Mylius 18
Mylius · Alberto Simeone · 2013
Updated
The Mylius 18 is a 18.32 m planing racing yacht designed by Alberto Simeone and built by Mylius, first launched in 2013. It races in Class 0.
Length
18.32 m
60′ 1″
Beam
4.81 m
Draft
3.53 m
Displacement
17.3 t
Sail area
202 m²
On the podium
Where a Mylius 18 finishes when she goes racing.
1
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 2018 and 2024, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Mylius 18 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup2024- 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
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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: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Mylius 18 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Swan 65 (Stephens) (2 meetings), Mylius 60 (2 meetings), Swan 601 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 343 (1 meeting), Pierrot 9.16 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 36 (1 meeting), Dufour 40 (1 meeting), Comet 910 (Finot) (1 meeting), X-332 (1 meeting), First 305 (1 meeting), X-362 (1 meeting), Dehler 34 (Voogd) (1 meeting), Elan 410 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), First 35 (Farr) (1 meeting), Oceanis 323 (1 meeting), Genesi 43 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 37 (1 meeting), Ice 60 (1 meeting), X-35 (1 meeting), Xp 44 (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
7.12
38°
Beam reach
11.60
90°
Broad reach
13.74
135°
Downwind VMG
10.57
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. Early-season racing and morning breezes play to its strengths; once it pipes up the fleet comes back to it.
Where it gains
Its best ground is upwind in a strong breeze, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short downwind once it pipes up, 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 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Mylius 18
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.61 | 6.27 | 6.79 | 7.12 |
| 52° | 7.07 | 9.19 | 9.71 | 10.02 |
| 60° | 7.52 | 9.53 | 10.03 | 10.37 |
| 75° | 7.86 | 9.80 | 10.47 | 10.99 |
| 90° | 7.72 | 9.77 | 10.70 | 11.60 |
| 110° | 7.56 | 9.96 | 11.02 | 12.14 |
| 120° | 7.33 | 9.96 | 11.25 | 12.88 |
| 135° | 6.61 | 9.50 | 10.97 | 13.74 |
| 150° | 5.49 | 8.34 | 10.06 | 12.21 |
| Run VMG | 4.76 | 7.22 | 8.77 | 10.57 |
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 950 kg.
Rigging
Mylius 18 rig and sail dimensions
A Mylius 18 carries 23.30 m of mainsail hoist on a 8.03 m boom, a forestay 23.60 m above the deck and a 8.68 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails