Pierrot 9.16
CANTIERI MARAI · Sciomachen · 1976
Updated
The Pierrot 9.16 is a 9.21 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Sciomachen and built by CANTIERI MARAI, first launched in 1976. It races in Class C.
Length
9.21 m
30′ 3″
Beam
3.01 m
Draft
1.74 m
Displacement
3.3 t
Sail area
44 m²
On the podium
Where a Pierrot 9.16 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 1 boat between 2018 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Pierrot 9.16 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2026- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2024
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2023
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2021
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2019
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: 6 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Pierrot 9.16 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
First 40.7 (7 meetings), Elan 310 (5 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (6 meetings), Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto) (3 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (3 meetings), X-35 (4 meetings), Impala 36 (4 meetings), T 34 (3 meetings), First 34.7 (3 meetings), Elan 31 (Humphreys) (3 meetings), Swan 47 (3 meetings), JOD 35 (4 meetings), Comet 45 (2 meetings), Xp 44 (2 meetings), Bolt 37 (2 meetings), X-41 (2 meetings), Este 31 (2 meetings), X-43 (2 meetings), Elan 340 (2 meetings), Dufour 34 (2 meetings), Ziggurat 916 (2 meetings), Figaro 1 (2 meetings), First 30 (Kouyoumdjian) (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto) (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Carkeek) (2 meetings), Dufour 350 (2 meetings), Elan 410 (2 meetings), Hanse 370e (2 meetings), X-332 (2 meetings), Sun Odyssey 36 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 47 (2 meetings), J/122 (1 meeting), Farr 40 (1 meeting), Bashford 41 (1 meeting), Italia 12.98 (Cossutti) (1 meeting), Sly 47 (1 meeting), J/109 (1 meeting), Bonin 31 (1 meeting), Hallberg Rassy 34 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Pierrot 9.16 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
4.62
38°
Beam reach
7.17
90°
Broad reach
7.70
135°
Downwind VMG
6.60
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 on the beat once it pipes up, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short running deep when it blows, 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 beam reach.
How fast is a Pierrot 9.16
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.86 | 3.90 | 4.47 | 4.62 |
| 52° | 4.35 | 5.70 | 6.25 | 6.45 |
| 60° | 4.56 | 5.88 | 6.39 | 6.63 |
| 75° | 4.69 | 6.02 | 6.54 | 6.95 |
| 90° | 4.71 | 6.20 | 6.74 | 7.17 |
| 110° | 4.75 | 6.29 | 6.96 | 7.70 |
| 120° | 4.61 | 6.20 | 6.94 | 7.85 |
| 135° | 4.19 | 5.90 | 6.72 | 7.70 |
| 150° | 3.62 | 5.36 | 6.37 | 7.25 |
| Run VMG | 3.13 | 4.66 | 5.68 | 6.60 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 490 kg.
Rigging
Pierrot 9.16 rig and sail dimensions
A Pierrot 9.16 carries 9.65 m of mainsail hoist on a 2.75 m boom, a forestay 10.89 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails