Salona 40
AD Boats · J&J Design · 2003
Updated
The Salona 40 is a 11.98 m displacement racing yacht designed by J&J Design and built by AD Boats, first launched in 2003. It races in Class B.
Length
11.98 m
39′ 4″
Beam
3.92 m
Draft
2.37 m
Displacement
8.4 t
Sail area
83 m²
On the podium
Where a Salona 40 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
13%
of 60 starts by 3 boats
Wins
2%
Read from 60 starts by 3 boats between 2019 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Salona 40 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Island Offshore - Race to the Arctic2026
Shorthanded Regatta2024- Regata Varna Channel Cup2024
- Shorthanded Regatta2023
- Regata Port Varna - Cups General Broker2023
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
7%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
23%
of these races end on the podium
Better the longer it gets. Boats that settle into a groove and hold it gain ground once the course stops turning.
Who she races against
The designs a Salona 40 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Conrad 24 (7 meetings), First 211 (7 meetings), Dufour 35 (7 meetings), 1d35 (6 meetings), Evento 42 (6 meetings), Pogo 30 (6 meetings), X-412 (6 meetings), Elan 36 (5 meetings), Bavaria C45 (5 meetings), First 29 (4 meetings), Peterson 34 (4 meetings), Dehler 30 OD (4 meetings), Corby 33 (4 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Salona 40 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
5.66
37°
Beam reach
8.84
90°
Broad reach
9.35
135°
Downwind VMG
8.19
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 to windward 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 a reach 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 a displacement hull working to its designed speed.
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 Salona 40
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.47 | 4.80 | 5.40 | 5.66 |
| 52° | 5.38 | 7.08 | 7.58 | 7.86 |
| 60° | 5.74 | 7.33 | 7.80 | 8.09 |
| 75° | 6.03 | 7.54 | 8.09 | 8.43 |
| 90° | 6.01 | 7.59 | 8.25 | 8.84 |
| 110° | 5.71 | 7.58 | 8.38 | 9.20 |
| 120° | 5.46 | 7.46 | 8.36 | 9.45 |
| 135° | 4.88 | 7.04 | 8.09 | 9.35 |
| 150° | 4.11 | 6.29 | 7.67 | 8.86 |
| Run VMG | 3.56 | 5.46 | 6.88 | 8.19 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 750 kg.
Rigging
Salona 40 rig and sail dimensions
A Salona 40 carries 14.84 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.41 m boom, a forestay 15.66 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails