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Didi 26

Didi · Dudley Dix · 2008

Updated 30 September 2026

Measured under the previous VPP (2021–2024)

The Didi 26 is a 8.35 m planing racing yacht designed by Dudley Dix and built by Didi, first launched in 2008. It races in Sportboat.

Length

8.35 m

27′ 5″

Beam

2.56 m

Draft

1.71 m

Displacement

1.5 t

Sail area

37 m²

No boat of this design has been measured under the current VPP. The figures below come from measurement records issued between 2021 and 2024, on the earlier scale, so this design carries no Race Edge.

On the podium

Where a Didi 26 finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

of 58 starts by 1 boat

Wins

Wins5%3

Seconds0%0

Thirds0%0

Off the podium95%55

Read from 58 starts by 1 boat between 2024 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.

Recent regattas

The latest events where a Didi 26 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

Yacht Club Domaso Circolo Velico del Lario Asd2026
Coppa Italia Minialtura ORC2026
1° Tappa Campionato Velico del Lario2026
Campionato Velico del Lario ORC2025
Interlaghi Classica & Campionato Velico del Lario ORC2025

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Round 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

of these races end on the podium

58 races of 10 NM or less

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

The designs a Didi 26 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.

This design aheadRival ahead

Este 2422%ahead in 13 of 58 meetings, 58 races

Blusail 2441%ahead in 32 of 79 meetings, 58 races

D 77221%ahead in 11 of 53 meetings, 53 races

Platu 2519%ahead in 11 of 59 meetings, 44 racesalmost always behind

First 21168%ahead in 19 of 28 meetings, 28 races

Rivetto33%ahead in 10 of 30 meetings, 27 races

Farr 3035%ahead in 7 of 20 meetings, 20 races

Grand Surprise42%ahead in 8 of 19 meetings, 19 races

Fun21%ahead in 4 of 19 meetings, 13 races

Melges 240%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings, 9 races

H-boat11%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings, 9 races

Also met, too few times for a figure:

Surprise (6 meetings), First 24 (Manuard) (5 meetings), Stag 29 (3 meetings)

Some of the boats it races against

How the Didi 26 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.

Didi 26 vs Blusail 24ahead 41% of 79 head-to-heads

Didi 26 vs Platu 25ahead 19% of 59 head-to-heads

Didi 26 vs Este 24ahead 22% of 58 head-to-heads

Didi 26 vs D 772ahead 21% of 53 head-to-heads

Didi 26 vs Rivettoahead 33% of 30 head-to-heads

Speed at every angle

The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.

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.

How fast is a Didi 26

Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.

Angle	6 kn	10 kn	14 kn	20 kn
Beat VMG	4.05	4.50	4.55	—
52°	6.07	6.52	6.60	—
60°	6.37	6.85	6.98	—
75°	6.62	7.37	7.58	—
90°	6.65	7.77	8.21	—
110°	6.76	7.80	8.95	—
120°	6.68	8.08	9.14	—
135°	6.29	7.66	9.70	—
150°	5.45	6.87	8.22	—
Run VMG	4.72	5.95	7.12	—

How they are set up

The range each sail spans across the fleet.

Mainsail24 m² – 25 m²

Headsail11 m² – 14 m²

Gennaker48 m² – 73 m²

Most run a fixed propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 450 kg.

Rigging

Didi 26 rig and sail dimensions

A Didi 26 carries 10.71 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.98 m boom, a forestay 9.04 m above the deck and a 3.46 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.

Rig

Mainsail hoistP10.71 m10.61 – 10.80

Boom lengthE3.98 m3.95 – 4.00

Forestay heightIG9.04 m8.99 – 9.08

Fore triangle baseJ2.65 m2.60 – 2.70

Spinnaker hoistISP10.73 m9.71 – 11.75

BowspritTPS3.46 m3.00 – 3.93

Boom above deckBAS1.33 m1.28 – 1.37

Sails

Mainsail25.1 m²23.8 – 25.3

Headsail12.1 m²10.9 – 14.2

Gennaker56.0 m²48.4 – 73.1

The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 48 to 73 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.