Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek)
Cantiere del Pardo · Botín & Carkeek · 2005
Updated
The Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) is a 11.32 m displacement racing yacht designed by Botín & Carkeek and built by Cantiere del Pardo, first launched in 2005. It races in Class B. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 33% 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 33% of the boats it races against.
62nd of 92 in its class.
Updated — Figure recalculated: it now races in Class B.
This design has been found in real race results — 167 starts across 40 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
11.32 m
37′ 2″
Beam
3.67 m
Draft
2.18 m
Displacement
6.9 t
Sail area
78 m²
On the podium
Where a Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
12%
of 167 starts by 17 boats
Wins
1%
Read from 167 starts by 17 boats between 2010 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Edison Next Italian Offshore Sailing Championship - Campionato Italiano Assoluto d’Altura2026- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2026
- ORC World Championship2026
- Regata dei Due Golfi (Lignano)2026
- Campionato Invernale Marina di Loano2026
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
12%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
14%
of these races end on the podium
Level across both. Plenty of designs fall away once the course gets long — a light hull that thrives round the cans can struggle through a night at sea. This one does not.
Who she races against
The designs a Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) 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
5.39
38°
Beam reach
8.46
90°
Broad reach
9.30
135°
Downwind VMG
8.07
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 to windward in a strong breeze, where it does more than its size and sail area promise. It holds that advantage on the run as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
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 beam reach.
How fast is a Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek)
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.50 | 4.79 | 5.25 | 5.39 |
| 52° | 5.33 | 6.95 | 7.38 | 7.55 |
| 60° | 5.60 | 7.14 | 7.58 | 7.77 |
| 75° | 5.80 | 7.29 | 7.81 | 8.11 |
| 90° | 5.79 | 7.45 | 7.93 | 8.46 |
| 110° | 5.83 | 7.59 | 8.30 | 8.96 |
| 120° | 5.64 | 7.50 | 8.31 | 9.36 |
| 135° | 5.04 | 7.10 | 8.04 | 9.30 |
| 150° | 4.25 | 6.37 | 7.58 | 8.71 |
| Run VMG | 3.68 | 5.53 | 6.83 | 8.07 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 640 kg.
Rigging
Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) rig and sail dimensions
A Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) carries 14.44 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.21 m boom, a forestay 14.89 m above the deck and a 4.57 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 30 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 73 to 130 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.
Other designs under the same name
The name has been carried by more than one design. They are different boats.