UFO
UFO BOAT · Umberto Felci · 1995
Updated
Measured under the previous VPP (2021–2024)
The UFO is a 8.60 m planing racing yacht designed by Umberto Felci and built by UFO BOAT, first launched in 1995. It races in Sportboat.
Length
8.60 m
28′ 3″
Beam
3.62 m
Draft
1.94 m
Displacement
1.2 t
Sail area
51 m²
On the podium
Where a UFO finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
8%
of 12 starts by 2 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 12 starts by 2 boats between 2022, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a UFO was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Sportboat European Championship2022
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
10%
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 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the UFO 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
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.67 | 5.25 | 5.38 | — |
| 52° | 6.68 | 7.33 | 7.59 | — |
| 60° | 6.86 | 7.69 | 8.03 | — |
| 75° | 7.03 | 8.27 | 8.85 | — |
| 90° | 6.99 | 8.54 | 9.74 | — |
| 110° | 7.01 | 8.73 | 9.86 | — |
| 120° | 6.89 | 8.87 | 10.59 | — |
| 135° | 6.50 | 8.06 | 10.54 | — |
| 150° | 5.53 | 7.20 | 8.91 | — |
| Run VMG | 4.79 | 6.30 | 7.71 | — |
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.
Rigging
UFO rig and sail dimensions
A UFO carries 10.40 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.50 m boom, a forestay 9.50 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails