Conrad 24
Contrastbåtar · Michel Dufour · 1978
Updated
The Conrad 24 is a 7.25 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Michel Dufour and built by Contrastbåtar, first launched in 1978. It races in Class C.
Length
7.25 m
23′ 9″
Beam
2.65 m
Draft
1.43 m
Displacement
1.4 t
Sail area
32 m²
On the podium
Where a Conrad 24 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
18%
of 38 starts by 3 boats
Wins
3%
Read from 38 starts by 3 boats between 2020 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Conrad 24 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regatta Sozopol Sailing Cup2026- Regata Port Varna - Cups General Broker2023
- Regatta Port Varna - General Broker Cup2022
- Regatta Fair Play Cup2022
- Regatta Varna Channel Cup2022
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
16%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 7 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Conrad 24 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Salona 40 (7 meetings), Bavaria Cruiser 34 (7 meetings), Farr 40 (5 meetings), Bavaria C45 (5 meetings), Hanse 348 (5 meetings), Mat 122 (4 meetings), X-332 (4 meetings), Xc 42 (4 meetings), Hallberg Rassy 412 (4 meetings), Nicholson 345 (4 meetings), Hanse 320 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 37 (Design) (3 meetings), Bavaria Match 42 (3 meetings), Bavaria Cruiser 40 S (3 meetings), Swan 42 (3 meetings), Grand Surprise (3 meetings), Oceanis 393 (3 meetings), Dufour 2800 (3 meetings), Platu 25 (3 meetings), Farr 30 (3 meetings), Bavaria 37 (3 meetings), X-41 (3 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Conrad 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
4.35
37°
Beam reach
6.94
90°
Broad reach
7.42
135°
Downwind VMG
6.47
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 one is at home going to windward. Windward-leeward courses give it more of what it is good at than a coastal race does.
Where it gains
Its best ground is to windward once it pipes up, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
There is no condition where it falls away badly, which is worth something over a season of mixed weather.
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 Conrad 24
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.83 | 3.77 | 4.27 | 4.35 |
| 52° | 4.27 | 5.43 | 5.88 | 6.04 |
| 60° | 4.47 | 5.56 | 6.01 | 6.25 |
| 75° | 4.59 | 5.67 | 6.16 | 6.67 |
| 90° | 4.51 | 5.80 | 6.41 | 6.94 |
| 110° | 4.56 | 5.87 | 6.62 | 7.46 |
| 120° | 4.40 | 5.79 | 6.57 | 7.59 |
| 135° | 4.00 | 5.58 | 6.34 | 7.42 |
| 150° | 3.48 | 5.16 | 6.03 | 7.02 |
| Run VMG | 3.02 | 4.51 | 5.52 | 6.47 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. Crew weight is declared around 350 kg.
Rigging
Conrad 24 rig and sail dimensions
A Conrad 24 carries 7.68 m of mainsail hoist on a 2.62 m boom, a forestay 8.98 m above the deck. 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 — 39 to 42 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.