AVANTES
Class CSemi-displacementCruiser/Racer

AVANTES — GRE 317

Model: First 31.7

BeneteauJean-Marie Finot

Updated

AVANTES (GRE 317) is a First 31.7 designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2018. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most First 31.7s. Against a typical First 31.7 she is quicker on a beam reach and downwind.

AVANTES GRE 317 - Jean-Marie Finot - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

21

Race starts

0

Wins

14%

Podiums

57

Race Edge

First 31.7: 21

588.5s/mile

Rating 2026

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

Under 10 kn67
10–16 kn16
Over 16 kn46
AVANTESA typical First 31.7How Race Edge works
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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 AVANTES finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

14%

of 21 starts · First 31.7 fleet: 17%

Wins

0%

Wins0%0
Seconds10%2
Thirds5%1
Off the podium85%18

Regattas

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

  • GreeceKypello Voreiou Aigaiou202636267
  • GreeceNorth Aegean Cup2025124948810
  • GreeceΚύπελο Βορείου Αιγαίου & Πανελλήνιο Κύπελο Sportboat 202202412101211131110
  • GreeceAlmyropotamos Race20184
  • GreeceEvripos Cup20182

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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: 8 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

15%

of these races end on the podium

13 races over 10 NM

Who she races against

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

AVANTES aheadRival ahead
MARAKI · Elan 405%ahead in 1 of 19 meetings
MYTILANA · Sun Legende 4121%ahead in 4 of 19 meetings
KRAKEN · Mount Gay 3021%ahead in 4 of 19 meetings
NIRIIDA · Elan 3758%ahead in 11 of 19 meetings
FAIRYTALE · Elan 4014%ahead in 2 of 14 meetings
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TAXIDEFTIS · Gib Sea 3364%ahead in 9 of 14 meetings
KOURSAROS · X-37217%ahead in 2 of 12 meetings
FIDELIO · Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini)33%ahead in 4 of 12 meetings
Other competitors (32)

Met too few times for a figure.

CALEXICO (X-332, 7 meetings), ZAMANFOU (Salona 37, 7 meetings), NEVERLAND (Solaris 50, 7 meetings), METATRON II (First 44.7, 7 meetings), EQUINOX (X-372, 7 meetings), ASTRAPI (JOD 35, 7 meetings), ORANGE (Bavaria Match 35, 7 meetings), NEMO (Atlantic 31, 7 meetings), ACID DROP (Fiumanka 33, 7 meetings), L'AQUILA (Gib Sea 302, 7 meetings), VICTORIA II (Sun Odyssey 37.1, 7 meetings), ADRASTEIA (Dehler 34 (Stadt), 6 meetings), SUN FIZZ (Sun Fizz 40, 5 meetings), KALLISTO (Olympic Sea 42, 5 meetings), AEOLOS (Jouet 108, 5 meetings), GUARDINGA (Tartan 370, 5 meetings), AQUARIUS (Comet 850, 2 meetings), QUASAR (First 305, 2 meetings), AELLO (Sunrise 35, 2 meetings), MYSTIS (Dufour 334, 2 meetings), ANASA (Comfortina 36, 2 meetings), SAXON (Mirage 26, 2 meetings), ONAR (Rasmus 35, 2 meetings), TWEETY (Albin Ballad, 2 meetings), LINA (Trident 80, 2 meetings), GALINI (Sun Odyssey 36.2, 2 meetings), KALHI (Sun Odyssey 37, 1 meeting), PLEIADES (Elan 45, 1 meeting), DOMENICA (Platu 25, 1 meeting), ARMENISTIS (Oceanis 320, 1 meeting), ALMYRA (Warrior 35, 1 meeting), IOLI (Dehler 34 (Stadt), 1 meeting)

How AVANTES 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.

True wind
Upwind+0.01 kn
Beam reach+0.16 kn
Broad reach+0.25 kn
Downwind+0.16 kn

Full width is 0.6 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical First 31.7 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

AVANTES in blue, a typical First 31.7 dashed.

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AVANTES in blue, a typical First 31.7 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

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