AKELA — ITA 17370
Model: First 31.7
Updated
AKELA (ITA 17370) is a First 31.7 designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2020 and has won 1 race. She sails with a larger sail plan than most First 31.7s. Against a typical First 31.7 she is quicker upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats41
Race starts
1
Win
17%
Podiums
12
Race Edge
First 31.7: 21
584.4s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
9.61 m
31′ 6″
Beam
3.21 m
Draft
1.93 m
Displacement
3.8 t
Sail area
53 m²
On the podium
Where AKELA finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
17%
of 41 starts · First 31.7 fleet: 17%
Wins
2%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with AKELA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Riva per Uno, Due e Tutti202613- Campionato Invernale dell'Argentario - Coastal Race2025–2617221714
- Riva per Due20257
- Campionato Invernale di Roma, 44a edizione2024–25474410812
- Campionato Invernale di Roma, 43a edizione202461929303022232318
- Campionato Invernale di Roma, 42a edizione2022–23423424334
- Campionato Invernale di Roma, 41a edizione2021–22610747597
- Campionato Invernale di Roma, 40a edizione20207
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Report a regattaRound 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: 1 race of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
35 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats AKELA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (57)
Other competitors (44)
Met too few times for a figure.
SWIFT 2 (Pogo 44, 6 meetings), KARIBU (Frers 36, 4 meetings), MON ILE (First 40, 4 meetings), LE VENT PERDU (Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek), 4 meetings), GALAHAD (Cutter Bermudiano, 4 meetings), YANKEE R (Grand Soleil 40 (Polli), 4 meetings), QUIZAS (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 4 meetings), VICTORY (Bolt 37, 4 meetings), OTARIA (Comet 38 (Vallicelli), 4 meetings), INTERCEPTOR (Farr 40, 4 meetings), BLACK SWAN (First 30 (Kouyoumdjian), 4 meetings), KALA NAG 2 (Dufour 455, 4 meetings), BRUTTIVIZI 2 (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 4 meetings), SUPER KALIMERA (Nab 12.50, 4 meetings), MIZAR 2.0 (Este 31, 4 meetings), REWIND (Sun Fast 37, 4 meetings), WALL E2 (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 4 meetings), VULCANO 2 (First 34.7, 4 meetings), JOCUS 3.0 (M 34, 4 meetings), ANGELA (Solaris 55, 4 meetings), EXCALIBUR (X-35, 4 meetings), SNOW QUEEN (Saffierse 37, 3 meetings), AMAPOLA 2 (Sun Odyessey 49, 2 meetings), ATAHUALPA (Sun Odyssey 45.2, 2 meetings), ATTENTI A QUEI DUE (Fast Cruiser 42, 1 meeting), LIBERTINE (JPK 11.80, 1 meeting), FASTLIGHT (Pogo 50, 1 meeting), SU CANTU E SU ENTU (JPK 10.10, 1 meeting), VANESSAPRIMO (Elan 320, 1 meeting), FENICE (Comet 333, 1 meeting), MELAGODO (First 34.7, 1 meeting), DARKWOOD (J/121, 1 meeting), SCRICCA (Comet 38 (Vallicelli), 1 meeting), MINTAKA (First 36, 1 meeting), ZABRISKIE POINT (Figaro 2, 1 meeting), NIMBUS 2000 (, 1 meeting), BORA FAST (Sun Fast 3600, 1 meeting), MATITU (Solaris 48, 1 meeting), ID&A (Comet 36, 1 meeting), CYGNUS (First 36.7, 1 meeting), KIKA 2 (Elan 410, 1 meeting), DIVERSAMENTE (Rimar 41, 1 meeting), CASTA DIVA (Grand Soleil 50 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), FAHRENHEIT (Comet 38 (Vallicelli), 1 meeting)
How AKELA compares with a typical First 31.7
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 31.7s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 31.7; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical First 31.7 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
AKELA in blue, a typical First 31.7 dashed.
AKELA in blue, a typical First 31.7 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 31.7s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 31.7
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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