Landmark 43
Premier Composites · Mark Mills · 2006
Updated
- ORC World Championship · Class B2016 · 2018
Each title was won by a boat of this design, not by the design itself.
The Landmark 43 is a 13.07 m displacement racing yacht designed by Mark Mills and built by Premier Composites, first launched in 2006. It races in Class A. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 69% of the designs it races against.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 69% of the boats it races against.
15th of 46 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 215 starts across 31 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
13.07 m
42′ 11″
Beam
3.86 m
Draft
2.73 m
Displacement
8.0 t
Sail area
110 m²
On the podium
Where a Landmark 43 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
36%
of 215 starts by 8 boats
Wins
17%
Read from 215 starts by 8 boats between 2015 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Landmark 43 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
North Sea Regatta2026
Island Offshore - Race to the Arctic2026- Oslofjorden Rundt2026
- Bergens-Seilforening Serieseilas T&H2026
- Isbjørnen2026
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
25%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
24%
of these races end on the podium
Level across both. Plenty of designs fall away once the course gets long — a light hull that thrives round the cans can struggle through a night at sea. This one does not.
Who she races against
The designs a Landmark 43 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the Landmark 43 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
6.19
36°
Beam reach
9.63
90°
Broad reach
11.81
135°
Downwind VMG
9.03
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.
This design is even-tempered. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is off the wind in a strong breeze, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage downwind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on a reach in a working breeze, 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 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the upwind.
How fast is a Landmark 43
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.11 | 5.56 | 5.98 | 6.19 |
| 52° | 6.23 | 7.87 | 8.25 | 8.46 |
| 60° | 6.55 | 8.05 | 8.46 | 8.72 |
| 75° | 6.78 | 8.18 | 8.75 | 9.18 |
| 90° | 6.65 | 8.25 | 8.88 | 9.63 |
| 110° | 6.82 | 8.54 | 9.30 | 10.41 |
| 120° | 6.68 | 8.52 | 9.54 | 11.08 |
| 135° | 6.01 | 8.19 | 9.30 | 11.81 |
| 150° | 5.04 | 7.40 | 8.62 | 10.42 |
| Run VMG | 4.36 | 6.40 | 7.55 | 9.03 |
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 910 kg.
Rigging
Landmark 43 rig and sail dimensions
A Landmark 43 carries 17.01 m of mainsail hoist on a 6.13 m boom, a forestay 17.28 m above the deck and a 6.93 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 6 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 179 to 195 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.