Salona 41
AD Boats · J&J Design · 2010
Updated
The Salona 41 is a 12.50 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by J&J Design and built by AD Boats, first launched in 2010. It races in Class B.
Length
12.50 m
41′ 0″
Beam
3.82 m
Draft
2.25 m
Displacement
8.1 t
Sail area
89 m²
On the podium
Where a Salona 41 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
17%
of 46 starts by 6 boats
Wins
7%
Read from 46 starts by 6 boats between 2012 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Salona 41 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Nurolbank Loryma Cup2026- MIYC Winter Trophy 2026 - Act 62026
- MIYC Winter Trophy 2026 - Act 52026
Regata Brindisi-Corfù2026
Kornati Cup2026
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
8%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
20%
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 41 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the Salona 41 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
5.46
39°
Beam reach
8.98
90°
Broad reach
10.51
135°
Downwind VMG
8.31
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.
Reaching and running is where this one pays. A course with long free legs suits it better than a windward-leeward.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a broad reach in a strong breeze, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
There is no condition where it falls away badly, which is worth something over a season of mixed weather.
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 Salona 41
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.54 | 4.86 | 5.30 | 5.46 |
| 52° | 5.43 | 7.13 | 7.63 | 7.83 |
| 60° | 5.74 | 7.39 | 7.90 | 8.10 |
| 75° | 5.97 | 7.61 | 8.19 | 8.54 |
| 90° | 6.04 | 7.73 | 8.32 | 8.98 |
| 110° | 6.23 | 8.08 | 8.82 | 9.53 |
| 120° | 6.11 | 8.05 | 9.00 | 10.04 |
| 135° | 5.47 | 7.70 | 8.77 | 10.51 |
| 150° | 4.60 | 6.85 | 8.16 | 9.54 |
| Run VMG | 3.98 | 5.93 | 7.13 | 8.31 |
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 650 kg.
Rigging
Salona 41 rig and sail dimensions
A Salona 41 carries 15.53 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.67 m boom, a forestay 15.88 m above the deck and a 5.79 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 6 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 105 to 148 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.