Grand Soleil 35
Cantiere del Pardo · Alain Jézéquel · 1984
Updated
The Grand Soleil 35 is a 10.85 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Alain Jézéquel and built by Cantiere del Pardo, first launched in 1984. It races in Class C.
Length
10.85 m
35′ 7″
Beam
3.61 m
Draft
1.89 m
Displacement
5.5 t
Sail area
65 m²
On the podium
Where a Grand Soleil 35 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
2
Thirds
3
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 3 starts by 2 boats between 2024 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Grand Soleil 35 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Campionato Invernale West Liguria2026- Campionato Invernale West Liguria2024
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: 1 race of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Grand Soleil 35 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk) (3 meetings), Swan 45 (4 meetings), Solaris 44 (3 meetings), First 44.7 (5 meetings), Dehler 38 (Judel/Vrolijk) (2 meetings), J/112 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (2 meetings), Comet 41 (3 meetings), Sun Fast 37 (1 meeting), Solaris 48 (1 meeting), Canard 41 (1 meeting), Mylius 11 (1 meeting), Ro 330 (1 meeting), Este 24 (1 meeting), Italia 11.98 (1 meeting), Bavaria 36 (1 meeting), Cobra 33 (1 meeting), Eleva 50 (1 meeting), Comet 45 (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
4.94
38°
Beam reach
7.74
90°
Broad reach
8.35
135°
Downwind VMG
7.12
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 one is at home going to windward. Windward-leeward courses give it more of what it is good at than a coastal race does.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the beat once the breeze fills, where it goes better than its measurements say it should.
Where it pays
It falls short running deep in a strong breeze, 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 beam reach.
How fast is a Grand Soleil 35
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.19 | 4.37 | 4.87 | 4.94 |
| 52° | 4.91 | 6.37 | 6.85 | 6.94 |
| 60° | 5.19 | 6.57 | 7.02 | 7.15 |
| 75° | 5.39 | 6.73 | 7.20 | 7.49 |
| 90° | 5.29 | 6.83 | 7.35 | 7.74 |
| 110° | 5.30 | 6.96 | 7.61 | 8.41 |
| 120° | 5.13 | 6.86 | 7.56 | 8.57 |
| 135° | 4.59 | 6.52 | 7.33 | 8.35 |
| 150° | 3.89 | 5.90 | 6.98 | 7.86 |
| Run VMG | 3.36 | 5.12 | 6.16 | 7.12 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 500 kg.
Rigging
Grand Soleil 35 rig and sail dimensions
A Grand Soleil 35 carries 11.45 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.60 m boom, a forestay 13.32 m above the deck and a 4.10 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails