Solaris 47
Solaris Yachts · Javier Soto Acebal · 2016
Updated
The Solaris 47 is a 14.35 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Javier Soto Acebal and built by Solaris Yachts, first launched in 2016. It races in Class A.
Length
14.35 m
47′ 1″
Beam
4.37 m
Draft
2.73 m
Displacement
12.6 t
Sail area
120 m²
On the podium
Where a Solaris 47 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
8
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 8 starts by 4 boats between 2021 and 2024, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Solaris 47 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Solaris CUP2024- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2023
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2021
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: 8 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Solaris 47 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Solaris 36 (6 meetings), Solaris One (6 meetings), Solaris 48 (6 meetings), Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek) (2 meetings), Comet 45 (2 meetings), X-43 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 47 (3 meetings), Dufour 44 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 48 (3 meetings), First 47.7 (2 meetings), IMX 40 (2 meetings), Swan 42 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 56 (1 meeting), First 34.7 (1 meeting), Comet 38 (Vallicelli) (1 meeting), Swan 65 (Stephens) (1 meeting), Millenium 45 (1 meeting), Sly 42 (1 meeting), First 40 (1 meeting), Vismara 34 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), G 34 (1 meeting), X-41 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 46.3 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3600 (1 meeting), Elan 380 (1 meeting), J/109 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 34 (Skyron) (1 meeting), First 44.7 (1 meeting), J/112 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), JOD 35 (1 meeting), Figaro 3 (1 meeting), Pogo 36 (1 meeting), First 40.7 (1 meeting), X-55 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Solaris 47 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
6.23
38°
Beam reach
9.92
90°
Broad reach
11.18
135°
Downwind VMG
8.80
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.
The stronger it blows, the better this design looks. On a windy coastal course it is in its element; on a light-air windward-leeward it has to be sailed well to hold on.
Where it gains
Its best ground is across the wind in a strong breeze, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage to windward as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on the run when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is a hull that will lift and run given enough breeze.
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 beam reach.
How fast is a Solaris 47
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.63 | 5.22 | 5.96 | 6.23 |
| 52° | 5.61 | 7.70 | 8.50 | 8.77 |
| 60° | 5.96 | 7.97 | 8.74 | 9.05 |
| 75° | 6.22 | 8.17 | 8.98 | 9.54 |
| 90° | 6.33 | 8.52 | 9.10 | 9.92 |
| 110° | 6.45 | 8.70 | 9.68 | 10.56 |
| 120° | 6.30 | 8.57 | 9.71 | 11.06 |
| 135° | 5.64 | 8.05 | 9.30 | 11.18 |
| 150° | 4.72 | 7.08 | 8.62 | 10.09 |
| Run VMG | 4.09 | 6.14 | 7.50 | 8.80 |
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 840 kg.
Rigging
Solaris 47 rig and sail dimensions
A Solaris 47 carries 19.05 m of mainsail hoist on a 6.40 m boom, a forestay 19.41 m above the deck and a 6.53 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 — 174 to 192 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.