Skippi 650
Skipper Yachts · Jerzy Piesniewski · 2002
Updated
The Skippi 650 is a 6.57 m planing racing yacht designed by Jerzy Piesniewski and built by Skipper Yachts, first launched in 2002. It races in Sportboat.
Length
6.57 m
21′ 7″
Beam
2.50 m
Draft
1.31 m
Displacement
0.8 t
Sail area
25 m²
On the podium
Where a Skippi 650 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
4%
of 50 starts by 3 boats
Wins
2%
Read from 50 starts by 3 boats between 2015 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Skippi 650 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Open ORC Greek National Championship2025- North Aegean Cup2025
- Κύπελο Βορείου Αιγαίου & Πανελλήνιο Κύπελο Sportboat 2022024
- ORC Greek Championship2023
Sportboat European Championship2021
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
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
13%
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 Skippi 650 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Donovan GP 26 (6 meetings), Corsa 915 (6 meetings), Farr 280 (6 meetings), Cheese 6.5 (6 meetings), J/80 (6 meetings), First Class 7.5 (6 meetings), Peterson 25 (6 meetings), Mount Gay 30 (5 meetings), Dehler DB1 (5 meetings), Sun Odyssey 37.1 (5 meetings), Bavaria Holiday 32 (5 meetings), Gib Sea 312 (5 meetings), X-99 (4 meetings), Olympic Sea 42 (4 meetings), First 44.7 (4 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Skippi 650 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
4.46
39°
Beam reach
8.06
90°
Broad reach
11.63
135°
Downwind VMG
8.33
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.
This is a boat that wants breeze. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is off the wind when it blows, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage downwind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short to windward once it pipes up, 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 3.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the downwind.
How fast is a Skippi 650
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.07 | 4.15 | 4.47 | 4.46 |
| 52° | 4.64 | 5.86 | 6.25 | 6.38 |
| 60° | 4.87 | 6.01 | 6.51 | 6.72 |
| 75° | 5.00 | 6.14 | 6.85 | 7.34 |
| 90° | 5.21 | 6.50 | 7.06 | 8.06 |
| 110° | 5.27 | 6.71 | 7.95 | 9.31 |
| 120° | 5.15 | 6.57 | 8.06 | 10.47 |
| 135° | 4.67 | 6.21 | 7.44 | 11.63 |
| 150° | 3.96 | 5.72 | 6.69 | 9.62 |
| Run VMG | 3.43 | 4.97 | 6.00 | 8.33 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 330 kg.
Rigging
Skippi 650 rig and sail dimensions
A Skippi 650 carries 8.25 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.14 m boom, a forestay 8.16 m above the deck and a 3.67 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 34 to 38 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.