Hanse 418
Hanse · Judel/Vrolijk · 2019
Updated
The Hanse 418 is a 11.99 m displacement racing yacht designed by Judel/Vrolijk and built by Hanse, first launched in 2019. It races in Class B.
Length
11.99 m
39′ 4″
Beam
4.17 m
Draft
2.07 m
Displacement
11.0 t
Sail area
80 m²
On the podium
Where a Hanse 418 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
23%
of 35 starts by 2 boats
Wins
3%
Read from 35 starts by 2 boats between 2023 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Hanse 418 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Lliga Creuers2026- Lliga Creuers2025
- Lliga Creuers2024
50 Mijl Doublehanded2023
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
22%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 6 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Hanse 418 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
J/109 (5 meetings), J/112 (1 meeting), Varianta 37 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk) (2 meetings), First 36.7 (1 meeting), First 35 (Farr) (1 meeting), Figaro 2 (1 meeting), Xp 38 (1 meeting), Hod 35 (1 meeting), Dehler 34 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), F & F 110 (2 meetings), Dehler 38 (Judel/Vrolijk) (2 meetings), Dehler 36 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Dufour 40 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Hanse 418 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
5.51
39°
Beam reach
8.82
90°
Broad reach
9.39
135°
Downwind VMG
7.81
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 across the wind once the breeze fills, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short on the beat 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 0.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Hanse 418
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.01 | 4.31 | 5.13 | 5.51 |
| 52° | 4.69 | 6.50 | 7.49 | 7.89 |
| 60° | 5.01 | 6.82 | 7.73 | 8.16 |
| 75° | 5.25 | 7.17 | 7.93 | 8.56 |
| 90° | 5.61 | 7.57 | 8.37 | 8.82 |
| 110° | 5.63 | 7.68 | 8.58 | 9.45 |
| 120° | 5.45 | 7.53 | 8.48 | 9.66 |
| 135° | 4.84 | 7.02 | 8.16 | 9.39 |
| 150° | 4.07 | 6.20 | 7.61 | 8.72 |
| Run VMG | 3.53 | 5.37 | 6.62 | 7.81 |
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 860 kg.
Rigging
Hanse 418 rig and sail dimensions
A Hanse 418 carries 16.07 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.50 m boom, a forestay 16.59 m above the deck and a 5.00 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 102 to 122 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.