Grand Soleil 47
Cantiere del Pardo · Botín & Carkeek · 2008
Updated
The Grand Soleil 47 is a 14.10 m displacement racing yacht designed by Botín & Carkeek and built by Cantiere del Pardo, first launched in 2008. It races in Class A. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 27% 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 27% of the boats it races against.
34th of 46 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 32 starts across 12 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
14.10 m
46′ 3″
Beam
4.25 m
Draft
2.62 m
Displacement
12.5 t
Sail area
118 m²
On the podium
Where a Grand Soleil 47 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
3%
of 32 starts by 4 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 32 starts by 4 boats between 2019 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Grand Soleil 47 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Round Aeolian Race 2026 - Campionato Italiano Offshore ORC2026- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2026
- LA GRANDE BOA 2026 - Trofeo Com.te Belloni2026
- Trofeo L.N.I. - Memorial Alfredo Perioli2025
- Garmin ORC World Championship2025
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
9%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
0%
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 47 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
J/11 (7 meetings), Sydney 40 (7 meetings), Farr 30 (7 meetings), First 31.7 (6 meetings), Bonin 31 (7 meetings), Elan 410 (6 meetings), Elan 380 (6 meetings), Sun Fast 37 (6 meetings), J/122 (6 meetings), Solaris 55 (5 meetings), Vismara 46 (5 meetings), Landmark 43 (5 meetings), Elan 333 (5 meetings), Comet 38 (Finot) (5 meetings), First 33.7 (5 meetings), First 44.7 (5 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Grand Soleil 47 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
5.89
38°
Beam reach
9.35
90°
Broad reach
10.40
135°
Downwind VMG
8.48
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 does its best work before the breeze fills in. Early-season racing and morning breezes play to its strengths; once it pipes up the fleet comes back to it.
Where it gains
Its best ground is across the wind in moderate air, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short on a broad reach once it pipes up, 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 47
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.70 | 5.15 | 5.71 | 5.89 |
| 52° | 5.69 | 7.55 | 8.14 | 8.34 |
| 60° | 6.03 | 7.81 | 8.38 | 8.59 |
| 75° | 6.30 | 8.02 | 8.64 | 8.98 |
| 90° | 6.30 | 8.21 | 8.77 | 9.35 |
| 110° | 6.32 | 8.39 | 9.20 | 9.92 |
| 120° | 6.19 | 8.31 | 9.24 | 10.29 |
| 135° | 5.53 | 7.87 | 8.95 | 10.40 |
| 150° | 4.63 | 6.94 | 8.38 | 9.57 |
| Run VMG | 4.02 | 6.01 | 7.30 | 8.48 |
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 880 kg.
Rigging
Grand Soleil 47 rig and sail dimensions
A Grand Soleil 47 carries 18.15 m of mainsail hoist on a 6.20 m boom, a forestay 18.10 m above the deck and a 5.77 m bowsprit. 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 — 159 to 181 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.