UFO One Design
Galetti · Umberto Felci · 1996
Updated
Measured under the previous VPP (2021–2024)
The UFO One Design is a 8.60 m planing racing yacht designed by Umberto Felci and built by Galetti, first launched in 1996. It races in Sportboat.
Length
8.60 m
28′ 3″
Beam
3.62 m
Draft
1.95 m
Displacement
1.3 t
Sail area
49 m²
On the podium
Where a UFO One Design finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
7%
of 14 starts by 2 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 14 starts by 2 boats between 2018, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a UFO One Design was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
ORC Sportboat European Championship2018
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
8%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a UFO One Design actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the UFO One Design 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.
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 UFO One Design
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.62 | 5.20 | 5.30 | — |
| 52° | 6.63 | 7.29 | 7.54 | — |
| 60° | 6.81 | 7.67 | 8.00 | — |
| 75° | 6.99 | 8.25 | 8.87 | — |
| 90° | 6.96 | 8.45 | 9.79 | — |
| 110° | 6.95 | 8.74 | 10.04 | — |
| 120° | 6.83 | 8.73 | 10.68 | — |
| 135° | 6.45 | 7.95 | 10.26 | — |
| 150° | 5.45 | 7.12 | 8.74 | — |
| Run VMG | 4.72 | 6.26 | 7.57 | — |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. Crew weight is declared around 510 kg.