Marten 49
Marten Marine · Reichel/Pugh · 2004
Updated
The Marten 49 is a 15.04 m planing racing yacht designed by Reichel/Pugh and built by Marten Marine, first launched in 2004. It races in Class 0. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 70% of the designs it races against. It is at its best in light air and struggles to hold that once it blows.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 70% of the boats it races against.
4th of 11 in its class.
Updated — First Race Edge for this design. Enough boats of this design have now been measured to rank it. It is strongest in light air.
Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold: designs scoring the same win anywhere from one race in ten to seven in ten. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.
This design has been found in real race results — 32 starts across 11 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
15.04 m
49′ 4″
Beam
4.13 m
Draft
3.74 m
Displacement
10.5 t
Sail area
146 m²
On the podium
Where a Marten 49 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
6%
of 32 starts by 3 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 32 starts by 3 boats between 2017 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Marten 49 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
73° Loro Piana Giraglia2026- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2026
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2025
Hollænderseilasen2025- ORC World Championship2024
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: 9 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
7%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Marten 49 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Mylius 14 (7 meetings), Vismara 46 (7 meetings), Corel 45 (7 meetings), Swan 48 (7 meetings), Neo 400 (7 meetings), Sinergia 40 (7 meetings), J/122 (6 meetings), Swan 46 (6 meetings), Jv 56 (6 meetings), Salona 37 (6 meetings), Farr 45 (5 meetings), Eleva 50 (5 meetings), First 36 (5 meetings), Comet 51 (5 meetings), Rodman 42 (5 meetings), Xp 44 (5 meetings), Xp 38 (5 meetings), M 34 (4 meetings), ClubSwan 43 (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 43 (Design) (4 meetings), Dehler 42 (4 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Marten 49 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
6.65
36°
Beam reach
10.65
90°
Broad reach
13.09
135°
Downwind VMG
10.25
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.
There is no obvious weak spot here. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the run in a strong breeze, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage cracked off as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on the beam when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is a hull that wants to get up and go, and needs pressure to do it.
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 upwind.
How fast is a Marten 49
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.54 | 5.99 | 6.40 | 6.65 |
| 52° | 6.84 | 8.54 | 8.91 | 9.15 |
| 60° | 7.22 | 8.78 | 9.17 | 9.46 |
| 75° | 7.47 | 8.99 | 9.57 | 10.04 |
| 90° | 7.38 | 8.97 | 9.83 | 10.65 |
| 110° | 7.33 | 9.23 | 10.07 | 11.11 |
| 120° | 7.13 | 9.27 | 10.40 | 11.86 |
| 135° | 6.45 | 8.89 | 10.31 | 13.09 |
| 150° | 5.38 | 7.94 | 9.41 | 11.84 |
| Run VMG | 4.67 | 6.88 | 8.22 | 10.25 |
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 1010 kg.
Rigging
Marten 49 rig and sail dimensions
A Marten 49 carries 20.50 m of mainsail hoist on a 6.98 m boom, a forestay 19.87 m above the deck and a 7.55 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 8 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 238 to 263 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.