Grand Soleil 46 (Jézéquel)
Cantiere del Pardo · Alain Jézéquel · 1983
Updated
Measured under the previous VPP (2021–2024)
The Grand Soleil 46 (Jézéquel) is a 13.89 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Alain Jézéquel and built by Cantiere del Pardo, first launched in 1983. It races in Class B.
Length
13.89 m
45′ 7″
Beam
4.27 m
Draft
2.24 m
Displacement
12.9 t
Sail area
117 m²
On the podium
Where a Grand Soleil 46 (Jézéquel) finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
5
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 5 starts by 1 boat between 2021 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Grand Soleil 46 (Jézéquel) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regata Brindisi-Corfù2026- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2025
- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2024
- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2022
- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2021
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: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Grand Soleil 46 (Jézéquel) actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
First 36.7 (4 meetings), Bonin 358 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 49 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) (3 meetings), Bavaria Cruiser 37 (3 meetings), Oceanis 393 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 43 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (2 meetings), Figaro 2 (2 meetings), Bavaria Cruiser 39 (2 meetings), X-412 (2 meetings), Elan S3 (2 meetings), Zuanelli 401 (2 meetings), Archambault 40 (2 meetings), Bavaria Holiday 38 (2 meetings), Sweden Yachts 340 (2 meetings), Comet 36 (2 meetings), Dufour 34 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Polli) (1 meeting), Elan S5 (1 meeting), Farr 40 (1 meeting), Solaris 44 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 341 (1 meeting), Mumm 36 (1 meeting), Farr 39 (1 meeting), Bavaria Match 35 (1 meeting), UFO 31 (1 meeting), X-119 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 440 (1 meeting), Bavaria Match 42 (1 meeting), Bavaria C45 (1 meeting), Feeling 39 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 52.2 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 410 (1 meeting), Solaris 36 (1 meeting), Elan 333 (3 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (1 meeting), Oceanis 400 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 37 (Design) (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Grand Soleil 46 (Jézéquel) 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
5.67
38°
Beam reach
8.95
90°
Broad reach
9.95
135°
Downwind VMG
8.62
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.
How fast is a Grand Soleil 46 (Jézéquel)
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.29 | 5.18 | 5.50 | 5.67 |
| 52° | 6.44 | 7.49 | 7.83 | 8.00 |
| 60° | 6.74 | 7.70 | 8.02 | 8.24 |
| 75° | 6.93 | 7.87 | 8.24 | 8.62 |
| 90° | 6.84 | 7.91 | 8.37 | 8.95 |
| 110° | 6.92 | 8.13 | 8.70 | 9.31 |
| 120° | 6.77 | 8.12 | 8.76 | 9.74 |
| 135° | 6.23 | 7.85 | 8.59 | 9.95 |
| 150° | 5.41 | 7.27 | 8.21 | 9.22 |
| Run VMG | 4.67 | 6.33 | 7.53 | 8.62 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 680 kg.
Rigging
Grand Soleil 46 (Jézéquel) rig and sail dimensions
A Grand Soleil 46 (Jézéquel) carries 16.30 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.50 m boom, a forestay 18.02 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 127 to 137 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.