Grand Soleil 43 (B&C)

BoatsGrand Soleil 43 (B&C)

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The Grand Soleil 43 (B&C), on the water

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 26 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 26

CoastalBluewater

1.93 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.93

LightHeavy

167 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 167

EasygoingPowered-up

24.8 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 24.8

TenderStiff

29% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 29%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

Draws more than ~95% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2538 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Grand Soleil 43 (B&C), as the fleet has seen it

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The Grand SOLEIL 43 (B&C) is a 13.2-meter fractional sloop designed by Botin, Carkeek, Botin Partners and built by Cantiere del Pardo between 2006 and 2009. It features a fin with bulb and spade rudder hull, a 4.0-meter beam, a 2.5-meter draft, and displaces 8899 kg. Aboard SEILmagasinet, Dag Sem, a watch captain on a Luffe Yachts 48 for the ARC Plus transatlantic rally, keeps his own Grand SOLEIL 43 in Norway for summer sailing.11:04

The living fleet

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

29.0%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

24.8

Displacement / length

167.4

Comfort ratio

25.5

Capsize screening

1.93

Hull speed

8.2 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1732

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/bulb & spade rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

2006–2009

Designer

Botin, Carkeek

Builder

Cantiere del Pardo, Grand Soleil (Cantiere del Pardo)

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

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