Solaris 50.2
Solaris Yachts · Javier Soto Acebal · 2022
Updated
The Solaris 50.2 is a 15.50 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Javier Soto Acebal and built by Solaris Yachts, first launched in 2022. It races in Class A.
Length
15.50 m
50′ 10″
Beam
4.79 m
Draft
2.76 m
Displacement
16.4 t
Sail area
150 m²
On the podium
Where a Solaris 50.2 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 10 starts by 5 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 10 starts by 5 boats between 2024, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Solaris 50.2 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Solaris CUP2024
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
0%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Solaris 50.2 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the Solaris 50.2 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
6.22
39°
Beam reach
10.20
90°
Broad reach
11.29
135°
Downwind VMG
9.04
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 one is at home going to windward. Windward-leeward courses give it more of what it is good at than a coastal race does.
Where it gains
Its best ground is across the wind in a working breeze, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short off the wind once it pipes up, 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 50.2
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.96 | 5.49 | 6.00 | 6.22 |
| 52° | 6.11 | 8.09 | 8.67 | 8.91 |
| 60° | 6.49 | 8.40 | 8.97 | 9.21 |
| 75° | 6.84 | 8.63 | 9.31 | 9.69 |
| 90° | 6.72 | 8.77 | 9.46 | 10.20 |
| 110° | 6.69 | 8.96 | 9.87 | 10.73 |
| 120° | 6.54 | 8.87 | 9.97 | 11.19 |
| 135° | 5.87 | 8.38 | 9.59 | 11.29 |
| 150° | 4.91 | 7.34 | 8.93 | 10.30 |
| Run VMG | 4.25 | 6.36 | 7.78 | 9.04 |
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 1190 kg.
Rigging
Solaris 50.2 rig and sail dimensions
A Solaris 50.2 carries 20.48 m of mainsail hoist on a 7.10 m boom, a forestay 21.45 m above the deck and a 7.20 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 6 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 163 to 238 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.