AY CARMELA — ESP 1044
Model: J/80
Updated
AY CARMELA (ESP 1044) is a J/80 designed by Rod Johnstone and built by J/Boats. She has been racing since 2021. Against a typical J/80 she is quicker on a beam reach, and slower downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats2
Race starts
0
Wins
50%
Podiums
61
Race Edge
J/80: 74
597.1s/mile
Rating 2025
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
8.03 m
26′ 4″
Beam
2.49 m
Draft
1.50 m
Displacement
1.4 t
Sail area
36 m²
On the podium
Where AY CARMELA finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
1
Thirds
2
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 AY CARMELA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Trofeo Vila de Bouzas20223- Trofeo Vila de Bouzas20216
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Report a regattaWho she races against
The boats AY CARMELA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (7)
Met too few times for a figure.
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (Swan 42, 2 meetings), DEEP BLUE 2.1 (Dufour 34, 2 meetings), BON III (J/109, 1 meeting), ESQUIO (Ro 330, 1 meeting), ALDAN (First 40.7, 1 meeting), UNUS (X-332, 1 meeting), SMAKU (Bavaria 34, 1 meeting)
How AY CARMELA compares with a typical J/80
Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, J/80s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical J/80; 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 gives away time to a typical J/80 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
AY CARMELA in blue, a typical J/80 dashed.
AY CARMELA in blue, a typical J/80 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other J/80s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the J/80
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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