Hanse 575
Hanse · Judel/Vrolijk · 2011
Updated
The Hanse 575 is a 16.66 m displacement racing yacht designed by Judel/Vrolijk and built by Hanse, first launched in 2011. It races in Class A.
Length
16.66 m
54′ 8″
Beam
5.15 m
Draft
2.19 m
Displacement
19.5 t
Sail area
154 m²
On the podium
Where a Hanse 575 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
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 2 boats between 2023 and 2024, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Hanse 575 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Aegean 6002024
Roma per Due2023
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: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Hanse 575 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Sun Fast 3600 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3200 (2 meetings), Comet 45 (1 meeting), Figaro 3 (1 meeting), Solaris 55 (1 meeting), Azuree 33 (1 meeting), JPK 10.10 (1 meeting), Bavaria 36 (1 meeting), Italia 11.98 (1 meeting), Elan E5 (1 meeting), X4.6 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3300 (Andrieu) (2 meetings), Farr 45 (1 meeting), Archambault 40 (1 meeting), Elan S5 (1 meeting), First 36 (2 meetings), Xp 44 (1 meeting), X-41 (1 meeting), Pogo 12.50 (2 meetings), Dehler 30 OD (1 meeting), Carkeek 47 (1 meeting), Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Neo 400 (1 meeting), First 456 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), J/11 (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
6.38
40°
Beam reach
10.35
90°
Broad reach
11.18
135°
Downwind VMG
9.30
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 is an upwind boat first. Windward-leeward courses give it more of what it is good at than a coastal race does.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the beam once it pipes up, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short cracked off 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 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Hanse 575
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.71 | 5.34 | 6.11 | 6.38 |
| 52° | 5.79 | 7.99 | 8.89 | 9.19 |
| 60° | 6.20 | 8.32 | 9.18 | 9.49 |
| 75° | 6.52 | 8.56 | 9.43 | 9.97 |
| 90° | 6.44 | 8.82 | 9.55 | 10.35 |
| 110° | 6.57 | 9.01 | 10.07 | 10.98 |
| 120° | 6.39 | 8.87 | 10.00 | 11.47 |
| 135° | 5.71 | 8.25 | 9.57 | 11.18 |
| 150° | 4.77 | 7.21 | 8.90 | 10.32 |
| Run VMG | 4.12 | 6.24 | 7.78 | 9.30 |
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 1230 kg.
Rigging
Hanse 575 rig and sail dimensions
A Hanse 575 carries 21.00 m of mainsail hoist on a 7.10 m boom, a forestay 21.02 m above the deck and a 6.40 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails