Hp 103
HP Yachts · CDE Danish Marine · 2009
Updated
The Hp 103 is a 10.31 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by CDE Danish Marine and built by HP Yachts, first launched in 2009. It races in Class C.
Length
10.31 m
33′ 10″
Beam
3.21 m
Draft
2.12 m
Displacement
3.7 t
Sail area
71 m²
On the podium
Where a Hp 103 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 2015, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Hp 103 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Hollænderseilasen2015
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: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Hp 103 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
X-442 (1 meeting), Seaquest 36 (1 meeting), Dynamic 43 (1 meeting), First 40 (1 meeting), Elan 350 (1 meeting), Xp 38 (2 meetings), First 40.7 (3 meetings), X-40 (2 meetings), X-412 (1 meeting), Luffe 43 (1 meeting), Mumm 36 (2 meetings), Bavaria Match 42 (1 meeting), Hanse 430 (2 meetings), 11 Metre (2 meetings), X-43 (1 meeting), N-yachts 41 (1 meeting), Hanse 400 (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
5.13
39°
Beam reach
8.77
90°
Broad reach
11.43
135°
Downwind VMG
9.49
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 needs pressure to show what it can do. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the run when it blows, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage off the wind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on the beat when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is a hull that will lift and run given enough breeze.
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 1.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Hp 103
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.79 | 4.88 | 5.12 | 5.13 |
| 52° | 5.72 | 7.03 | 7.27 | 7.38 |
| 60° | 6.02 | 7.26 | 7.51 | 7.65 |
| 75° | 6.22 | 7.49 | 7.89 | 8.17 |
| 90° | 6.16 | 7.53 | 8.24 | 8.77 |
| 110° | 6.41 | 7.83 | 8.53 | 9.40 |
| 120° | 6.31 | 8.00 | 8.90 | 10.11 |
| 135° | 5.66 | 7.71 | 9.14 | 11.43 |
| 150° | 4.76 | 6.97 | 8.27 | 10.96 |
| Run VMG | 4.12 | 6.04 | 7.17 | 9.49 |
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 600 kg.
Rigging
Hp 103 rig and sail dimensions
A Hp 103 carries 13.50 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.75 m boom, a forestay 13.65 m above the deck and a 6.22 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails