Finngulf 41
Finngulf · Kamu Strahlmann · 2001
Updated
The Finngulf 41 is a 12.49 m displacement racing yacht designed by Kamu Strahlmann and built by Finngulf, first launched in 2001. It races in Class B. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 47% of the designs it races against. It is at its best in light air and struggles to hold that once it blows.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 47% of the boats it races against.
49th of 92 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 23 starts across 5 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
12.49 m
41′ 0″
Beam
3.84 m
Draft
2.01 m
Displacement
7.8 t
Sail area
103 m²
On the podium
Where a Finngulf 41 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 23 starts by 3 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 23 starts by 3 boats between 2021 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Finngulf 41 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Viittakari Cup2026- Björkholmen - Blekholmen2026
- Baltic Offshore Week 2025 - ORC EST and FIN Championship2025
- KaaVe Marskär Open2023
- Alexela ORC World Championship2021
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
—
Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Finngulf 41 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
X-35 (7 meetings), X-332 (6 meetings), Melges 24 (5 meetings), J/99 (4 meetings), Dehler 29 (4 meetings), Ridas 31 (4 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (4 meetings), Salona 34 (1 meeting), Bavaria 35 (1 meeting), Dehler 30 OD (1 meeting), Dehler 34 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Finngulf 33 (1 meeting), J/105 (1 meeting), Ridas 35 (1 meeting), First 36.7 (1 meeting), Arcona 340 (1 meeting), Bavaria Match 35 (1 meeting), Iw 31 (1 meeting), Swan 36 (Stephens) (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Finngulf 41 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
5.61
39°
Beam reach
8.98
90°
Broad reach
9.88
135°
Downwind VMG
8.46
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.
There is no obvious weak spot here. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the beam when the breeze is soft, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short off the wind in a strong breeze, 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 Finngulf 41
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.79 | 5.09 | 5.48 | 5.61 |
| 52° | 5.82 | 7.39 | 7.76 | 7.92 |
| 60° | 6.15 | 7.61 | 7.97 | 8.16 |
| 75° | 6.44 | 7.79 | 8.27 | 8.58 |
| 90° | 6.33 | 7.80 | 8.42 | 8.98 |
| 110° | 6.00 | 7.88 | 8.69 | 9.56 |
| 120° | 5.83 | 7.78 | 8.67 | 9.93 |
| 135° | 5.20 | 7.36 | 8.39 | 9.88 |
| 150° | 4.36 | 6.61 | 7.95 | 9.25 |
| Run VMG | 3.77 | 5.74 | 7.14 | 8.46 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 680 kg.
Rigging
Finngulf 41 rig and sail dimensions
A Finngulf 41 carries 16.00 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.41 m boom, a forestay 16.64 m above the deck and a 5.14 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 — 90 to 118 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.