Protagonist 750
Protagonist · Badinelli · 1996
Updated
The Protagonist 750 is a 7.50 m planing racing yacht designed by Badinelli and built by Protagonist, first launched in 1996. It races in Sportboat. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 89% of the designs it races against. It is at its best in light air and struggles to hold that once it blows.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 89% of the boats it races against.
4th of 28 in its class.
Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold: designs scoring the same win anywhere from one race in ten to seven in ten. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.
This design has been found in real race results — 7 starts across 1 event — not only in measurement files.
Length
7.50 m
24′ 7″
Beam
2.42 m
Draft
1.76 m
Displacement
0.8 t
Sail area
35 m²
On the podium
Where a Protagonist 750 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
2
Thirds
7
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 7 starts by 1 boat between 2019, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Protagonist 750 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
ORC Sportboat European Championship2019
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: 6 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Protagonist 750 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the Protagonist 750 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
8.38
90°
Broad reach
11.52
135°
Downwind VMG
9.49
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. On a windy coastal course it is in its element; on a light-air windward-leeward it has to be sailed well to hold on.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a broad reach in a strong breeze, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on the run as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on the beat in a strong breeze, 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 2.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Protagonist 750
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.62 | 4.46 | 4.61 | 4.62 |
| 52° | 5.42 | 6.25 | 6.47 | 6.59 |
| 60° | 5.64 | 6.46 | 6.74 | 6.91 |
| 75° | 5.79 | 6.73 | 7.17 | 7.55 |
| 90° | 5.70 | 6.83 | 7.60 | 8.38 |
| 110° | 5.66 | 7.01 | 7.94 | 9.20 |
| 120° | 5.51 | 7.02 | 8.38 | 10.02 |
| 135° | 4.94 | 6.75 | 8.40 | 11.52 |
| 150° | 4.14 | 6.10 | 7.50 | 10.96 |
| Run VMG | 3.59 | 5.30 | 6.52 | 9.49 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. Crew weight is declared around 270 kg.
Rigging
Protagonist 750 rig and sail dimensions
A Protagonist 750 carries 8.50 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.40 m boom, a forestay 8.64 m above the deck and a 3.88 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 8 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails