Santana 35
SCHOCK · Shad Turner · 1978
Updated
The Santana 35 is a 10.36 m displacement racing yacht designed by Shad Turner and built by SCHOCK, first launched in 1978. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 18% 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 18% of the boats it races against.
131st of 159 in its class.
Updated — First Race Edge for this design. Enough boats of this design have now been measured to rank it. It is strongest in light air.
Length
10.36 m
34′ 0″
Beam
3.65 m
Draft
1.99 m
Displacement
4.1 t
Sail area
71 m²
On the podium
Where a Santana 35 finishes when she goes racing.
Not enough data yet to show how this design finishes. It has not been found in the race results we have collected so far.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Santana 35 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
No regattas found yet.
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: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Santana 35 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Not enough data yet to say who this design races against. No result we have collected puts it on the water beside another design we track.
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
5.12
36°
Beam reach
7.92
90°
Broad reach
8.64
135°
Downwind VMG
7.53
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 when the breeze is soft, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short off the wind once the breeze fills, giving away time it never gets back.
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 upwind.
How fast is a Santana 35
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.55 | 4.73 | 5.05 | 5.12 |
| 52° | 5.35 | 6.64 | 6.92 | 7.03 |
| 60° | 5.58 | 6.78 | 7.08 | 7.21 |
| 75° | 5.71 | 6.88 | 7.30 | 7.56 |
| 90° | 5.59 | 6.92 | 7.47 | 7.92 |
| 110° | 5.36 | 6.95 | 7.69 | 8.58 |
| 120° | 5.17 | 6.83 | 7.62 | 8.84 |
| 135° | 4.62 | 6.47 | 7.34 | 8.64 |
| 150° | 3.90 | 5.87 | 7.00 | 8.12 |
| Run VMG | 3.38 | 5.12 | 6.39 | 7.53 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 660 kg.
Rigging
Santana 35 rig and sail dimensions
A Santana 35 carries 12.79 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.34 m boom, a forestay 12.04 m above the deck and a 3.93 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 8 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails