3.94 | 5.86 | 6.95 | 9.24 |
| Run VMG | 3.41 | 5.12 | 6.22 | 8.00 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. Crew weight is declared around 300 kg.
Rigging
Brenta 24 rig and sail dimensions
A Brenta 24 carries 9.17 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.46 m boom, a forestay 8.77 m above the deck and a 3.71 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 — 45 to 68 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.