DB 2
Dehler · E.G. van de Stadt · 1985
Updated
The DB 2 is a 10.33 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by E.G. van de Stadt and built by Dehler, first launched in 1985. It races in Class C.
Length
10.33 m
33′ 11″
Beam
3.42 m
Draft
1.83 m
Displacement
3.6 t
Sail area
70 m²
On the podium
Where a DB 2 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
15%
of 13 starts by 1 boat
Wins
0%
Read from 13 starts by 1 boat between 2021 and 2024, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a DB 2 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Συμη2024- Rodos Cup2023
- Ταμα2023
- Ταμα2022
- Rodos Cup2021
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
15%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a DB 2 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Farr 45 (7 meetings), Dufour 350 (6 meetings), First 42 (Farr) (6 meetings), Dehler 34 (Stadt) (5 meetings), Sun Fast 3600 (4 meetings), First 38 (4 meetings), Salona 37 (4 meetings), First 40 (4 meetings), X-41 (4 meetings), Sun Odyssey 37.1 (4 meetings), Hanse 400 (3 meetings), Fareast 28 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 36 (2 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the DB 2 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
37°
Beam reach
7.94
90°
Broad reach
9.29
135°
Downwind VMG
7.43
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 design is even-tempered. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is cracked off once it pipes up, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage to windward as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on a broad reach in a working breeze, giving away time it never gets back.
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 DB 2
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.65 | 4.70 | 4.93 | 5.02 |
| 52° | 5.48 | 6.60 | 6.84 | 6.97 |
| 60° | 5.72 | 6.75 | 7.01 | 7.17 |
| 75° | 5.86 | 6.88 | 7.26 | 7.55 |
| 90° | 5.78 | 6.98 | 7.41 | 7.94 |
| 110° | 5.76 | 7.08 | 7.80 | 8.52 |
| 120° | 5.58 | 7.02 | 7.86 | 8.99 |
| 135° | 5.00 | 6.76 | 7.61 | 9.29 |
| 150° | 4.21 | 6.20 | 7.14 | 8.32 |
| Run VMG | 3.64 | 5.37 | 6.35 | 7.43 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 500 kg.
Rigging
DB 2 rig and sail dimensions
A DB 2 carries 13.20 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.80 m boom, a forestay 12.13 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 61 to 79 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.