MaxiPlaningCruiser/Racer

Ice 70

Ice Yachts · Umberto Felci · 2021

Updated

Measured under the previous VPP (2021–2024)

The Ice 70 is a 21.30 m planing racing yacht designed by Umberto Felci and built by Ice Yachts, first launched in 2021. It races in Maxi.

Ice 70 - Umberto Felci - Ice YachtsP 26.35 mLOA 21.30 m

Length

21.30 m

69′ 11″

Beam

5.78 m

Draft

4.53 m

Displacement

31.9 t

Sail area

249 m²

No boat of this design has been measured under the current VPP. The figures below come from measurement records issued between 2021 and 2024, on the earlier scale, so this design carries no Race Edge.

On the podium

Where a Ice 70 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 2023, counting races with six boats or more.

Recent regattas

The latest events where a Ice 70 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyRegata Brindisi-Corfù2023

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Round 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 Ice 70 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.

Met too few times for a figure:

Solaris 36 (1 meeting), X-412 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), First 40.7 (2 meetings), Sun Odyssey 49 (2 meetings), Elan 40 (1 meeting), Oceanis 393 (1 meeting), First 35 (Farr) (1 meeting), Bavaria Cruiser 39 (1 meeting), Bavaria 430 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 37 (Design) (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 341 (1 meeting), Dufour 40 (1 meeting), Comet 36 (1 meeting), Salona 37 (1 meeting), Bavaria 46 (1 meeting), Bavaria Match 35 (1 meeting), Dehler 34 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Hanse 455 (1 meeting), Marchi 39 (1 meeting), First 47.7 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 410 (1 meeting), Hanse 540e (1 meeting), Show 34 (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.

3691230°60°90°120°150°WIND

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.

How fast is a Ice 70

Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.

Angle6 kn10 kn14 kn20 kn
Beat VMG5.606.947.43—
52°8.3910.0510.55—
60°8.7910.3810.89—
75°9.1410.6211.33—
90°9.2110.7511.51—
110°9.0610.9212.02—
120°8.7310.8212.12—
135°7.9210.3211.71—
150°6.679.1810.74—
Run VMG5.777.959.30—

How they are set up

The range each sail spans across the fleet.

Mainsail138 m² – 141 m²
Headsail107 m² – 113 m²
Gennaker318 m² – 401 m²

Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 1930 kg.

Rigging

Ice 70 rig and sail dimensions

A Ice 70 carries 26.38 m of mainsail hoist on a 9.00 m boom, a forestay 25.80 m above the deck and a 9.72 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.

Rig

Mainsail hoistP26.38 m26.35 – 26.40
Boom lengthE9.00 m8.89 – 9.10
Forestay heightIG25.80 m25.80 – 25.80
Fore triangle baseJ7.77 m7.77 – 7.77
Spinnaker hoistISP29.00 m29.00 – 29.00
BowspritTPS9.72 m9.72 – 9.72
Boom above deckBAS2.20 m2.20 – 2.20

Sails

Mainsail139.3 m²138.0 – 140.5
Headsail110.1 m²107.3 – 112.9
Gennaker359.4 m²318.0 – 400.7

The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 318 to 401 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.