BLACK MAGIC — IRL 725
Model: J/35
Updated
BLACK MAGIC (IRL 725) is a J/35 designed by Rod Johnstone and built by J/Boats. She has been racing since 2026 and has won 1 race. She sails with a smaller sail plan and a shallower keel than most J/35s. Against a typical J/35 she is slower upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats4
Race starts
1
Win
25%
Podiums
58
Race Edge
J/35: 51
548.0s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
10.82 m
35′ 6″
Beam
3.65 m
Draft
2.11 m
Displacement
4.5 t
Sail area
81 m²
On the podium
Where BLACK MAGIC finishes when she goes racing.
1
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
4
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 BLACK MAGIC on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Loro Piana Giraglia202666110
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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: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats BLACK MAGIC meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (15)
Met too few times for a figure.
FREMITO D'ARJA (J/109, 4 meetings), CHESTRESS (J/109, 4 meetings), GIANBURRASCA (First 36.7, 4 meetings), SALVORA (Salona 37, 4 meetings), X-WAVE (X-332, 4 meetings), IMXTINENTE (X-35, 4 meetings), BORA FAST (Sun Fast 3600, 4 meetings), L'ESCARGOT (First 34.7, 4 meetings), CIRCE (First 36.7, 4 meetings), LIBERAMENTE (Comet 38 (Finot), 4 meetings), HUMBOLDT (Dehler 30 OD, 4 meetings), MAJE (Swan 41, 4 meetings), RUTHIE (Oceanis 41, 4 meetings), ASKEW (Comet 38 (Vallicelli), 4 meetings), NESS (Elan S3, 4 meetings)
How BLACK MAGIC compares with a typical J/35
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, J/35s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical J/35; 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/35 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
BLACK MAGIC in blue, a typical J/35 dashed.
BLACK MAGIC in blue, a typical J/35 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other J/35s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the J/35
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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