North Wind 435
NORTH WIND · Angus Primrose · 1998
Updated
The North Wind 435 is a 12.68 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Angus Primrose and built by NORTH WIND, first launched in 1998. It races in Class C.
Length
12.68 m
41′ 7″
Beam
3.96 m
Draft
1.64 m
Displacement
10.7 t
Sail area
106 m²
On the podium
Where a North Wind 435 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
4%
of 23 starts by 1 boat
Wins
0%
Read from 23 starts by 1 boat between 2018 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a North Wind 435 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
6η Regatta Σαρωνικού2026- "Μακης Πανταζης" - Αγκιστρι2026
- 31st Cyclades Regatta2025
- "Αιγινα 2025"2025
- Κασίδι2025
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
4%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a North Wind 435 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Dufour 325 (7 meetings), Dufour 33 (6 meetings), Gib Sea 402 (6 meetings), Melody (6 meetings), Catalina 320 (6 meetings), Hallberg-rassy 41 (6 meetings), Dufour 35 (6 meetings), Oceanis 423 (6 meetings), Oceanis 41 (6 meetings), Carter 33 (5 meetings), Carter 37 (5 meetings), Bavaria Holiday 35 (5 meetings), Oyster 37 (5 meetings), Sun Odyssey 33.1 (6 meetings), Dufour 390 (5 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the North Wind 435 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
5.08
40°
Beam reach
8.04
90°
Broad reach
8.75
135°
Downwind VMG
7.40
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.
Soft conditions suit it. In the light it does more than its numbers promise, and gives some of that back when the wind arrives.
Where it gains
Its best ground is off the wind in light air, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on the beam as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short cracked off in a strong breeze, giving away time it never gets back. That is weight that has to be driven rather than released.
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 broad reach.
How fast is a North Wind 435
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.38 | 4.51 | 4.91 | 5.08 |
| 52° | 5.23 | 6.68 | 7.10 | 7.28 |
| 60° | 5.58 | 6.90 | 7.29 | 7.48 |
| 75° | 5.81 | 7.06 | 7.51 | 7.79 |
| 90° | 5.74 | 7.15 | 7.65 | 8.04 |
| 110° | 5.67 | 7.30 | 7.92 | 8.57 |
| 120° | 5.54 | 7.23 | 7.90 | 8.84 |
| 135° | 5.00 | 6.92 | 7.71 | 8.75 |
| 150° | 4.23 | 6.23 | 7.30 | 8.12 |
| Run VMG | 3.67 | 5.40 | 6.43 | 7.40 |
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 720 kg.
Rigging
North Wind 435 rig and sail dimensions
A North Wind 435 carries 14.66 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.88 m boom, a forestay 16.19 m above the deck and a 5.99 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 — 106 to 139 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.