Este 39
Cantieri d'Este · Andrea Vallicelli · 1994
Updated
The Este 39 is a 11.95 m displacement racing yacht designed by Andrea Vallicelli and built by Cantieri d'Este, first launched in 1994. It races in Class B.
Length
11.95 m
39′ 2″
Beam
3.73 m
Draft
2.54 m
Displacement
7.4 t
Sail area
88 m²
On the podium
Where a Este 39 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
21%
of 77 starts by 3 boats
Wins
10%
Read from 77 starts by 3 boats between 2020 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Este 39 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Round Aeolian Race 2026 - Campionato Italiano Offshore ORC2026- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2026
- Coppa Regina dei Paesi Bassi2026
- Campionato Invernale dell'Argentario - Coastal Race2026
- Campionato Invernale di Roma, 45a edizione2026
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: 2 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
6%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Este 39 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the Este 39 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
5.60
36°
Beam reach
8.57
90°
Broad reach
9.70
135°
Downwind VMG
8.01
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.
Soft conditions suit it. In the light it does more than its numbers promise, and gives some of that back when the wind arrives.
Where it gains
Its best ground is upwind when the breeze is soft, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short off the wind once it pipes up, giving away time it never gets back. That is a displacement hull working to its designed speed.
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 Este 39
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.81 | 5.12 | 5.46 | 5.60 |
| 52° | 5.75 | 7.24 | 7.56 | 7.70 |
| 60° | 6.04 | 7.39 | 7.74 | 7.89 |
| 75° | 6.22 | 7.51 | 7.95 | 8.21 |
| 90° | 6.12 | 7.59 | 8.08 | 8.57 |
| 110° | 6.03 | 7.73 | 8.38 | 9.14 |
| 120° | 5.92 | 7.70 | 8.47 | 9.44 |
| 135° | 5.25 | 7.38 | 8.25 | 9.70 |
| 150° | 4.43 | 6.64 | 7.79 | 8.90 |
| Run VMG | 3.83 | 5.76 | 6.90 | 8.01 |
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 650 kg.
Rigging
Este 39 rig and sail dimensions
A Este 39 carries 14.26 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.00 m boom, a forestay 16.32 m above the deck and a 5.78 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 6 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 118 to 135 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.