Maxfun 35
MaxFun Boats · Simonis Voogd · 2002
Updated
The Maxfun 35 is a 10.61 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Simonis Voogd and built by MaxFun Boats, first launched in 2002. It races in Class B.
Length
10.61 m
34′ 10″
Beam
3.24 m
Draft
2.24 m
Displacement
3.6 t
Sail area
69 m²
On the podium
Where a Maxfun 35 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 12 starts by 2 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 12 starts by 2 boats between 2015 and 2023, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Maxfun 35 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
50 Mijl Doublehanded2023
ORC European Championship2019
Go4Speed Praxistraining2015
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: 6 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 Maxfun 35 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
J/112 (7 meetings), Melges 32 (7 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (7 meetings), Salona 38 (7 meetings), Dehler 36 (Judel/Vrolijk) (7 meetings), Finnflyer 36 (7 meetings), Esse 990 (7 meetings), Dufour 34 (7 meetings), X-37 (7 meetings), Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk) (5 meetings), DK 46 (4 meetings), Prima 38 (4 meetings), X-34 (4 meetings), First 40.7 (4 meetings), Mat 101 (4 meetings), Xp 44 (2 meetings), J/122 (3 meetings), Elan 400 (1 meeting), X4.3 (1 meeting), Hanse 350 (1 meeting), Swan 48 (Frers) (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Maxfun 35 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
5.45
38°
Beam reach
9.11
90°
Broad reach
11.59
135°
Downwind VMG
9.30
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.
It needs pressure to show what it can do. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is downwind once it pipes up, 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 upwind in a strong breeze, giving away time it never gets back. That is a hull that will lift and run given enough breeze.
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 1.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the downwind.
How fast is a Maxfun 35
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.90 | 5.12 | 5.38 | 5.45 |
| 52° | 5.90 | 7.26 | 7.53 | 7.64 |
| 60° | 6.20 | 7.45 | 7.77 | 7.94 |
| 75° | 6.40 | 7.63 | 8.16 | 8.49 |
| 90° | 6.29 | 7.65 | 8.43 | 9.11 |
| 110° | 6.35 | 7.93 | 8.78 | 9.75 |
| 120° | 6.21 | 7.97 | 9.07 | 10.56 |
| 135° | 5.60 | 7.63 | 9.01 | 11.59 |
| 150° | 4.70 | 6.92 | 8.18 | 10.70 |
| Run VMG | 4.07 | 5.99 | 7.21 | 9.30 |
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 540 kg.
Rigging
Maxfun 35 rig and sail dimensions
A Maxfun 35 carries 13.58 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.91 m boom, a forestay 12.93 m above the deck and a 5.79 m bowsprit. 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 — 89 to 128 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.