Feeling 920
Kirie · Philippe Harle · 1983
Updated
The Feeling 920 is a 9.25 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Philippe Harle and built by Kirie, first launched in 1983. It races in Class C.
Length
9.25 m
30′ 4″
Beam
3.22 m
Draft
1.75 m
Displacement
4.1 t
Sail area
54 m²
On the podium
Where a Feeling 920 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
14%
of 66 starts by 4 boats
Wins
5%
Read from 66 starts by 4 boats between 2017 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Feeling 920 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
43ος Ιστιοπλοικος Αγωνας Κορφος ΄262026- "Επιδαυρος 2024"2026
- Τρίγωνο Καλλιθέας2026
- ¨16ο Athens Trophy 2026¨2026
- 'Σαββα Γεωργιου 2026' (Α+γ)2026
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: 4 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
12%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Feeling 920 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the Feeling 920 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
4.53
40°
Beam reach
7.30
90°
Broad reach
7.97
135°
Downwind VMG
6.88
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 does its best work before the breeze fills in. 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 cracked off in the light stuff, where it does more than its size and sail area promise. It holds that advantage upwind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short off the wind when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is weight that has to be driven rather than released.
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 broad reach.
How fast is a Feeling 920
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.05 | 4.12 | 4.51 | 4.53 |
| 52° | 4.66 | 6.02 | 6.39 | 6.46 |
| 60° | 4.91 | 6.19 | 6.56 | 6.67 |
| 75° | 5.08 | 6.32 | 6.74 | 6.98 |
| 90° | 5.00 | 6.41 | 6.84 | 7.30 |
| 110° | 5.02 | 6.54 | 7.13 | 7.72 |
| 120° | 4.84 | 6.46 | 7.14 | 8.02 |
| 135° | 4.37 | 6.18 | 6.95 | 7.97 |
| 150° | 3.73 | 5.60 | 6.60 | 7.50 |
| Run VMG | 3.24 | 4.87 | 5.94 | 6.88 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 420 kg.
Rigging
Feeling 920 rig and sail dimensions
A Feeling 920 carries 10.34 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.49 m boom, a forestay 11.99 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails