Grand Soleil 48
Cantiere del Pardo · Marco Lostuzzi · 2018
Updated
The Grand Soleil 48 is a 14.95 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Marco Lostuzzi and built by Cantiere del Pardo, first launched in 2018. It races in Class A.
Length
14.95 m
49′ 1″
Beam
4.53 m
Draft
2.91 m
Displacement
12.0 t
Sail area
135 m²
On the podium
Where a Grand Soleil 48 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
27%
of 26 starts by 8 boats
Wins
4%
Read from 26 starts by 8 boats between 2019 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Grand Soleil 48 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
4ª Golfo dei Poeti Cup2026
Loro Piana Giraglia2026- ORC DH World Championship2025
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2025
- 70a Regata dei Tre Golfi2025
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: 7 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
16%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Grand Soleil 48 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Farr 400 (7 meetings), First 44.7 (7 meetings), Sun Fast 3600 (7 meetings), Elan 310 (7 meetings), Arya 415 (6 meetings), Ker 46 (6 meetings), Farr 45 (6 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (6 meetings), Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto) (6 meetings), Comet 38 (Vallicelli) (5 meetings), More 40 (5 meetings), IMX 40 (6 meetings), Comet 45 (5 meetings), Irc 52 (4 meetings), Botin 44 (4 meetings), ClubSwan 42 (4 meetings), Mat 122 (4 meetings), Cape 31 (4 meetings), Mat 124 (4 meetings), Swan 45 (7 meetings), X-332 (5 meetings), First 36.7 (5 meetings), First 30 (Kouyoumdjian) (7 meetings), J/112 (5 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Grand Soleil 48 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
6.28
38°
Beam reach
10.00
90°
Broad reach
11.68
135°
Downwind VMG
9.10
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 when it blows, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage across the wind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short running deep when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is a hull that will lift and run given enough breeze.
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 48
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.98 | 5.56 | 6.06 | 6.28 |
| 52° | 6.10 | 8.10 | 8.60 | 8.82 |
| 60° | 6.45 | 8.36 | 8.86 | 9.09 |
| 75° | 6.71 | 8.54 | 9.17 | 9.55 |
| 90° | 6.86 | 8.78 | 9.32 | 10.00 |
| 110° | 6.77 | 8.91 | 9.74 | 10.75 |
| 120° | 6.62 | 8.88 | 9.94 | 11.21 |
| 135° | 5.88 | 8.45 | 9.64 | 11.68 |
| 150° | 4.92 | 7.45 | 8.96 | 10.48 |
| Run VMG | 4.26 | 6.45 | 7.83 | 9.10 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 850 kg.
Rigging
Grand Soleil 48 rig and sail dimensions
A Grand Soleil 48 carries 18.97 m of mainsail hoist on a 6.90 m boom, a forestay 19.21 m above the deck and a 7.52 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 6 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails