Este 24
Cantieri d'Este · German Frers · 1994
Updated
The Este 24 is a 7.50 m planing racing yacht designed by German Frers and built by Cantieri d'Este, first launched in 1994. It races in Sportboat. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 78% of the designs it races against.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 78% of the boats it races against.
7th of 28 in its class.
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 — 206 starts across 37 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
7.50 m
24′ 7″
Beam
2.45 m
Draft
1.67 m
Displacement
1.1 t
Sail area
34 m²
On the podium
Where a Este 24 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
20%
of 206 starts by 11 boats
Wins
4%
Read from 206 starts by 11 boats between 2015 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Este 24 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
4ª Golfo dei Poeti Cup2026- 59° Trofeo Fiorillo2026
- Yacht Club Domaso Circolo Velico del Lario Asd2026
- Coppa Italia Minialtura ORC2026
- 1° Tappa Campionato Velico del Lario2026
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
20%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
21%
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 Este 24 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Fareast 28 (7 meetings), Protagonist 750 (7 meetings), Express (7 meetings), ILC 25 (5 meetings), First 24 (Manuard) (5 meetings), Ecoracer 30 (4 meetings), Elan 310 (4 meetings), First 44.7 (7 meetings), Sun Fast 32 (3 meetings), Comet 910 (Finot) (3 meetings), J/112 (3 meetings), Ro 330 (3 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Este 24 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
4.62
38°
Beam reach
8.03
90°
Broad reach
11.71
135°
Downwind VMG
9.50
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 broad reach when it blows, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage running deep as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short upwind when it blows, 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 3.2 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Este 24
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.36 | 4.42 | 4.60 | 4.62 |
| 52° | 5.08 | 6.21 | 6.42 | 6.53 |
| 60° | 5.33 | 6.36 | 6.67 | 6.84 |
| 75° | 5.47 | 6.58 | 7.05 | 7.41 |
| 90° | 5.59 | 6.68 | 7.39 | 8.03 |
| 110° | 5.74 | 7.11 | 7.93 | 8.99 |
| 120° | 5.60 | 7.20 | 8.40 | 9.88 |
| 135° | 5.01 | 6.76 | 8.44 | 11.71 |
| 150° | 4.22 | 6.09 | 7.34 | 10.97 |
| Run VMG | 3.65 | 5.28 | 6.36 | 9.50 |
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 400 kg.
Rigging
Este 24 rig and sail dimensions
A Este 24 carries 9.55 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.43 m boom, a forestay 9.16 m above the deck and a 4.52 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 22 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 47 to 61 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.