Eleva 50
Eleva Yachts · Giovanni Ceccarelli · 2017
Updated
The Eleva 50 is a 15.27 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Giovanni Ceccarelli and built by Eleva Yachts, first launched in 2017. It races in Class 0.
Length
15.27 m
50′ 1″
Beam
4.83 m
Draft
2.95 m
Displacement
13.8 t
Sail area
147 m²
On the podium
Where a Eleva 50 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 21 starts by 2 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 21 starts by 2 boats between 2023 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Eleva 50 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
73° Loro Piana Giraglia2026- Regate di Primavera Portofino2026
- Trofeo Porto Carlo Riva2026
- Genova Sailing Week2026
- Campionato Invernale West Liguria2025
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
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
0%
of these races end on the podium
Level across both. Plenty of designs fall away once the course gets long — a light hull that thrives round the cans can struggle through a night at sea. This one does not.
Who she races against
The designs a Eleva 50 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Italia 11.98 (7 meetings), Ker 46 (6 meetings), TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk) (6 meetings), Sinergia 40 (5 meetings), Farr 45 (5 meetings), First 36 (5 meetings), Bavaria Match 42 (5 meetings), Comet 51 (5 meetings), Jv 56 (5 meetings), Cookson 50 (5 meetings), Marten 49 (5 meetings), Swan 46 (4 meetings), M 34 (4 meetings), ClubSwan 43 (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 43 (Design) (4 meetings), Solaris 44 (4 meetings), First 44.7 (6 meetings), Comet 45 (4 meetings), J/109 (4 meetings), First 34.7 (3 meetings), Comet 41 (4 meetings), X-35 (2 meetings), X-41 (2 meetings), Dehler 36 (Stadt) (2 meetings), Swan 54 (2 meetings), Stag 32 (2 meetings), Farr 30 (2 meetings), Sun Fast 3300 (Andrieu) (2 meetings), Comet 33 (2 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Eleva 50 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
6.51
38°
Beam reach
10.73
90°
Broad reach
12.64
135°
Downwind VMG
9.69
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 on a reach when it blows, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on a broad reach as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short upwind when the breeze is soft, 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 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Eleva 50
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.95 | 5.60 | 6.24 | 6.51 |
| 52° | 6.08 | 8.21 | 8.93 | 9.21 |
| 60° | 6.46 | 8.50 | 9.22 | 9.54 |
| 75° | 6.74 | 8.71 | 9.55 | 10.15 |
| 90° | 6.67 | 8.82 | 9.62 | 10.73 |
| 110° | 6.92 | 9.22 | 10.26 | 11.33 |
| 120° | 6.78 | 9.18 | 10.53 | 12.03 |
| 135° | 6.06 | 8.74 | 10.13 | 12.64 |
| 150° | 5.06 | 7.67 | 9.28 | 11.19 |
| Run VMG | 4.38 | 6.64 | 8.08 | 9.69 |
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 900 kg.
Rigging
Eleva 50 rig and sail dimensions
A Eleva 50 carries 20.45 m of mainsail hoist on a 6.76 m boom, a forestay 20.70 m above the deck and a 7.77 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails