Caravela 950
Caravela Boatbuild · Edward Banaszak · 2017
Updated
The Caravela 950 is a 9.50 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Edward Banaszak and built by Caravela Boatbuild, first launched in 2017. It races in Class C.
Length
9.50 m
31′ 2″
Beam
3.30 m
Draft
2.18 m
Displacement
3.1 t
Sail area
59 m²
On the podium
Where a Caravela 950 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 1 boat between 2024 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Caravela 950 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regata Brindisi-Corfù2025- 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: 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 Caravela 950 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Bavaria 40 (2 meetings), Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) (3 meetings), X-482 (2 meetings), Mumm 36 (1 meeting), Dufour 40 (1 meeting), Comet 51 (1 meeting), X-35 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 44 (Polli) (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 440 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), First 40.7 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Comet 45 (2 meetings), Elan S5 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 49 (1 meeting), Bavaria Match 42 (1 meeting), Farr 39 (1 meeting), First 36.7 (1 meeting), Comet 36 (1 meeting), Baltic 43 (1 meeting), Bavaria C45 (1 meeting), Dufour 34 (1 meeting), M 37 (1 meeting), Moody 38 (1 meeting), Salona 37 (1 meeting), Elan 400 (1 meeting), Salona 41 (1 meeting), Zuanelli 401 (1 meeting), Dehler 34 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Hanse 540e (1 meeting), Bavaria 430 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 45 (1 meeting), Marchi 39 (1 meeting), Italia 9.98 (1 meeting), X-412 (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
4.81
41°
Beam reach
8.64
90°
Broad reach
10.96
135°
Downwind VMG
8.62
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 off the wind in a strong breeze, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, 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 1.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Caravela 950
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.61 | 4.60 | 4.84 | 4.81 |
| 52° | 5.49 | 6.71 | 7.03 | 7.09 |
| 60° | 5.80 | 6.96 | 7.29 | 7.40 |
| 75° | 6.04 | 7.22 | 7.67 | 8.00 |
| 90° | 6.08 | 7.42 | 7.99 | 8.64 |
| 110° | 5.96 | 7.56 | 8.51 | 9.48 |
| 120° | 5.83 | 7.58 | 8.70 | 10.20 |
| 135° | 5.26 | 7.27 | 8.56 | 10.96 |
| 150° | 4.44 | 6.56 | 7.81 | 9.96 |
| Run VMG | 3.84 | 5.68 | 6.79 | 8.62 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 220 kg.
Rigging
Caravela 950 rig and sail dimensions
A Caravela 950 carries 11.95 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.54 m boom, a forestay 12.74 m above the deck and a 5.45 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 63 to 109 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.