Fortuna 9
MONOTIPO · Javier Visiers · 1989
Updated
The Fortuna 9 is a 8.99 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Javier Visiers and built by MONOTIPO, first launched in 1989. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 20% 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 20% of the boats it races against.
128th of 159 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 89 starts across 17 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
8.99 m
29′ 6″
Beam
3.24 m
Draft
1.74 m
Displacement
3.7 t
Sail area
52 m²
On the podium
Where a Fortuna 9 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
37%
of 89 starts by 9 boats
Wins
8%
Read from 89 starts by 9 boats between 2014 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Fortuna 9 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Lliga Creuers2026- XXX Lliga Social CMPO2026
- Trofeo Regularidad2026
- Lliga Creuers2025
- Regatestorre2025
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
34%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
44%
of these races end on the podium
Better the longer it gets. Boats that settle into a groove and hold it gain ground once the course stops turning.
Who she races against
The designs a Fortuna 9 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Golden Shamrock (5 meetings), Furia 25 (6 meetings), Yatlant 24 (4 meetings), First 34.7 (5 meetings), Dufour 34 (5 meetings), Sun Odyssey 26 (4 meetings), X-332 (4 meetings), Mean Marine 32 (3 meetings), Oceanis 331 (3 meetings), Comfortina 32 (3 meetings), Hanse 342 (3 meetings), First 27.7 (3 meetings), J/80 (6 meetings), First 32 (3 meetings), Aphrodite 101 (2 meetings), Astraea 295 (2 meetings), First 345 (2 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Fortuna 9 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
4.66
38°
Beam reach
7.37
90°
Broad reach
7.99
135°
Downwind VMG
7.08
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.
This design is even-tempered. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is to windward in the light stuff, where it goes better than its measurements say it should.
Where it pays
It falls short on a broad reach once it pipes up, 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 upwind.
How fast is a Fortuna 9
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.14 | 4.21 | 4.60 | 4.66 |
| 52° | 4.76 | 6.07 | 6.45 | 6.55 |
| 60° | 5.01 | 6.23 | 6.61 | 6.75 |
| 75° | 5.19 | 6.37 | 6.79 | 7.08 |
| 90° | 5.17 | 6.47 | 6.92 | 7.37 |
| 110° | 5.11 | 6.53 | 7.15 | 7.84 |
| 120° | 4.92 | 6.45 | 7.11 | 8.07 |
| 135° | 4.42 | 6.16 | 6.92 | 7.99 |
| 150° | 3.75 | 5.63 | 6.62 | 7.58 |
| Run VMG | 3.25 | 4.90 | 6.11 | 7.08 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 320 kg.
Rigging
Fortuna 9 rig and sail dimensions
A Fortuna 9 carries 11.80 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.78 m boom, a forestay 10.99 m above the deck and a 4.00 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 32 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 48 to 64 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.