Vismara 34
FK Boats · Alessandro Vismara · 2003
Updated
The Vismara 34 is a 9.98 m displacement racing yacht designed by Alessandro Vismara and built by FK Boats, first launched in 2003. It races in Class C.
Length
9.98 m
32′ 9″
Beam
3.19 m
Draft
2.19 m
Displacement
4.0 t
Sail area
68 m²
On the podium
Where a Vismara 34 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
23%
of 26 starts by 2 boats
Wins
4%
Read from 26 starts by 2 boats between 2021 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Vismara 34 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
- ORC World Championship2026
Campionato Invernale 2024/2025 XXXV Edizione2025- Campionato Invernale 2024/2025 XXXV Edizione2024
- Riva per Due2024
- Campionato Invernale di Roma, 43a edizione2024
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: 5 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 8 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Vismara 34 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) (4 meetings), Dufour 34 (4 meetings), Comet 45 (3 meetings), Farr 30 (6 meetings), Italia 9.98 (6 meetings), Mat 11 (2 meetings), Salona 37 (2 meetings), IMX 38 (2 meetings), Cape 31 (2 meetings), Melges 32 (2 meetings), Corsa 915 (2 meetings), X-41 (2 meetings), M 34 (2 meetings), Swan 42 (2 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Vismara 34 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
5.12
38°
Beam reach
8.23
90°
Broad reach
10.20
135°
Downwind VMG
7.94
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.
Reaching and running is where this one pays. A course with long free legs suits it better than a windward-leeward.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a broad reach once it pipes up, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on the run as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on a reach in a strong breeze, giving away time it never gets back. That is a displacement hull working to its designed speed.
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 downwind.
How fast is a Vismara 34
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.65 | 4.79 | 5.05 | 5.12 |
| 52° | 5.49 | 6.80 | 7.08 | 7.19 |
| 60° | 5.75 | 6.97 | 7.27 | 7.42 |
| 75° | 5.92 | 7.12 | 7.55 | 7.81 |
| 90° | 6.06 | 7.24 | 7.71 | 8.23 |
| 110° | 6.07 | 7.49 | 8.14 | 8.81 |
| 120° | 5.95 | 7.46 | 8.34 | 9.41 |
| 135° | 5.33 | 7.16 | 8.15 | 10.20 |
| 150° | 4.50 | 6.54 | 7.55 | 9.03 |
| Run VMG | 3.90 | 5.67 | 6.75 | 7.94 |
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 560 kg.
Rigging
Vismara 34 rig and sail dimensions
A Vismara 34 carries 13.25 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.76 m boom, a forestay 13.52 m above the deck and a 4.71 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 95 to 111 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.