TP 52 (Reichel/Pugh)
Cookson · Reichel/Pugh · 2008
Updated
- ORC World Championship · Class A2013
Each title was won by a boat of this design, not by the design itself.
The TP 52 (Reichel/Pugh) is a 15.85 m planing racing yacht designed by Reichel/Pugh and built by Cookson, first launched in 2008. It races in Class 0.
Length
15.85 m
52′ 0″
Beam
4.35 m
Draft
3.34 m
Displacement
7.7 t
Sail area
160 m²
On the podium
Where a TP 52 (Reichel/Pugh) finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
70%
of 10 starts by 1 boat
Wins
20%
Read from 10 starts by 1 boat between 2019, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a TP 52 (Reichel/Pugh) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
ORC European Championship2019
Baltic Offshore Week2019
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: 6 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 TP 52 (Reichel/Pugh) actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Swan 45 (7 meetings), Soto 40 (7 meetings), Latini 52 (7 meetings), Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk) (3 meetings), Salona 37 (3 meetings), Salona 38 (3 meetings), X-41 (5 meetings), X-37 (3 meetings), First 40 (6 meetings), IMX 38 (3 meetings), Elliott 44 (3 meetings), Sinergia 40 (3 meetings), Xp 38 (2 meetings), Farr 52 (2 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the TP 52 (Reichel/Pugh) 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
7.16
37°
Beam reach
12.94
90°
Broad reach
15.79
135°
Downwind VMG
12.98
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.
It needs pressure to show what it can do. 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 on the run once it pipes up, 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
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 1.2 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 (Reichel/Pugh)
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.92 | 6.38 | 6.87 | 7.16 |
| 52° | 7.55 | 9.23 | 9.78 | 10.25 |
| 60° | 8.03 | 9.61 | 10.25 | 10.82 |
| 75° | 8.39 | 10.11 | 11.00 | 11.82 |
| 90° | 8.29 | 10.18 | 11.60 | 12.94 |
| 110° | 7.87 | 10.22 | 11.64 | 14.21 |
| 120° | 7.64 | 10.30 | 12.18 | 14.54 |
| 135° | 6.89 | 9.79 | 12.31 | 15.79 |
| 150° | 5.75 | 8.62 | 10.62 | 14.99 |
| Run VMG | 4.98 | 7.47 | 9.20 | 12.98 |
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 1230 kg.
Rigging
TP 52 (Reichel/Pugh) rig and sail dimensions
A TP 52 (Reichel/Pugh) carries 20.43 m of mainsail hoist on a 7.22 m boom, a forestay 19.70 m above the deck and a 8.61 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 248 to 268 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.
Other designs under the same name
The name has been carried by more than one design. They are different boats.