Genesi 43
Comar · Andrea Vallicelli · 1990
Updated
The Genesi 43 is a 12.61 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Andrea Vallicelli and built by Comar, first launched in 1990. It races in Class B.
Length
12.61 m
41′ 4″
Beam
3.99 m
Draft
2.46 m
Displacement
9.1 t
Sail area
102 m²
On the podium
Where a Genesi 43 finishes when she goes racing.
1
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
8
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 8 starts by 4 boats between 2016 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Genesi 43 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2026- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2025
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2024
- 1000 Vele per Garibaldi XV Edizione2022
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2021
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: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 8 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Genesi 43 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (6 meetings), First 36.7 (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto) (3 meetings), IMX 40 (3 meetings), Comet 41 (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 39 (Jézéquel) (3 meetings), Dufour 40 (3 meetings), Elan 410 (4 meetings), Elan 450 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 46.3 (3 meetings), Dufour 41 (2 meetings), Sun Fast 40 (2 meetings), Sun Fast 37 (2 meetings), X-332 (3 meetings), Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk) (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk) (2 meetings), X-35 (2 meetings), First 34.7 (2 meetings), First 40.7 (3 meetings), Dufour 405 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) (2 meetings), X-402 (2 meetings), First 45 (Briand) (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 44 (Polli) (2 meetings), First 30 (Kouyoumdjian) (2 meetings), Archambault 40 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 343 (2 meetings), Solaris 48 (2 meetings), More 40 (3 meetings), Dufour 34 (3 meetings), H&r 412 (2 meetings), First 31.7 (2 meetings), Bavaria 44 (2 meetings), Comfortina 42 (1 meeting), Bavaria 36 (1 meeting), Comet 910 (Stadt) (1 meeting), IMX 38 (1 meeting), Tripp 40 (1 meeting), Azuree 40 (1 meeting), X-41 (1 meeting)
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
37°
Beam reach
8.47
90°
Broad reach
9.07
135°
Downwind VMG
7.91
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 is a light-air boat. 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 it blows, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, 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 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 0.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the upwind.
How fast is a Genesi 43
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.77 | 5.03 | 5.45 | 5.61 |
| 52° | 5.69 | 7.14 | 7.53 | 7.69 |
| 60° | 5.96 | 7.31 | 7.70 | 7.88 |
| 75° | 6.14 | 7.44 | 7.88 | 8.21 |
| 90° | 6.04 | 7.46 | 7.97 | 8.47 |
| 110° | 5.87 | 7.57 | 8.23 | 8.90 |
| 120° | 5.69 | 7.47 | 8.21 | 9.19 |
| 135° | 5.08 | 7.10 | 7.97 | 9.07 |
| 150° | 4.28 | 6.38 | 7.58 | 8.56 |
| Run VMG | 3.70 | 5.54 | 6.78 | 7.91 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 600 kg.
Rigging
Genesi 43 rig and sail dimensions
A Genesi 43 carries 16.20 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.77 m boom, a forestay 15.51 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails