Solaris 64
Solaris Yachts · Javier Soto Acebal · 2020
Updated
The Solaris 64 is a 19.38 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Javier Soto Acebal and built by Solaris Yachts, first launched in 2020. It races in Class 0.
Length
19.38 m
63′ 7″
Beam
5.43 m
Draft
3.57 m
Displacement
31.7 t
Sail area
201 m²
On the podium
Where a Solaris 64 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
18%
of 11 starts by 5 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 11 starts by 5 boats between 2024 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Solaris 64 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
70a Regata dei Tre Golfi2025- 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
18%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Solaris 64 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Italia 11.98 (1 meeting), J/122 (1 meeting), Dufour 34 (1 meeting), Bavaria 36 (1 meeting), J/40 (1 meeting), IMX 45 (1 meeting), Hanse 510 (1 meeting), First 45 (Briand) (1 meeting), Swan 42 (1 meeting), First 31.7 (1 meeting), First 40 (3 meetings), Swan 45 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Solaris 44 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 48 (2 meetings), Farr 40 (1 meeting), DK 46 (1 meeting), Neo 430 (1 meeting), First 34.7 (2 meetings), X-50 (1 meeting), Ice 52 (1 meeting), Xp 44 (2 meetings), Farr 45 (1 meeting), First 35 (Farr) (1 meeting), Elan 333 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3600 (1 meeting), First 50 (2 meetings), Italia 9.98 (1 meeting), Ker 46 (1 meeting), Este 39 (1 meeting), Pogo 44 (1 meeting), X-332 (1 meeting), B&c 46 (1 meeting), First 36.7 (1 meeting), X-41 (1 meeting), First 40.7 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (3 meetings), Dufour 455 (1 meeting), Elan 310 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Solaris 64 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
6.96
39°
Beam reach
11.21
90°
Broad reach
11.77
135°
Downwind VMG
9.61
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 on the beam in moderate air, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage upwind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
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 1.2 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Solaris 64
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.33 | 6.03 | 6.61 | 6.96 |
| 52° | 6.74 | 8.98 | 9.60 | 9.95 |
| 60° | 7.21 | 9.35 | 9.95 | 10.27 |
| 75° | 7.56 | 9.62 | 10.34 | 10.75 |
| 90° | 7.43 | 9.59 | 10.49 | 11.21 |
| 110° | 6.83 | 9.50 | 10.67 | 11.81 |
| 120° | 6.57 | 9.34 | 10.61 | 12.08 |
| 135° | 5.82 | 8.61 | 10.18 | 11.77 |
| 150° | 4.83 | 7.43 | 9.36 | 10.87 |
| Run VMG | 4.19 | 6.44 | 8.11 | 9.61 |
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 1670 kg.
Rigging
Solaris 64 rig and sail dimensions
A Solaris 64 carries 24.40 m of mainsail hoist on a 8.49 m boom, a forestay 24.79 m above the deck and a 8.88 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 — 251 to 343 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.