Class CHeavy displacementCruiser/Racer

Sprinta-sport

Dehler · E.G. van de Stadt · 1978

Updated

Measured under the previous VPP (2021–2024)

The Sprinta-sport is a 6.98 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by E.G. van de Stadt and built by Dehler, first launched in 1978. It races in Class C.

Sprinta-sport - E.G. van de Stadt - DehlerP 8.30 mLOA 6.98 m

Length

6.98 m

22′ 11″

Beam

2.39 m

Draft

1.43 m

Displacement

1.3 t

Sail area

30 m²

No boat of this design has been measured under the current VPP. The figures below come from measurement records issued between 2021 and 2024, on the earlier scale, so this design carries no Race Edge.

On the podium

Where a Sprinta-sport finishes when she goes racing.

Not enough data yet to show how this design finishes. It has not been found in the race results we have collected so far.

Recent regattas

The latest events where a Sprinta-sport was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

No regattas found yet.

Raced one we are missing?

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Round 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: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

The designs a Sprinta-sport actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.

Not enough data yet to say who this design races against. No result we have collected puts it on the water beside another design we track.

Speed at every angle

The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.

3630°60°90°120°150°WIND

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.

How fast is a Sprinta-sport

Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.

Angle6 kn10 kn14 kn20 kn
Beat VMG3.524.074.14—
52°5.155.655.76—
60°5.305.785.93—
75°5.405.926.22—
90°5.416.046.39—
110°5.426.176.73—
120°5.316.086.75—
135°4.905.876.54—
150°4.355.596.23—
Run VMG3.795.085.86—

How they are set up

The range each sail spans across the fleet.

Mainsail15 m²
Headsail15 m²
Spinnaker29 m²

Most run a fixed propeller. Crew weight is declared around 290 kg.

Rigging

Sprinta-sport rig and sail dimensions

A Sprinta-sport carries 8.30 m of mainsail hoist on a 2.90 m boom, a forestay 7.79 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.

Rig

Mainsail hoistP8.30 m8.30 – 8.31
Boom lengthE2.90 m2.89 – 2.90
Forestay heightIG7.79 m7.79 – 7.80
Fore triangle baseJ2.50 m2.49 – 2.50
Spinnaker hoistISP7.79 m7.79 – 7.80
Boom above deckBAS0.91 m0.90 – 0.91

Sails

Mainsail15.1 m²15.1 – 15.2
Headsail14.5 m²14.4 – 14.7
Spinnaker28.9 m²28.4 – 29.3