Class 0PlaningCruiser/Racer

Brenta 60

Knierim · Luca Brenta · 2007

Updated

Measured under the previous VPP (2021–2024)

The Brenta 60 is a 18.60 m planing racing yacht designed by Luca Brenta and built by Knierim, first launched in 2007. It races in Class 0.

Brenta 60 - Luca Brenta - KnierimP 24.75 mLOA 18.60 m

Length

18.60 m

61′ 0″

Beam

4.30 m

Draft

3.39 m

Displacement

16.0 t

Sail area

202 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 Brenta 60 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 Brenta 60 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 Brenta 60 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 Brenta 60

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

Angle6 kn10 kn14 kn20 kn
Beat VMG5.896.707.10—
52°8.959.669.94—
60°9.4010.0010.25—
75°9.8410.5411.01—
90°10.0010.9811.64—
110°9.6510.9512.20—
120°9.3610.8212.11—
135°8.5310.4312.29—
150°7.129.5010.96—
Run VMG6.178.259.49—

How they are set up

The range each sail spans across the fleet.

Mainsail126 m² – 129 m²
Headsail74 m² – 76 m²
Gennaker244 m² – 312 m²

Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 750 kg.

Rigging

Brenta 60 rig and sail dimensions

A Brenta 60 carries 24.75 m of mainsail hoist on a 9.05 m boom, a forestay 22.83 m above the deck and a 6.82 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.

Rig

Mainsail hoistP24.75 m24.74 – 24.77
Boom lengthE9.05 m9.04 – 9.05
Forestay heightIG22.83 m22.82 – 22.84
Fore triangle baseJ6.50 m6.50 – 6.50
Spinnaker hoistISP27.04 m27.02 – 27.07
BowspritTPS6.82 m6.82 – 6.82
Boom above deckBAS1.99 m1.98 – 2.00

Sails

Mainsail127.4 m²125.7 – 129.1
Headsail74.9 m²73.8 – 76.1
Gennaker277.9 m²244.0 – 311.8

The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 244 to 312 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.