Hanse 320
Hanse · Judel/Vrolijk · 2007
Updated
The Hanse 320 is a 9.55 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Judel/Vrolijk and built by Hanse, first launched in 2007. It races in Class C.
Length
9.55 m
31′ 4″
Beam
3.30 m
Draft
1.78 m
Displacement
5.2 t
Sail area
48 m²
On the podium
Where a Hanse 320 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
9
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 9 starts by 2 boats between 2020 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Hanse 320 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Norgesmesterskap Doublehanded/Seilmakeren Doublehanded2026
Aegean 6002021
Seanergya Regatta2021
Regatta "Kaliakria Cup - 2020"2020
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: 4 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 Hanse 320 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Grand Soleil 37 (Design) (7 meetings), Peterson 25 (7 meetings), Grand Surprise (7 meetings), Hanse 370 (4 meetings), Oceanis 40 (4 meetings), J/80 (4 meetings), Bavaria 36 (4 meetings), Show 34 (4 meetings), J/92 (4 meetings), Bavaria 42 (4 meetings), Dufour 360 (4 meetings), Oceanis 31 (4 meetings), Swan 42 (4 meetings), Farr 45 (4 meetings), First 40.7 (7 meetings), Conrad 24 (3 meetings), Bavaria Cruiser 34 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek) (3 meetings), First 211 (3 meetings), Sun Fast 32 (3 meetings), Bavaria Match 42 (3 meetings), Italia 9.98 (3 meetings), Bavaria Cruiser 40 S (3 meetings), Apollo 12 (3 meetings), Oceanis 393 (3 meetings), Dufour 35 (3 meetings), Dufour 2800 (3 meetings), Salona 40 (2 meetings), Maxi 105 (1 meeting), X-332 (1 meeting), First 36.7 (2 meetings), Elan 37 (3 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (1 meeting), Bavaria Match 35 (1 meeting), First 30 (1 meeting), Aphrodite 101 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3200 (1 meeting), Dufour 34 (2 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Hanse 320 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
4.96
39°
Beam reach
7.78
90°
Broad reach
8.50
135°
Downwind VMG
7.30
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 most things without giving much away. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is across the wind once the breeze fills, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on the beat as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short upwind in the light stuff, giving away time it never gets back.
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 Hanse 320
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.82 | 3.98 | 4.70 | 4.96 |
| 52° | 4.37 | 5.96 | 6.72 | 7.04 |
| 60° | 4.64 | 6.21 | 6.89 | 7.26 |
| 75° | 4.87 | 6.53 | 7.05 | 7.56 |
| 90° | 5.23 | 6.88 | 7.42 | 7.78 |
| 110° | 5.30 | 7.00 | 7.69 | 8.50 |
| 120° | 5.14 | 6.89 | 7.65 | 8.70 |
| 135° | 4.61 | 6.54 | 7.39 | 8.50 |
| 150° | 3.91 | 5.84 | 7.00 | 8.00 |
| Run VMG | 3.38 | 5.06 | 6.29 | 7.30 |
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 580 kg.
Rigging
Hanse 320 rig and sail dimensions
A Hanse 320 carries 11.70 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.10 m boom, a forestay 12.24 m above the deck and a 4.40 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 — 73 to 93 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.