TP 52 (Carkeek)
Longitud Cero · Botín & Carkeek · 2018
Updated
- ORC World Championship · Class A2019 · 2023
Each title was won by a boat of this design, not by the design itself.
The TP 52 (Carkeek) is a 15.85 m planing racing yacht designed by Botín & Carkeek and built by Longitud Cero, first launched in 2018. It races in Class 0. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 60% of the designs it races against. It comes alive as the breeze builds, and gives time away in the light.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 60% of the boats it races against.
5th of 11 in its class.
Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold: designs scoring the same win anywhere from one race in ten to seven in ten. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.
This design has been found in real race results — 220 starts across 28 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
15.85 m
52′ 0″
Beam
4.42 m
Draft
3.51 m
Displacement
7.1 t
Sail area
167 m²
On the podium
Where a TP 52 (Carkeek) finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
53%
of 220 starts by 14 boats
Wins
24%
Read from 220 starts by 14 boats between 2014 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a TP 52 (Carkeek) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
"Πανελληνιο Κυπελο ORCI 2026"2026- Andros Race 2026 - Eurobank Private Bank Cup2026
73° Loro Piana Giraglia2026- ORC World Championship2026
Rolex Middle Sea Race2025
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
55%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
47%
of these races end on the podium
Sharper round the buoys. Short courses reward acceleration and manoeuvring, and that is where this design makes its money.
Who she races against
The designs a TP 52 (Carkeek) actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the TP 52 (Carkeek) 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
7.47
36°
Beam reach
13.96
90°
Broad reach
16.48
135°
Downwind VMG
13.56
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.
This is a boat that wants breeze. 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 a broad reach once it pipes up, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on the beam as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
There is no condition where it falls away badly, which is worth something over a season of mixed weather.
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 0.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a TP 52 (Carkeek)
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 5.08 | 6.63 | 7.13 | 7.47 |
| 52° | 7.79 | 9.57 | 10.23 | 10.86 |
| 60° | 8.27 | 10.00 | 10.78 | 11.50 |
| 75° | 8.64 | 10.59 | 11.60 | 12.68 |
| 90° | 8.54 | 10.66 | 12.32 | 13.96 |
| 110° | 8.14 | 10.62 | 12.36 | 15.27 |
| 120° | 7.77 | 10.61 | 12.81 | 15.48 |
| 135° | 7.01 | 10.07 | 12.84 | 16.48 |
| 150° | 5.85 | 8.80 | 11.03 | 15.66 |
| Run VMG | 5.07 | 7.62 | 9.55 | 13.56 |
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 1210 kg.
Rigging
TP 52 (Carkeek) rig and sail dimensions
A TP 52 (Carkeek) carries 20.40 m of mainsail hoist on a 7.10 m boom, a forestay 19.72 m above the deck and a 9.00 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 18 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
Other designs under the same name
The name has been carried by more than one design. They are different boats.