Marchi 39
MARCHI · Andrea Vallicelli · 1979
Updated
The Marchi 39 is a 11.65 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Andrea Vallicelli and built by MARCHI, first launched in 1979. It races in Class C.
Length
11.65 m
38′ 3″
Beam
3.65 m
Draft
1.99 m
Displacement
7.0 t
Sail area
79 m²
On the podium
Where a Marchi 39 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
3
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 3 starts by 1 boat between 2023 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Marchi 39 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regata Brindisi-Corfù2026- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2024
- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2023
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 Marchi 39 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Dehler 34 (Judel/Vrolijk) (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) (3 meetings), X-412 (3 meetings), First 40.7 (5 meetings), Oceanis 393 (2 meetings), Bavaria Cruiser 39 (2 meetings), Bavaria 430 (2 meetings), Comet 36 (2 meetings), Salona 37 (2 meetings), Hanse 540e (2 meetings), Show 34 (2 meetings), Bavaria 40 (2 meetings), Dufour 34 (2 meetings), Solaris 36 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 49 (2 meetings), Elan 40 (1 meeting), First 35 (Farr) (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 37 (Design) (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 341 (1 meeting), Dufour 40 (1 meeting), Bavaria 46 (1 meeting), Bavaria Match 35 (1 meeting), Ice 70 (1 meeting), Hanse 455 (1 meeting), First 47.7 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 410 (1 meeting), Baltic 43 (1 meeting), Dufour 530 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 46 (Jézéquel) (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 43 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 51 (1 meeting), Hanse 430 (1 meeting), Elan 37 (1 meeting), Bonin 358 (1 meeting), Bavaria Match 38 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 44 (Briand) (1 meeting), X-482 (1 meeting), M 37 (1 meeting), Moody 38 (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
5.01
39°
Beam reach
7.97
90°
Broad reach
8.90
135°
Downwind VMG
7.86
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 is a light-air boat. In the light it does more than its numbers promise, and gives some of that back when the wind arrives.
Where it gains
Its best ground is downwind in a working breeze, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, 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 a broad reach in a strong breeze, giving away time it never gets back. That is weight that has to be driven rather than released.
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 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Marchi 39
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.43 | 4.58 | 4.94 | 5.01 |
| 52° | 5.21 | 6.62 | 7.02 | 7.12 |
| 60° | 5.48 | 6.82 | 7.21 | 7.33 |
| 75° | 5.65 | 6.96 | 7.42 | 7.67 |
| 90° | 5.63 | 7.05 | 7.56 | 7.97 |
| 110° | 5.71 | 7.27 | 7.80 | 8.33 |
| 120° | 5.59 | 7.24 | 7.92 | 8.64 |
| 135° | 5.04 | 6.98 | 7.79 | 8.90 |
| 150° | 4.29 | 6.35 | 7.45 | 8.54 |
| Run VMG | 3.71 | 5.50 | 6.78 | 7.86 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 530 kg.
Rigging
Marchi 39 rig and sail dimensions
A Marchi 39 carries 13.82 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.17 m boom, a forestay 15.70 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 118 to 137 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.