Grand Soleil 46 (Lostuzzi)
Cantiere del Pardo · Marco Lostuzzi · 2014
Updated
The Grand Soleil 46 (Lostuzzi) is a 14.00 m displacement racing yacht designed by Marco Lostuzzi and built by Cantiere del Pardo, first launched in 2014. It races in Class A.
Length
14.00 m
45′ 11″
Beam
4.33 m
Draft
2.29 m
Displacement
11.9 t
Sail area
105 m²
On the podium
Where a Grand Soleil 46 (Lostuzzi) finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
1
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 1 start by 1 boat between 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Grand Soleil 46 (Lostuzzi) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2026
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: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Grand Soleil 46 (Lostuzzi) actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Swan 54 (1 meeting), Centurion 40 (1 meeting), Elan 410 (1 meeting), Elan 40 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto) (2 meetings), More 40 (2 meetings), First 40.7 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 44 (Polli) (1 meeting), Elan S4 (1 meeting), Elan 450 (1 meeting), Bavaria 41 (1 meeting), Figaro 1 (1 meeting), First 36.7 (1 meeting), Pogo 40 (1 meeting), Latini 52 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Oceanis 43 (1 meeting), First 35 (Berret) (1 meeting), Bavaria Match 38 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Baltic 51 (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
5.96
39°
Beam reach
9.75
90°
Broad reach
10.20
135°
Downwind VMG
8.38
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 a reach in a working breeze, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short on a broad reach when it blows, 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 0.8 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 46 (Lostuzzi)
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.46 | 4.95 | 5.73 | 5.96 |
| 52° | 5.45 | 7.47 | 8.23 | 8.52 |
| 60° | 5.96 | 7.87 | 8.45 | 8.80 |
| 75° | 6.44 | 8.22 | 8.82 | 9.25 |
| 90° | 6.55 | 8.36 | 9.12 | 9.75 |
| 110° | 6.18 | 8.22 | 9.20 | 10.29 |
| 120° | 5.85 | 8.05 | 9.11 | 10.58 |
| 135° | 5.21 | 7.53 | 8.75 | 10.20 |
| 150° | 4.38 | 6.64 | 8.08 | 9.27 |
| Run VMG | 3.79 | 5.75 | 7.03 | 8.38 |
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 700 kg.
Rigging
Grand Soleil 46 (Lostuzzi) rig and sail dimensions
A Grand Soleil 46 (Lostuzzi) carries 17.46 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.70 m boom, a forestay 18.38 m above the deck and a 6.21 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 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.