Vor 60
COMPOSITE WORKS · Bruce Farr · 2001
Updated
The Vor 60 is a 19.47 m planing racing yacht designed by Bruce Farr and built by COMPOSITE WORKS, first launched in 2001. It races in Maxi.
Length
19.47 m
63′ 11″
Beam
5.24 m
Draft
3.44 m
Displacement
13.5 t
Sail area
208 m²
On the podium
Where a Vor 60 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
3
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 3 starts by 1 boat between 2024 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Vor 60 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
73° Loro Piana Giraglia2026- Barcolana Maxi2024
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: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Vor 60 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Swan 56 (2 meetings), Maxi 65 (2 meetings), TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk) (2 meetings), Wallyrocket 51 (3 meetings), TP 52 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Irc 52 (1 meeting), Mat 122 (1 meeting), Mat 118 (1 meeting), Ker 46 (1 meeting), Swan 42 (2 meetings), JPK 11.80 (2 meetings), Dufour 40 (1 meeting), J/122 (1 meeting), Mat 124 (1 meeting), Sly 42 (1 meeting), Farr 45 (1 meeting), X-332 (1 meeting), J/97 (1 meeting), Frers 60 (1 meeting), J/99 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 44 (Polli) (1 meeting), J/112 (2 meetings), Swan 60 (1 meeting), Dehler 36 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), First 44.7 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3600 (1 meeting), J/92 (1 meeting)
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
7.29
37°
Beam reach
12.32
90°
Broad reach
14.92
135°
Downwind VMG
12.51
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.
This is a light-air boat. Early-season racing and morning breezes play to its strengths; once it pipes up the fleet comes back to it.
Where it gains
Its best ground is across the wind in light air, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage off the wind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on a broad reach in a strong breeze, giving away time it never gets back. That is a hull that wants to get up and go, and needs pressure to do it.
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 downwind.
How fast is a Vor 60
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 5.37 | 6.54 | 7.00 | 7.29 |
| 52° | 8.21 | 9.51 | 9.96 | 10.30 |
| 60° | 8.74 | 9.88 | 10.32 | 10.75 |
| 75° | 9.25 | 10.33 | 10.89 | 11.52 |
| 90° | 9.28 | 10.62 | 11.38 | 12.32 |
| 110° | 8.59 | 10.41 | 11.70 | 13.30 |
| 120° | 7.97 | 10.38 | 11.75 | 13.56 |
| 135° | 7.14 | 10.11 | 12.02 | 14.92 |
| 150° | 5.99 | 8.99 | 10.89 | 14.45 |
| Run VMG | 5.19 | 7.79 | 9.44 | 12.51 |
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 1310 kg.
Rigging
Vor 60 rig and sail dimensions
A Vor 60 carries 24.00 m of mainsail hoist on a 7.08 m boom, a forestay 22.22 m above the deck and a 10.76 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails