Hanse 411
Hanse · Judel/Vrolijk · 2001
Updated
The Hanse 411 is a 12.23 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Judel/Vrolijk and built by Hanse, first launched in 2001. It races in Class B.
Length
12.23 m
40′ 1″
Beam
4.01 m
Draft
2.06 m
Displacement
10.6 t
Sail area
91 m²
On the podium
Where a Hanse 411 finishes when she goes racing.
0
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 2022, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Hanse 411 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regata Brindisi-Corfù2022
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 Hanse 411 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Elan 333 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 46 (Jézéquel) (1 meeting), First 35 (Farr) (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), Oceanis 400 (1 meeting), First 36.7 (2 meetings), Elan S3 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 37 (Design) (1 meeting), J/105 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Zuanelli 401 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 49 (1 meeting), Oceanis 46 (Berret) (1 meeting), Archambault 40 (1 meeting), First 47.7 (1 meeting), Figaro 2 (1 meeting), Bavaria Holiday 38 (1 meeting), Millenium 40 (1 meeting), First 40.7 (1 meeting), X-35 (1 meeting), M 37 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 43 (1 meeting), Sweden Yachts 340 (1 meeting), Hanse 540e (1 meeting), Italia 9.98 (1 meeting), Oceanis 393 (1 meeting), Bavaria Cruiser 37 (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
5.40
39°
Beam reach
8.50
90°
Broad reach
9.15
135°
Downwind VMG
7.74
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.
Soft conditions suit it. 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 to windward once it pipes up, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on a reach as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on a broad reach when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is weight that has to be driven rather than released.
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 411
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.38 | 4.66 | 5.20 | 5.40 |
| 52° | 5.22 | 6.85 | 7.46 | 7.66 |
| 60° | 5.53 | 7.10 | 7.66 | 7.88 |
| 75° | 5.74 | 7.30 | 7.85 | 8.23 |
| 90° | 5.77 | 7.50 | 8.04 | 8.50 |
| 110° | 5.82 | 7.64 | 8.36 | 9.05 |
| 120° | 5.67 | 7.54 | 8.31 | 9.26 |
| 135° | 5.10 | 7.14 | 8.05 | 9.15 |
| 150° | 4.29 | 6.37 | 7.61 | 8.58 |
| Run VMG | 3.71 | 5.52 | 6.68 | 7.74 |
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
Hanse 411 rig and sail dimensions
A Hanse 411 carries 16.00 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.63 m boom, a forestay 17.30 m above the deck and a 4.82 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 6 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 94 to 126 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.