Solaris 40
SERIGI · Javier Soto Acebal · 2021
Updated
The Solaris 40 is a 12.36 m displacement racing yacht designed by Javier Soto Acebal and built by SERIGI, first launched in 2021. It races in Class B.
Length
12.36 m
40′ 7″
Beam
4.10 m
Draft
2.44 m
Displacement
9.8 t
Sail area
95 m²
On the podium
Where a Solaris 40 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
5
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 5 starts by 2 boats between 2022 and 2024, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Solaris 40 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Solaris CUP2024- Round Aeolian Race2022
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: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Solaris 40 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Solaris 36 (4 meetings), Solaris One (4 meetings), Solaris 48 (4 meetings), Ker 46 (1 meeting), Dufour 34 (2 meetings), Oceanis 31 (1 meeting), Pogo 10.50 (1 meeting), X-35 (1 meeting), Comet 45 (1 meeting), IMX 45 (1 meeting), J/122 (1 meeting), Queen 34 (1 meeting), Farr 45 (1 meeting), Vismara 40 (1 meeting), Vismara 34 (1 meeting), Italia 10.98 (1 meeting), First 36.7 (1 meeting), Elan S5 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto) (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3300 (Andrieu) (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Solaris 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
5.83
38°
Beam reach
9.15
90°
Broad reach
9.98
135°
Downwind VMG
8.12
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 on the beat when it blows, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, 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 running deep when it blows, 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 Solaris 40
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.50 | 4.93 | 5.63 | 5.83 |
| 52° | 5.39 | 7.20 | 7.94 | 8.20 |
| 60° | 5.70 | 7.44 | 8.13 | 8.46 |
| 75° | 5.96 | 7.64 | 8.32 | 8.89 |
| 90° | 6.12 | 7.97 | 8.62 | 9.15 |
| 110° | 6.14 | 8.05 | 8.98 | 9.91 |
| 120° | 5.92 | 7.93 | 8.89 | 10.23 |
| 135° | 5.29 | 7.48 | 8.54 | 9.98 |
| 150° | 4.45 | 6.64 | 7.99 | 9.17 |
| Run VMG | 3.85 | 5.75 | 6.97 | 8.12 |
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 400 kg.
Rigging
Solaris 40 rig and sail dimensions
A Solaris 40 carries 16.40 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.72 m boom, a forestay 16.85 m above the deck and a 5.67 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 114 to 164 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.