Show 42
Barberis · Andrea Vallicelli · 1988
Updated
The Show 42 is a 12.61 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Andrea Vallicelli and built by Barberis, first launched in 1988. It races in Class B.
Length
12.61 m
41′ 4″
Beam
3.97 m
Draft
2.32 m
Displacement
8.0 t
Sail area
103 m²
On the podium
Where a Show 42 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
4
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 4 starts by 1 boat between 2019 and 2024, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Show 42 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Campionato Invernale del Sabato2024- Regata dei Cinque Fari2019
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
—
Not enough data yet: 3 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Show 42 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Comet 12 (3 meetings), Cobra 33 (3 meetings), Dufour 382 (3 meetings), X-362 (3 meetings), More 40 (3 meetings), Centurion 40 (3 meetings), Polaris 33 (3 meetings), First 31.7 (2 meetings), Stag 38 (2 meetings), X-442 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), Dufour 44 (1 meeting), First 40 (1 meeting), X-332 (1 meeting), Pogo 10.50 (1 meeting), First 44.7 (1 meeting), Oceanis 31 (1 meeting), First 35 (Farr) (1 meeting), Bonin 31 (1 meeting), Oceanis 46.1 (1 meeting), First 34.7 (1 meeting)
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
5.35
38°
Beam reach
8.34
90°
Broad reach
9.27
135°
Downwind VMG
7.87
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 does its best work before the breeze fills in. In the light it does more than its numbers promise, and gives some of that back when the wind arrives.
Where it gains
Its best ground is upwind when the breeze is soft, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage across the wind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short cracked off 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 upwind.
How fast is a Show 42
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.76 | 4.97 | 5.29 | 5.35 |
| 52° | 5.70 | 7.06 | 7.36 | 7.44 |
| 60° | 5.98 | 7.24 | 7.53 | 7.63 |
| 75° | 6.17 | 7.38 | 7.75 | 7.95 |
| 90° | 6.06 | 7.39 | 7.88 | 8.34 |
| 110° | 5.87 | 7.53 | 8.11 | 8.65 |
| 120° | 5.73 | 7.49 | 8.21 | 9.05 |
| 135° | 5.15 | 7.18 | 8.05 | 9.27 |
| 150° | 4.37 | 6.49 | 7.63 | 8.73 |
| Run VMG | 3.79 | 5.63 | 6.81 | 7.87 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 630 kg.
Rigging
Show 42 rig and sail dimensions
A Show 42 carries 14.91 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.44 m boom, a forestay 17.19 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails