AFRICA B SQUAD
Class BDisplacementPerformance

AFRICA B SQUAD — USA 707

Model: Farr 44

CONDORBruce Farr

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AFRICA B SQUAD (USA 707) is a Farr 44 designed by Bruce Farr and built by CONDOR. She has been racing since 2024. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most Farr 44s. Against a typical Farr 44 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.

AFRICA B SQUAD USA 707 - Bruce Farr - CONDOR

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

8

Race starts

0

Wins

12%

Podiums

12

Race Edge

516.4s/mile

Rating 2025

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn22
10–16 kn32
Over 16 kn11
AFRICA B SQUADHow Race Edge works
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Length

13.51 m

44′ 4″

Beam

4.12 m

Draft

2.50 m

Displacement

7.5 t

Sail area

127 m²

On the podium

Where AFRICA B SQUAD finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

1

Seconds

0

Thirds

8

Starts

Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.

Regattas

Every regatta we found with AFRICA B SQUAD on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • World championshipORC World Championship2024710976882

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Round the buoys, or offshore

A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.

Round the buoys

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Not enough data yet: 6 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

The boats AFRICA B SQUAD meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

AFRICA B SQUAD aheadRival ahead
RIMA98 · Italia 11.9813%ahead in 1 of 8 meetings
SLEEPER · J/10588%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
CHRISTOPHER DRAGON XII · Italia 11.9813%ahead in 1 of 8 meetings
THE ROCC · J/11213%ahead in 1 of 8 meetings
WINDWHISPER44 · Grand Soleil 44 (Polli)13%ahead in 1 of 8 meetings
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FIREBALL · J/1110%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
LEADING EDGE · J/12275%ahead in 6 of 8 meetings
QUERENCIA · Italia 12.98 (Cossutti)100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings
DIRE WOLF · J/122100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings
FLEETWOOD · Melges 3263%ahead in 5 of 8 meetings
RUMBLE · JPK 10.3075%ahead in 6 of 8 meetings
PEACEMAKER · Ker 11.538%ahead in 3 of 8 meetings
ECLIPSE · Redline 41100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings

How AFRICA B SQUAD compares with a typical Farr 44

Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Farr 44s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Farr 44; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.17 kn
Beam reach-0.53 kn
Broad reach-0.56 kn
Downwind-0.45 kn

Full width is 1.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Farr 44 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

AFRICA B SQUAD in blue, a typical Farr 44 dashed.

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AFRICA B SQUAD in blue, a typical Farr 44 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

More about the Farr 44

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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