Hanse 470
Hanse · Judel/Vrolijk · 2006
Updated
The Hanse 470 is a 14.20 m displacement racing yacht designed by Judel/Vrolijk and built by Hanse, first launched in 2006. It races in Class A. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 22% of the designs it races against. It is at its best in light air and struggles to hold that once it blows.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 22% of the boats it races against.
36th of 46 in its class.
Updated — First Race Edge for this design. Enough boats of this design have now been measured to rank it.
This design has been found in real race results — 2 starts across 2 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
14.20 m
46′ 7″
Beam
4.45 m
Draft
2.47 m
Displacement
13.7 t
Sail area
126 m²
On the podium
Where a Hanse 470 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
1
Thirds
2
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 2 starts by 1 boat between 2023 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Hanse 470 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Campionato Invernale West Liguria2025- Campionato Invernale West Liguria2023
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: 2 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Hanse 470 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk) (2 meetings), Sun Odyssey 37 (2 meetings), Ro 330 (1 meeting), J/112 (1 meeting), First 36.7 (1 meeting), J/80 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Italia 11.98 (1 meeting), Hanse 370 (1 meeting), Mylius 11 (1 meeting), Swan 43 (Holland) (1 meeting), Hanse 342 (1 meeting), First 40.7 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 46.3 (1 meeting), Este 24 (1 meeting), Dufour 350 (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
5.86
39°
Beam reach
9.41
90°
Broad reach
10.55
135°
Downwind VMG
8.53
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 its best work before the breeze fills in. 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 on a reach in moderate air, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on a broad reach as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short off the wind when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is a displacement hull working to its designed speed.
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 470
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.75 | 5.17 | 5.69 | 5.86 |
| 52° | 5.74 | 7.60 | 8.18 | 8.38 |
| 60° | 6.07 | 7.86 | 8.44 | 8.65 |
| 75° | 6.30 | 8.04 | 8.69 | 9.09 |
| 90° | 6.28 | 8.26 | 8.79 | 9.41 |
| 110° | 6.43 | 8.47 | 9.30 | 9.98 |
| 120° | 6.29 | 8.38 | 9.33 | 10.42 |
| 135° | 5.64 | 7.93 | 9.03 | 10.55 |
| 150° | 4.73 | 7.02 | 8.41 | 9.68 |
| Run VMG | 4.10 | 6.08 | 7.34 | 8.53 |
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 700 kg.
Rigging
Hanse 470 rig and sail dimensions
A Hanse 470 carries 20.00 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.80 m boom, a forestay 19.58 m above the deck and a 6.22 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails