Solaris 58
Solaris Yachts · Javier Soto Acebal · 2014
Updated
The Solaris 58 is a 17.44 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Javier Soto Acebal and built by Solaris Yachts, first launched in 2014. It races in Class 0.
Length
17.44 m
57′ 3″
Beam
5.03 m
Draft
2.85 m
Displacement
23.4 t
Sail area
189 m²
On the podium
Where a Solaris 58 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
1
Seconds
2
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 2023 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Solaris 58 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
73° Loro Piana Giraglia2026- Solaris CUP2024
Regata Jabuka2023
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 58 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Swan 45 (3 meetings), First 45 (Briand) (4 meetings), Xp 44 (2 meetings), Sydney 43 (1 meeting), Arya 415 (1 meeting), Elan 450 (1 meeting), Dehler 46 (1 meeting), Elan E6 (1 meeting), More 55 (1 meeting), XR 41 (2 meetings), Comet 38 (Vallicelli) (2 meetings), Sinergia 40 (1 meeting), J/109 (2 meetings), Salona 37 (1 meeting), Solaris 44 (1 meeting), Dehler 30 OD (1 meeting), Rodman 42 (1 meeting), J/122 (1 meeting), Jv 56 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 52 (1 meeting), Comet 45 (1 meeting), Farr 45 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Polli) (1 meeting), Swan 42 (1 meeting), Cookson 50 (1 meeting), Marten 49 (1 meeting), X-43 (1 meeting), Eleva 50 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3600 (1 meeting), Elan S3 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 44 (Polli) (2 meetings), X-332 (1 meeting), First 34.7 (1 meeting), Comet 38 (Finot) (1 meeting), Swan 41 (1 meeting), First 40.7 (2 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Solaris 58 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
6.66
38°
Beam reach
10.66
90°
Broad reach
11.58
135°
Downwind VMG
9.39
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 does its best work before the breeze fills in. In the light it does more than its numbers promise, and gives some of that back when the wind arrives.
Where it gains
Its best ground is across the wind once the breeze fills, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, 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 1.0 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Solaris 58
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.08 | 5.74 | 6.35 | 6.66 |
| 52° | 6.33 | 8.48 | 9.15 | 9.46 |
| 60° | 6.74 | 8.78 | 9.47 | 9.76 |
| 75° | 7.15 | 9.10 | 9.77 | 10.24 |
| 90° | 7.29 | 9.29 | 10.05 | 10.66 |
| 110° | 6.92 | 9.29 | 10.30 | 11.19 |
| 120° | 6.70 | 9.18 | 10.29 | 11.59 |
| 135° | 5.96 | 8.60 | 9.93 | 11.58 |
| 150° | 4.97 | 7.49 | 9.21 | 10.66 |
| Run VMG | 4.30 | 6.48 | 8.00 | 9.39 |
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 900 kg.
Rigging
Solaris 58 rig and sail dimensions
A Solaris 58 carries 22.85 m of mainsail hoist on a 7.75 m boom, a forestay 23.72 m above the deck and a 7.82 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 7 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 205 to 261 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.