Grand Soleil 54
Cantiere del Pardo · Luca Brenta · 2010
Updated
Measured under the previous VPP (2021–2024)
The Grand Soleil 54 is a 16.23 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Luca Brenta and built by Cantiere del Pardo, first launched in 2010. It races in Class A.
Length
16.23 m
53′ 3″
Beam
4.65 m
Draft
2.70 m
Displacement
15.8 t
Sail area
156 m²
On the podium
Where a Grand Soleil 54 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 14 starts by 2 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 14 starts by 2 boats between 2019 and 2023, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Grand Soleil 54 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Lliga Creuers2023
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2021- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2019
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: 8 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 54 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (3 meetings), X-332 (3 meetings), First 36.7 (3 meetings), First 44.7 (2 meetings), Comet 38 (Vallicelli) (2 meetings), Hanse 630e (1 meeting), IMX 40 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto) (1 meeting), First 34.7 (1 meeting), Mat 101 (1 meeting), J/130 (1 meeting), First 40.7 (1 meeting), Dufour 34 (1 meeting), X-35 (1 meeting), Elan 31 (Humphreys) (1 meeting), Impala 36 (1 meeting), First 305 (1 meeting), X-342 (1 meeting), First 30 (Kouyoumdjian) (1 meeting), Comet 45 (1 meeting), Swan 48 (1 meeting), Xp 44 (1 meeting), Tod (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 43 (Design) (1 meeting), Swan 42 (1 meeting), Advanced A 44 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Ice 60 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 52 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3600 (1 meeting), X-41 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 47 (1 meeting), Akilaria 40 (1 meeting), First 35 (Farr) (1 meeting), Ice 52 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Grand Soleil 54 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.
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 54
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.87 | 5.93 | 6.25 | — |
| 52° | 7.39 | 8.65 | 8.95 | — |
| 60° | 7.85 | 8.93 | 9.22 | — |
| 75° | 8.24 | 9.22 | 9.63 | — |
| 90° | 8.29 | 9.38 | 10.00 | — |
| 110° | 8.24 | 9.51 | 10.27 | — |
| 120° | 7.97 | 9.45 | 10.46 | — |
| 135° | 7.23 | 9.08 | 10.19 | — |
| 150° | 6.09 | 8.28 | 9.32 | — |
| Run VMG | 5.28 | 7.17 | 8.09 | — |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 530 kg.