BLUE
Class CHeavy displacementCruiser/Racer

BLUE — GRE 284

Model: Carter 33

OLYMPIC MARINEDick Carter

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BLUE (GRE 284) is a Carter 33 designed by Dick Carter and built by OLYMPIC MARINE. She has been racing since 2018. Against a typical Carter 33 she is quicker upwind in light air and on a beam reach.

BLUE GRE 284 - Dick Carter - OLYMPIC MARINE

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

16

Race starts

0

Wins

6%

Podiums

4

Race Edge

651.4s/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 kn42
10–16 kn5
Over 16 kn2
Compare with another boat

Length

9.96 m

32′ 8″

Beam

3.33 m

Draft

1.80 m

Displacement

4.7 t

Sail area

49 m²

On the podium

Where BLUE finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

6%

of 16 starts · Carter 33 fleet: 9%

Wins

0%

Wins0%0
Seconds6%1
Thirds0%0
Off the podium94%15

Regattas

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

  • GreeceΜέθανα20253615
  • Greece42ος Ιστιοπλοικος Αγωνας Κορφος ΄252025322324
  • Greece"Πορος 2024"2024252322
  • Greece"Ειρηνης & Φιλιας - Βαθυ Μεθανων"20232225
  • Greece"Epidavros 2022"202214151310

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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: 1 race of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

7%

of these races end on the podium

15 races over 10 NM

Who she races against

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

BLUE aheadRival ahead
THALASSINOS AETOS · Gib Sea 33420%ahead in 3 of 15 meetings
ANNA MARIA II · Atlantic 3140%ahead in 6 of 15 meetings
ALITAKI · Dufour 3014%ahead in 2 of 14 meetings
ADRA · First 31.729%ahead in 4 of 14 meetings
MARSO · Dufour 34 (Dufour)75%ahead in 9 of 12 meetings
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AGIA PARASKEVI · Oceanis 38183%ahead in 10 of 12 meetings
HARA TON ANGELON IV · Elan 4527%ahead in 3 of 11 meetings
AURA · Dufour 32510%ahead in 1 of 10 meetings
NAFSITHOI · Discovery 30010%ahead in 1 of 10 meetings
SOTIRIS JUNIOR · Nereis 3067%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
JULIANNA · Moody 3478%ahead in 7 of 9 meetings
TOMAHAWK · First 45 (Farr)0%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
NATASSA · Feeling 92038%ahead in 3 of 8 meetings
FAETHON · Moody 3025%ahead in 2 of 8 meetings
ASSANTE · Bavaria 360%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
BULLDOG · First 35 (Berret)38%ahead in 3 of 8 meetings
ARIA · Sun Odyssey 33 (Andrieu)75%ahead in 6 of 8 meetings
BLUE LINE · Sun Shine 3663%ahead in 5 of 8 meetings
Other competitors (107)

Met too few times for a figure.

MANOULI TOO (Sun Odyssey 45.1, 7 meetings), SAGINI (Triton 48, 7 meetings), CHAMOGELO (Grand Soleil 34 (Finot), 7 meetings), KAMAYA V (Sun Odyssey 34.2, 7 meetings), ALMYRA (Sun Odyssey 36.2, 6 meetings), ISIDOROS (First 28, 6 meetings), DENNIS DUE (Oceanis 38.1, 6 meetings), OKYALOS (Oceanis 393, 6 meetings), ALEKA (Sun Odyssey 33.1, 6 meetings), HARA (Oceanis 37, 6 meetings), ILIADA (Sun Odyssey 33.1, 6 meetings), ERATO (Dufour 30, 5 meetings), HARA (Dromor 26, 5 meetings), ERODIOS (Dromor 26, 5 meetings), YPSIPYLI (Atlantic 31, 5 meetings), VENTUS (Sun Fast 37, 5 meetings), SOUPIA (Bavaria 40, 5 meetings), SIM CAT (Carter 37, 5 meetings), NIRIIDA (Voyage 11.2, 5 meetings), LAST LOVE (First 30 (Berret), 5 meetings), FOXTROT (Dufour 390, 5 meetings), VOLTAIRE (Sun Magic 44, 5 meetings), NEFELI III (Bavaria Holiday 35, 5 meetings), KALIPSO (Bavaria Holiday 35, 5 meetings), ANEMOLIA (Catalina 320, 5 meetings), FLORANNA III (Hanse 315, 5 meetings), GITANA (Feeling 39, 5 meetings), DAMASKINI (Sun Odyssey 26, 5 meetings), ESTERA (Cyclades 43.4, 5 meetings), FILIRA (Contest 250, 5 meetings), PENY LANE (Oceanis 393, 5 meetings), SOURLOULOU (Elan 34, 5 meetings), IKAROS (Dufour 35, 5 meetings), DIAS (First 38, 5 meetings), KATERINA (Apollo 12, 5 meetings), PANDORA (Sun Odyssey 34.2, 4 meetings), HURRICANE (Gin Fizz, 4 meetings), SUN LION (Sun Odyssey 34.2, 4 meetings), ELEONORA (Carter 33, 4 meetings), POSEIDON (First 38, 4 meetings), ARTEMIS (Nek 26, 3 meetings), ASTEROSKONI (Oceanis 34.1, 3 meetings), BRAVA (Feeling 109, 3 meetings), SOPHIA (Nereis 32, 3 meetings), EROMENI (Oceanis 351, 3 meetings), SELINI (Hallberg-rassy 382, 3 meetings), NEL VENTO I (Oceanis 320, 3 meetings), PECHLIVANIS (Bavaria 31, 3 meetings), OLYMPIA (Dufour 30, 3 meetings), SALTY (First 35 (Berret), 3 meetings), ASTARTE (Gin Fizz, 3 meetings), GALAZIOS ANEMOS (Feeling 920, 3 meetings), TO KEFI MAS (Elan 410, 3 meetings), CHRISTINA II (Dehler 38 (Stadt), 3 meetings), DAS BOOT (Optima 101, 3 meetings), TRITON (Sun Odyssey 40, 3 meetings), ADRIFT (Gib Sea 312, 3 meetings), ZANTIO (Rush 31, 3 meetings), MARE GREKO (Hallberg Rassy 352, 3 meetings), ARGO (Oceanis 423, 3 meetings), GIORGIO (Elan 40, 3 meetings), MON FLIRT (Sun Fast 40, 3 meetings), BELL' ANGIOLINA (Brigand 9.5, 3 meetings), FILIRA (Grand Soleil 37 (Design), 2 meetings), CHRISTINA (Oyster 37, 2 meetings), ANNA (Gib Sea 402, 2 meetings), ARIADNI II (Discovery 300, 2 meetings), HOY HOY (North Wind 435, 2 meetings), LYGEIA (Sun Odyssey 32, 2 meetings), ALEX (Dufour 30, 2 meetings), VIKOULA (Hallberg Rassy 352, 2 meetings), NAFPARIS (Oceanis 38 (Finot-Conq), 2 meetings), PELISSIMA (First 38, 2 meetings), AERIKO (Mirage 28, 2 meetings), PANIC (Sun Odyssey 40, 2 meetings), IRMINI (Moody 42, 2 meetings), IRIS (Sun Shine 38, 2 meetings), ARGONAFTIS II (First 32, 2 meetings), SKORPIOS (Dromor 26, 2 meetings), JEANNE BONNE (Dromor 26, 2 meetings), SKY (Atlantic 44, 2 meetings), RUTHIE (Oceanis 41, 2 meetings), MARILENA (Fandango 33, 2 meetings), ONAR (Oceanis 43, 2 meetings), KATE MARY V (Sun Odyssey 32, 2 meetings), KOURSAROS (Sun Odyssey 42.1, 2 meetings), NINOU (Gin Fizz, 2 meetings), NISTERI (Sun Odyssey 45, 2 meetings), DESTINY (Atlantic 31, 2 meetings), NAUTILUS VI (Dufour 38, 2 meetings), IASONAS (Moody 29, 1 meeting), ATHINA (Atlantic 31, 1 meeting), KALLIPYGOS (Atlantic 31, 1 meeting), HARA (Sun Odyssey 34.2, 1 meeting), APIDALOS NAFS (IMX 40, 1 meeting), AFROESSA (Sun Fast 3200, 1 meeting), DE MALO V (Gib Sea 35, 1 meeting), ARGONAFTIS V (First 35 (Berret), 1 meeting), PERAN (Najad 320, 1 meeting), NIKI (Sigma 33, 1 meeting), MYTHOS (Sun Odyssey 35, 1 meeting), RIC ET RAC (Dufour 31, 1 meeting), YULI III (Oceanis 393, 1 meeting), ALCYON (Carter 33, 1 meeting), PERIPETIA (Oceanis 390, 1 meeting), SIBYLLA (Eygthene 24, 1 meeting), VASILIKI (Gib Sea 96, 1 meeting)

How BLUE compares with a typical Carter 33

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Carter 33s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Carter 33; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.05 kn
Beam reach+0.19 kn
Broad reach+0.10 kn
Downwind+0.00 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Carter 33 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

BLUE in blue, a typical Carter 33 dashed.

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BLUE in blue, a typical Carter 33 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Carter 33s racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the Carter 33

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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