Grand Soleil 37 (Design)
Cantiere del Pardo · J&J Design · 1997
Updated
The Grand Soleil 37 (Design) is a 11.33 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by J&J Design and built by Cantiere del Pardo, first launched in 1997. It races in Class C.
Length
11.33 m
37′ 2″
Beam
3.78 m
Draft
2.01 m
Displacement
6.4 t
Sail area
75 m²
On the podium
Where a Grand Soleil 37 (Design) finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
23%
of 130 starts by 5 boats
Wins
8%
Read from 130 starts by 5 boats between 2018 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Grand Soleil 37 (Design) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
9ο Κυπελλο Καλλιθεας2026- "Αγκιστρι 2026"2026
- 43ος Ιστιοπλοικος Αγωνας Κορφος ΄262026
- "Νικολαος Σαρικαβαζης 2026"2026
- Aegean Regatta2026
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
50%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
25%
of these races end on the podium
Sharper round the buoys. Short courses reward acceleration and manoeuvring, and that is where this design makes its money.
Who she races against
The designs a Grand Soleil 37 (Design) 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 (Design) 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
5.12
39°
Beam reach
8.11
90°
Broad reach
8.74
135°
Downwind VMG
7.67
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.
It is an upwind boat first. Windward-leeward courses give it more of what it is good at than a coastal race does.
Where it gains
Its best ground is upwind once it pipes up, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short off the wind when it blows, 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 37 (Design)
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.32 | 4.51 | 5.03 | 5.12 |
| 52° | 5.10 | 6.57 | 7.10 | 7.22 |
| 60° | 5.38 | 6.78 | 7.26 | 7.43 |
| 75° | 5.58 | 6.94 | 7.44 | 7.78 |
| 90° | 5.49 | 7.02 | 7.57 | 8.11 |
| 110° | 5.39 | 7.14 | 7.82 | 8.57 |
| 120° | 5.20 | 7.04 | 7.82 | 8.81 |
| 135° | 4.68 | 6.68 | 7.60 | 8.74 |
| 150° | 3.99 | 6.04 | 7.23 | 8.25 |
| Run VMG | 3.46 | 5.25 | 6.49 | 7.67 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 480 kg.
Rigging
Grand Soleil 37 (Design) rig and sail dimensions
A Grand Soleil 37 (Design) carries 12.60 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.65 m boom, a forestay 14.64 m above the deck and a 4.88 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 7 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
Other designs under the same name
The name has been carried by more than one design. They are different boats.