Canard 41
CANARD YACHTS · Massimo Paperini · 2001
Updated
The Canard 41 is a 12.47 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Massimo Paperini and built by CANARD YACHTS, first launched in 2001. It races in Class B.
Length
12.47 m
40′ 11″
Beam
3.81 m
Draft
2.75 m
Displacement
6.7 t
Sail area
86 m²
On the podium
Where a Canard 41 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
9%
of 47 starts by 3 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 47 starts by 3 boats between 2012 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Canard 41 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2026- ORC World Championship2026
- Trofeo Porto Carlo Riva2026
- Genova Sailing Week2026
- ORC DH World Championship2025
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
13%
of these races end on the podium
Better the longer it gets. Boats that settle into a groove and hold it gain ground once the course stops turning.
Who she races against
The designs a Canard 41 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Solaris 48 (7 meetings), Melges 32 (6 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (6 meetings), Farr 30 (5 meetings), Comet 38 (Vallicelli) (5 meetings), Sun Fast 37 (5 meetings), Mylius 11 (5 meetings), Salona 41 (4 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Canard 41 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
5.89
37°
Beam reach
9.25
90°
Broad reach
10.62
135°
Downwind VMG
8.20
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. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a broad reach 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 on the beat as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short downwind 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 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the upwind.
How fast is a Canard 41
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.78 | 5.22 | 5.71 | 5.89 |
| 52° | 5.73 | 7.46 | 7.92 | 8.11 |
| 60° | 6.01 | 7.64 | 8.14 | 8.36 |
| 75° | 6.20 | 7.77 | 8.39 | 8.81 |
| 90° | 6.05 | 7.89 | 8.46 | 9.25 |
| 110° | 6.12 | 8.07 | 9.01 | 9.93 |
| 120° | 5.95 | 7.97 | 9.01 | 10.60 |
| 135° | 5.32 | 7.55 | 8.64 | 10.62 |
| 150° | 4.45 | 6.72 | 8.03 | 9.41 |
| Run VMG | 3.85 | 5.82 | 7.02 | 8.20 |
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 650 kg.
Rigging
Canard 41 rig and sail dimensions
A Canard 41 carries 14.87 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.50 m boom, a forestay 16.52 m above the deck and a 5.57 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 113 to 152 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.