BLACKBIRD — NED 3516
Model: First 35 (Farr)
Updated
BLACKBIRD (NED 3516) is a First 35 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2026. She sails with a deeper keel than most First 35s. Against a typical First 35 she is quicker on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats1
Race start
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Wins
0%
Podiums
81
Race Edge
First 35: 86
545.7s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
10.66 m
35′ 0″
Beam
3.64 m
Draft
2.20 m
Displacement
5.6 t
Sail area
71 m²
On the podium
Where BLACKBIRD finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
1
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 BLACKBIRD on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
- 50 Mijl Shorthanded20267
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Report a regattaWho she races against
The boats BLACKBIRD meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (18)
Met too few times for a figure.
LÄLLEKÖNIG (J/99, 1 meeting), TEAM HEINER 4 (J/109, 1 meeting), JIBE (J/109, 1 meeting), JAM SESSION (J/109, 1 meeting), MAJIC (J/109, 1 meeting), SENNA (Luffe 3.6, 1 meeting), INSPIRIT (Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), MOSHULU (Xp 38, 1 meeting), THE FLOW (Elan 380, 1 meeting), GOTCHA2 (JOD 35, 1 meeting), FLYER (Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), BATFISH (JPK 10.30, 1 meeting), ONE & ONLY (Sun Fast 3600, 1 meeting), MOANA (J/122, 1 meeting), LUX (X4.3, 1 meeting), ELIXER (X-46, 1 meeting), NIMROD (JPK 39, 1 meeting), XANTHO (Xp 44, 1 meeting)
How BLACKBIRD compares with a typical First 35
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 35s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 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 is quicker than a typical First 35 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
BLACKBIRD in blue, a typical First 35 dashed.
BLACKBIRD in blue, a typical First 35 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 35s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 35 (Farr)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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