Millenium 45
Starmarine · Umberto Felci · 2007
Updated
The Millenium 45 is a 13.51 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Umberto Felci and built by Starmarine, first launched in 2007. It races in Class A.
Length
13.51 m
44′ 4″
Beam
4.07 m
Draft
2.81 m
Displacement
7.3 t
Sail area
116 m²
On the podium
Where a Millenium 45 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
27%
of 15 starts by 1 boat
Wins
0%
Read from 15 starts by 1 boat between 2018 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Millenium 45 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Trofeo Yacht Club Parma - Memorial Roberto Allodi2025- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2024
- Regate di Primavera Altura2023
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2021
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2018
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
27%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Millenium 45 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto) (5 meetings), First 40.7 (5 meetings), Fareast 28 (4 meetings), Sinergia 40 (4 meetings), Italia 11.98 (4 meetings), IMX 40 (3 meetings), Comet 45 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek) (2 meetings), First 40 (2 meetings), X-41 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 48 (2 meetings), Ker 40 (1 meeting), Farr 400 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 58 (1 meeting), Solaris 47 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 56 (1 meeting), Comet 38 (Vallicelli) (1 meeting), Swan 65 (Stephens) (1 meeting), Sly 42 (1 meeting), Vismara 34 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), X-43 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 47 (1 meeting), Dufour 44 (1 meeting), G 34 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Millenium 45 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
6.31
36°
Beam reach
10.18
90°
Broad reach
12.87
135°
Downwind VMG
9.75
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 on a broad reach when it blows, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage running deep as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
There is no condition where it falls away badly, which is worth something over a season of mixed weather.
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 1.2 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the upwind.
How fast is a Millenium 45
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.21 | 5.71 | 6.11 | 6.31 |
| 52° | 6.38 | 8.10 | 8.47 | 8.71 |
| 60° | 6.71 | 8.30 | 8.73 | 9.03 |
| 75° | 7.01 | 8.46 | 9.12 | 9.59 |
| 90° | 7.03 | 8.52 | 9.30 | 10.18 |
| 110° | 6.98 | 8.83 | 9.79 | 10.90 |
| 120° | 6.74 | 8.79 | 10.09 | 11.77 |
| 135° | 6.05 | 8.36 | 9.79 | 12.87 |
| 150° | 5.07 | 7.48 | 8.89 | 11.25 |
| Run VMG | 4.39 | 6.47 | 7.73 | 9.75 |
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
Millenium 45 rig and sail dimensions
A Millenium 45 carries 17.93 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.75 m boom, a forestay 17.97 m above the deck and a 7.24 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails