TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk)
Persico Marine · Judel/Vrolijk · 2008
Updated
- ORC World Championship · Class A2014 · 2015 · 2016
- ORC World Championship · Class 02026
Each title was won by a boat of this design, not by the design itself.
The TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk) is a 15.85 m planing racing yacht designed by Judel/Vrolijk and built by Persico Marine, first launched in 2008. It races in Class 0. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 80% 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 80% of the boats it races against.
3rd of 11 in its class.
Updated — Figure recalculated on a larger measured fleet.
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 — 205 starts across 25 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
15.85 m
52′ 0″
Beam
4.42 m
Draft
3.48 m
Displacement
7.1 t
Sail area
166 m²
On the podium
Where a TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk) finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
38%
of 205 starts by 10 boats
Wins
18%
Read from 205 starts by 10 boats between 2016 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Lliga Creuers2026- XXX Lliga Social CMPO2026
73° Loro Piana Giraglia2026- ORC World Championship2026
- XXX Trofeo Punta Stendardo2026
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
36%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
34%
of these races end on the podium
Level across both. Plenty of designs fall away once the course gets long — a light hull that thrives round the cans can struggle through a night at sea. This one does not.
Who she races against
The designs a TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk) 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 (Judel/Vrolijk) 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
7.31
37°
Beam reach
13.60
90°
Broad reach
16.25
135°
Downwind VMG
13.47
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. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is off the wind once it pipes up, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage across the wind 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 1.0 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 (Judel/Vrolijk)
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 5.03 | 6.53 | 7.00 | 7.31 |
| 52° | 7.71 | 9.42 | 10.04 | 10.62 |
| 60° | 8.19 | 9.86 | 10.58 | 11.25 |
| 75° | 8.55 | 10.41 | 11.38 | 12.37 |
| 90° | 8.45 | 10.58 | 12.02 | 13.60 |
| 110° | 8.04 | 10.53 | 12.15 | 14.86 |
| 120° | 7.72 | 10.51 | 12.60 | 15.30 |
| 135° | 6.96 | 10.04 | 12.69 | 16.25 |
| 150° | 5.80 | 8.76 | 11.01 | 15.56 |
| Run VMG | 5.03 | 7.58 | 9.54 | 13.47 |
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 (Judel/Vrolijk) rig and sail dimensions
A TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk) carries 20.37 m of mainsail hoist on a 7.11 m boom, a forestay 19.71 m above the deck and a 9.00 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 16 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.