Corsa 915
Life Yachts AB · Matteo Polli · 2020
Updated
The Corsa 915 is a 9.15 m planing racing yacht designed by Matteo Polli and built by Life Yachts AB, first launched in 2020. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 94% of the designs it races against.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 94% of the boats it races against.
10th of 159 in its class.
Updated — First Race Edge for this design. Enough boats of this design have now been measured to rank it. It is strongest in light and heavy air.
Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold: designs scoring the same win anywhere from one race in ten to seven in ten. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.
This design has been found in real race results — 71 starts across 14 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
9.15 m
30′ 0″
Beam
2.98 m
Draft
2.01 m
Displacement
2.2 t
Sail area
57 m²
On the podium
Where a Corsa 915 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
44%
of 71 starts by 4 boats
Wins
25%
Read from 71 starts by 4 boats between 2021 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Corsa 915 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Round Aeolian Race 2026 - Campionato Italiano Offshore ORC2026- Eolian Cup - Trofeo Franco Costa2026
- Trofeo Rotta dei Florio2026
59.Kihnu Regatt 2026 (ORC EKV etapp)2026- Regata dei Due Golfi (Lignano)2025
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
50%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
10%
of these races end on the podium
Sharper round the buoys. Short courses reward acceleration and manoeuvring, and that is where this design makes its money.
Who she races against
The designs a Corsa 915 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Neo 350 (7 meetings), Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk) (7 meetings), Hanse 510 (7 meetings), Elan 340 (7 meetings), Donovan GP 26 (6 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Corsa 915 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
5.29
37°
Beam reach
9.14
90°
Broad reach
12.29
135°
Downwind VMG
9.38
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 off the wind once it pipes up, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, 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 to windward once it pipes up, giving away time it never gets back. That is a hull that wants to get up and go, and needs pressure to do it.
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 2.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Corsa 915
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.76 | 4.95 | 5.21 | 5.29 |
| 52° | 5.70 | 6.96 | 7.26 | 7.43 |
| 60° | 5.97 | 7.14 | 7.54 | 7.76 |
| 75° | 6.15 | 7.30 | 7.97 | 8.39 |
| 90° | 6.05 | 7.36 | 8.19 | 9.14 |
| 110° | 6.24 | 7.80 | 8.73 | 9.88 |
| 120° | 6.12 | 7.80 | 9.18 | 10.82 |
| 135° | 5.46 | 7.41 | 8.95 | 12.29 |
| 150° | 4.58 | 6.70 | 7.95 | 10.84 |
| Run VMG | 3.98 | 5.80 | 6.88 | 9.38 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 580 kg.
Rigging
Corsa 915 rig and sail dimensions
A Corsa 915 carries 11.91 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.30 m boom, a forestay 12.28 m above the deck and a 5.11 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails