Comet 33
Updated
The Comet 33 is a 9.96 m displacement racing yacht designed by Lupoli and built by Comar, first launched in 2003. It races in Class C.
Length
9.96 m
32′ 8″
Beam
3.29 m
Draft
2.02 m
Displacement
4.1 t
Sail area
59 m²
On the podium
Where a Comet 33 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
8%
of 13 starts by 4 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 13 starts by 4 boats between 2021 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Comet 33 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Trofeo Porto Carlo Riva2026- 70a Regata dei Tre Golfi2025
- Campionato Invernale di Roma, 44a edizione2025
- 3G2024
- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2021
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: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Comet 33 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto) (7 meetings), J/122 (4 meetings), First 34.7 (5 meetings), X-41 (5 meetings), Sun Fast 3300 (Andrieu) (4 meetings), X-35 (4 meetings), Canard 41 (3 meetings), Italia 11.98 (3 meetings), Dufour 34 (2 meetings), IMX 45 (2 meetings), First 45 (Briand) (2 meetings), Swan 42 (2 meetings), First 40 (5 meetings), Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek) (2 meetings), Solaris 44 (3 meetings), X-50 (2 meetings), Farr 45 (2 meetings), Sun Fast 3600 (2 meetings), First 50 (4 meetings), Ker 46 (3 meetings), Este 39 (2 meetings), X-332 (2 meetings), First 40.7 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (6 meetings), Dufour 455 (2 meetings), Pogo 10.50 (2 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Comet 33 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
5.02
38°
Beam reach
8.12
90°
Broad reach
9.16
135°
Downwind VMG
7.33
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.
There is no obvious weak spot here. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is off the wind when it blows, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage across the wind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on the run in a strong breeze, giving away time it never gets back. That is a displacement hull working to its designed speed.
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 beam reach.
How fast is a Comet 33
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.21 | 4.46 | 4.96 | 5.02 |
| 52° | 4.94 | 6.49 | 6.99 | 7.10 |
| 60° | 5.22 | 6.69 | 7.17 | 7.33 |
| 75° | 5.42 | 6.84 | 7.39 | 7.75 |
| 90° | 5.51 | 7.03 | 7.58 | 8.12 |
| 110° | 5.54 | 7.19 | 7.90 | 8.77 |
| 120° | 5.38 | 7.12 | 7.96 | 9.13 |
| 135° | 4.82 | 6.79 | 7.69 | 9.16 |
| 150° | 4.05 | 6.08 | 7.19 | 8.29 |
| Run VMG | 3.51 | 5.27 | 6.31 | 7.33 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. Crew weight is declared around 450 kg.
Rigging
Comet 33 rig and sail dimensions
A Comet 33 carries 11.80 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.00 m boom, a forestay 12.61 m above the deck and a 4.37 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 7 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 72 to 89 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.