Solaris One
SERIGI · Doug Peterson · 1986
Updated
The Solaris One is a 14.19 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Doug Peterson and built by SERIGI, first launched in 1986. It races in Class B.
Length
14.19 m
46′ 7″
Beam
4.17 m
Draft
2.42 m
Displacement
13.2 t
Sail area
132 m²
On the podium
Where a Solaris One finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
3
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 3 starts by 2 boats between 2024 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Solaris One was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Round Aeolian Race 2026 - Campionato Italiano Offshore ORC2026- 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
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Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Solaris One actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Solaris 42 (6 meetings), Solaris 36 (2 meetings), Solaris 442 (6 meetings), Solaris 47 (6 meetings), Solaris 40 (4 meetings), Solaris 48 (2 meetings), First 36.7 (1 meeting), First 35 (Farr) (1 meeting), Italia 11.98 (1 meeting), Figaro (Lombard) (1 meeting), Farr 30 (1 meeting), Italia 10.98 (1 meeting), Comet 45 (1 meeting), J/122 (1 meeting), Dufour 34 (1 meeting), Este 39 (1 meeting), Farr 45 (1 meeting), Elan 410 (1 meeting), Corsa 915 (1 meeting), First 47.7 (1 meeting), Rimar 44.3 (1 meeting), First 34.7 (1 meeting), M 37 (1 meeting), Vismara 40 (1 meeting), IMX 38 (1 meeting), Elan 340 (1 meeting), First 50 (3 meetings), First 45 (Briand) (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 47 (1 meeting), Elan 40 (1 meeting), More 40 (1 meeting), First 40.7 (1 meeting), Oceanis 34.1 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), Dufour 360 (1 meeting), Oceanis 31 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3300 (Andrieu) (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Solaris One 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
5.53
39°
Beam reach
8.83
90°
Broad reach
9.65
135°
Downwind VMG
8.24
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. 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 the light stuff, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage cracked off as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short off the wind when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is weight that has to be driven rather than released.
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 One
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.67 | 5.04 | 5.38 | 5.53 |
| 52° | 5.62 | 7.34 | 7.70 | 7.83 |
| 60° | 5.94 | 7.55 | 7.93 | 8.06 |
| 75° | 6.17 | 7.74 | 8.21 | 8.41 |
| 90° | 6.39 | 7.98 | 8.45 | 8.83 |
| 110° | 6.22 | 7.96 | 8.59 | 9.11 |
| 120° | 6.02 | 7.91 | 8.65 | 9.49 |
| 135° | 5.44 | 7.56 | 8.46 | 9.65 |
| 150° | 4.59 | 6.78 | 8.00 | 8.97 |
| Run VMG | 3.97 | 5.87 | 7.02 | 8.24 |
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 750 kg.
Rigging
Solaris One rig and sail dimensions
A Solaris One carries 16.90 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.30 m boom, a forestay 18.65 m above the deck and a 6.33 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails