SportboatSemi-displacementSportboat

Life 7.5

Life Yachts AB · Dieter Blank · 2011

Updated

Measured under the previous VPP (2021–2024)

The Life 7.5 is a 7.50 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Dieter Blank and built by Life Yachts AB, first launched in 2011. It races in Sportboat.

Length

7.50 m

24′ 7″

Beam

2.48 m

Draft

1.96 m

Displacement

1.4 t

Sail area

41 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 Life 7.5 finishes when she goes racing.

Not enough data yet to show how this design finishes. It has not been found in the race results we have collected so far.

Recent regattas

The latest events where a Life 7.5 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

No regattas found yet.

Raced one we are missing?

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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: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

The designs a Life 7.5 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.

Not enough data yet to say who this design races against. No result we have collected puts it on the water beside another design we track.

Speed at every angle

The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.

36930°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 Life 7.5

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

Angle6 kn10 kn14 kn20 kn
Beat VMG4.314.714.76—
52°6.196.506.60—
60°6.356.746.88—
75°6.507.167.40—
90°6.477.447.91—
110°6.427.538.37—
120°6.327.638.78—
135°6.017.138.71—
150°5.296.537.62—
Run VMG4.585.796.75—

How they are set up

The range each sail spans across the fleet.

Mainsail26 m²
Headsail15 m²

Most run a fixed propeller. Crew weight is declared around 380 kg.