More 55
More Boats · Maurizio Cossutti · 2015
Updated
The More 55 is a 15.99 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Maurizio Cossutti and built by More Boats, first launched in 2015. It races in Class 0. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 1% of the designs it races against. It comes alive as the breeze builds, and gives time away in the light.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 1% of the boats it races against.
11th of 11 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 6 starts across 3 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
15.99 m
52′ 6″
Beam
5.02 m
Draft
2.76 m
Displacement
16.5 t
Sail area
155 m²
On the podium
Where a More 55 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
6
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 6 starts by 5 boats between 2023 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a More 55 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Aegean 6002026
Kornati Cup2026- Regata Jabuka2023
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: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a More 55 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Elan 450 (5 meetings), First 36 (7 meetings), Solaris 44 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 44 (Polli) (4 meetings), Pogo 12.50 (4 meetings), Dehler 46 (2 meetings), Salona 44 (4 meetings), Pac 52 (1 meeting), JPK 10.30 (3 meetings), Cookson 50 (2 meetings), Salona 38 (1 meeting), Swan 42 (1 meeting), JPK 10.80 (1 meeting), Italia 11.98 (1 meeting), Dehler 30 OD (3 meetings), XR 41 (3 meetings), HH 42 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3300 (Andrieu) (1 meeting), JPK 11.80 (1 meeting), J/121 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), Neo 400 (1 meeting), Sly 42 (1 meeting), J/11 (1 meeting), Neo 430 (1 meeting), Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Archambault 40 (2 meetings), Pogo 50 (1 meeting), Elan 333 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 50 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), First 53 (1 meeting), Akilaria Rc 2 (1 meeting), Xp 44 (2 meetings), Sydney 43 (1 meeting), Solaris 58 (1 meeting), Arya 415 (1 meeting), Swan 45 (1 meeting), First 45 (Briand) (1 meeting), Farr 45 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the More 55 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
6.48
38°
Beam reach
10.52
90°
Broad reach
11.54
135°
Downwind VMG
9.11
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 is an upwind boat first. Windward-leeward courses give it more of what it is good at than a coastal race does.
Where it gains
Its best ground is across the wind once it pipes up, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage to windward as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short downwind when it blows, 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 0.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a More 55
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.91 | 5.55 | 6.21 | 6.48 |
| 52° | 6.03 | 8.17 | 8.92 | 9.20 |
| 60° | 6.40 | 8.46 | 9.20 | 9.51 |
| 75° | 6.67 | 8.66 | 9.48 | 10.04 |
| 90° | 6.51 | 8.79 | 9.54 | 10.52 |
| 110° | 6.57 | 9.02 | 10.14 | 11.16 |
| 120° | 6.39 | 8.88 | 10.10 | 11.75 |
| 135° | 5.72 | 8.27 | 9.64 | 11.54 |
| 150° | 4.78 | 7.22 | 8.92 | 10.43 |
| Run VMG | 4.14 | 6.25 | 7.75 | 9.11 |
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 1240 kg.
Rigging
More 55 rig and sail dimensions
A More 55 carries 20.94 m of mainsail hoist on a 7.10 m boom, a forestay 21.10 m above the deck and a 6.97 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 12 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 203 to 284 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.