Corel 45
Carroll Marine · Bruce Farr · 1996
Updated
The Corel 45 is a 13.90 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Bruce Farr and built by Carroll Marine, first launched in 1996. It races in Class A.
Length
13.90 m
45′ 7″
Beam
4.19 m
Draft
2.89 m
Displacement
7.1 t
Sail area
128 m²
On the podium
Where a Corel 45 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
8%
of 25 starts by 3 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 25 starts by 3 boats between 2019 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Corel 45 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Malaga Sailing Cup2025- Regata Proyecto Hombre2024
ORC European Championship2023- ORC World Championship2022
- Regata Amigos de la Vela2021
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
6%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 9 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Corel 45 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Mylius 14 (7 meetings), Marten 49 (7 meetings), Vismara 46 (7 meetings), Solaris 50 (7 meetings), Botin 52 (7 meetings), Swan 48 (7 meetings), Cookson 50 (7 meetings), DK 46 (7 meetings), First 45 (Briand) (7 meetings), HH 42 (7 meetings), Ice 52 (7 meetings), B&c 46 (7 meetings), First 50 (7 meetings), TP 52 (Farr) (6 meetings), Farr 49 (6 meetings), First 40.7 (7 meetings), First 36 (3 meetings), Dehler 47 (3 meetings), Dehler 38 (Judel/Vrolijk) (3 meetings), Dufour 44 (2 meetings), Dufour 34 (3 meetings), Italia 12.98 (Cossutti) (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), First 36.7 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Salona 45 (1 meeting), Dufour 40 (1 meeting), Brenta 24 (1 meeting), Furia 37 (1 meeting), Bashford 41 (1 meeting), Salona 37 (1 meeting), Fortuna 9 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Corel 45 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
6.14
37°
Beam reach
10.19
90°
Broad reach
13.13
135°
Downwind VMG
10.21
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. 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 when it blows, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage downwind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
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 1.2 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Corel 45
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.43 | 5.67 | 6.00 | 6.14 |
| 52° | 6.71 | 8.09 | 8.41 | 8.61 |
| 60° | 7.05 | 8.35 | 8.68 | 8.94 |
| 75° | 7.30 | 8.64 | 9.13 | 9.51 |
| 90° | 7.20 | 8.72 | 9.49 | 10.19 |
| 110° | 7.02 | 8.89 | 9.75 | 11.01 |
| 120° | 6.81 | 8.98 | 10.17 | 11.75 |
| 135° | 6.14 | 8.45 | 10.06 | 13.13 |
| 150° | 5.13 | 7.56 | 9.00 | 11.79 |
| Run VMG | 4.45 | 6.54 | 7.96 | 10.21 |
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 850 kg.
Rigging
Corel 45 rig and sail dimensions
A Corel 45 carries 18.82 m of mainsail hoist on a 6.71 m boom, a forestay 17.95 m above the deck and a 7.12 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 — 167 to 227 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.