BoatsRegina 43

Regina 43

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1997

A 13.26-metre masthead sloop featuring a skeg-hung rudder and a 1.8-metre draft for versatile coastal cruising

Designed by Carl Beyer.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

See her sail

The Regina 43, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Berthon International

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 36 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 36
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.73
LightHeavy

262 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 262
EasygoingPowered-up

17.3 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 17.3
TenderStiff

32% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 32%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

  • Heavier than ~84% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2535 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Regina 43, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Regina 43 is a Carl Beyer-designed masthead sloop built by Regina af Vindo Yachts AB since 1997, featuring a fin keel with a rudder on skeg. It measures 13.3 meters LOA with a 4.0-meter beam, 1.8-meter draft, and displaces 12,500 kg. A 1999 Regina 43, named *Bimble*, underwent an extensive refit including a Selden twin-spreader masthead rig with new electric in-mast furling and replaced standing rigging.2:18 Its deck layout includes Baymar electric jib furling and Anderson winches.1:55 The cockpit features new Raymarine i70 instrumentation, VHF, and plotters at both the helm and chart table.3:15 Below deck, the interior is finished in satin-varnished mahogany with ash headlining and teak-and-holly soles.4:10 The electrical system centers on a 400Ah lithium battery bank managed by a Victron Cerbo system.5:32 The galley includes a two-ring stainless stove, refrigeration, and a microwave.6:04 Accommodations consist of a centerline aft double berth with an en suite and a forward V-berth with a second head.4:49

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 2 times across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Regina 43 on video

What broke, what changed

Gear aboard, as the crews told it

Moments from individual boats of this model that the fleet has filmed — one crew, one piece of kit, one day on the water. Not a review of the class, and not a count of anything.

Each line is one crew's account of their own boat. Another Regina 43 may be fitted out entirely differently.

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale

  • The owners bought the yacht in 2020, embarked on a refit program with a view to heading off, but plans changed and Bimble is now available for sale

    from Berthon Internationalseen October 2025watch

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
32.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
17.3
Displacement / length
261.7
Comfort ratio
36.3
Capsize screening
1.73
Hull speed
8.1 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1684
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1997
Designer
Carl Beyer
Builder
Regina af Vindo Yachts AB

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The family

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