Sportboat 30
NL Comp · Matteo Polli · 2023
Updated
The Sportboat 30 is a 9.15 m planing racing yacht designed by Matteo Polli and built by NL Comp, first launched in 2023. It races in Class C.
Length
9.15 m
30′ 0″
Beam
3.03 m
Draft
2.29 m
Displacement
2.0 t
Sail area
58 m²
On the podium
Where a Sportboat 30 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
1
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 1 start by 1 boat between 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Sportboat 30 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
- ORC DH World Championship2025
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: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Sportboat 30 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
JPK 10.80 (1 meeting), Salona 41 (1 meeting), JPK 10.30 (1 meeting), X-35 (3 meetings), First 40.7 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3600 (1 meeting), Canard 41 (1 meeting), Elan E5 (1 meeting), J/99 (2 meetings), Solaris 36 (1 meeting), JOD 35 (1 meeting), Farr 30 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3300 (Andrieu) (1 meeting), Elan S5 (1 meeting), Elan E4 (1 meeting), J/109 (1 meeting), Elan 350 (1 meeting), Elan 37 (1 meeting), Evolution 10 (1 meeting), First 36.7 (1 meeting)
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
5.39
37°
Beam reach
9.46
90°
Broad reach
12.73
135°
Downwind VMG
10.32
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.
The stronger it blows, the better this design looks. On a windy coastal course it is in its element; on a light-air windward-leeward it has to be sailed well to hold on.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the run in a strong breeze, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, 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 upwind when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is a hull that wants to get up and go, and needs pressure to do it.
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 2.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Sportboat 30
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.81 | 5.00 | 5.29 | 5.39 |
| 52° | 5.73 | 7.05 | 7.39 | 7.61 |
| 60° | 6.01 | 7.25 | 7.69 | 7.97 |
| 75° | 6.19 | 7.44 | 8.16 | 8.66 |
| 90° | 6.23 | 7.60 | 8.45 | 9.46 |
| 110° | 6.33 | 7.97 | 9.03 | 10.33 |
| 120° | 6.24 | 8.04 | 9.41 | 11.31 |
| 135° | 5.57 | 7.62 | 9.46 | 12.73 |
| 150° | 4.68 | 6.81 | 8.28 | 11.92 |
| Run VMG | 4.05 | 5.90 | 7.17 | 10.32 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 600 kg.
Rigging
Sportboat 30 rig and sail dimensions
A Sportboat 30 carries 12.05 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.28 m boom, a forestay 12.15 m above the deck and a 5.38 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails