Solaris 50
SERIGI · Javier Soto Acebal · 2015
Updated
The Solaris 50 is a 15.38 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Javier Soto Acebal and built by SERIGI, first launched in 2015. It races in Class A. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 76% of the designs it races against. It is at its best in light air and struggles to hold that once it blows.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 76% of the boats it races against.
12th of 46 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 56 starts across 10 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
15.38 m
50′ 6″
Beam
4.53 m
Draft
2.76 m
Displacement
15.7 t
Sail area
149 m²
On the podium
Where a Solaris 50 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
7%
of 56 starts by 17 boats
Wins
2%
Read from 56 starts by 17 boats between 2022 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Solaris 50 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
73° Loro Piana Giraglia2026- Regate di Primavera Portofino2026
North Aegean Cup2025- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2025
- Campionato Invernale West Liguria2024
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: 9 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
4%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Solaris 50 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Mylius 14 (7 meetings), Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek) (7 meetings), Vismara 46 (7 meetings), Corel 45 (7 meetings), TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk) (7 meetings), Botin 52 (7 meetings), Swan 48 (7 meetings), Neo 400 (7 meetings), DK 46 (7 meetings), X-372 (7 meetings), Sun Legende 41 (7 meetings), Mount Gay 30 (7 meetings), Elan 37 (7 meetings), Gib Sea 33 (7 meetings), First 31.7 (7 meetings), Comet 45 (7 meetings), Solaris 44 (7 meetings), Sinergia 40 (5 meetings), J/122 (5 meetings), Farr 45 (5 meetings), M 34 (5 meetings), First 36 (5 meetings), Bavaria Match 42 (5 meetings), Comet 51 (5 meetings), Jv 56 (5 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Solaris 50 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
6.13
39°
Beam reach
9.99
90°
Broad reach
11.45
135°
Downwind VMG
9.14
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.
Soft conditions suit it. Early-season racing and morning breezes play to its strengths; once it pipes up the fleet comes back to it.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a reach once the breeze fills, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short downwind in a strong breeze, 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
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.04 | 5.48 | 5.93 | 6.13 |
| 52° | 6.21 | 8.07 | 8.54 | 8.77 |
| 60° | 6.59 | 8.39 | 8.84 | 9.07 |
| 75° | 6.89 | 8.63 | 9.20 | 9.53 |
| 90° | 6.95 | 8.80 | 9.39 | 9.99 |
| 110° | 6.84 | 8.97 | 9.74 | 10.64 |
| 120° | 6.69 | 8.94 | 9.93 | 11.06 |
| 135° | 6.02 | 8.52 | 9.69 | 11.45 |
| 150° | 5.03 | 7.52 | 9.03 | 10.48 |
| Run VMG | 4.36 | 6.51 | 7.88 | 9.14 |
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 800 kg.
Rigging
Solaris 50 rig and sail dimensions
A Solaris 50 carries 20.48 m of mainsail hoist on a 7.00 m boom, a forestay 21.30 m above the deck and a 7.10 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 19 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 159 to 272 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.