BLUE SHARK — GRE 1961
Model: Grand Surprise
Updated
BLUE SHARK (GRE 1961) is a Grand Surprise designed by Joubert/Nivelt and built by Archambault. She has been racing since 2018 and has won two races. She sails close to a typical Grand Surprise at every angle.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats47
Race starts
2
Wins
17%
Podiums
80
Race Edge
Grand Surprise: 85
544.8s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.
Length
9.55 m
31′ 4″
Beam
2.96 m
Draft
2.08 m
Displacement
2.8 t
Sail area
55 m²
On the podium
Where BLUE SHARK finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
17%
of 47 starts · Grand Surprise fleet: 18%
Wins
4%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with BLUE SHARK on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
19th Channel Regatta20264443
Rodos Cup202691075- Rodos Cup20256656
- Συμη2024101
- Channel Regatta20236578
- 22th Aegean Regatta20236333012
- Ταμα202337
- Aegean Regatta20221519292935
- Ταμα2022104
- Aegean Regatta202115987
- Rodos Cup2021842
- Tama202055
- Τριγωνα20194413
- Tama201933
- Συμη2018102
- Τριγωνα 2018 "Μικης Αντωνιαδης"2018466
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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
14%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
18%
of these races end on the podium
Level across both. Plenty of designs fall away once the course gets long — a light hull that thrives round the cans can struggle through a night at sea. This one does not.
Who she races against
The boats BLUE SHARK meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (37)
Other competitors (44)
Met too few times for a figure.
THETIS I (Oceanis 400, 6 meetings), ALMIRA (First 38, 5 meetings), TOLMI (First 32, 5 meetings), BLUE LINE (Sun Shine 36, 5 meetings), DIMITRA (Oceanis 390, 5 meetings), MARIE GALANTE (First 35 (Berret), 5 meetings), NELLI (Jouet 920, 5 meetings), THALASSINOS AETOS (Gib Sea 334, 5 meetings), KAMAYA V (Sun Odyssey 34.2, 5 meetings), ERINNI (X-562, 5 meetings), SKORPIOS (Dromor 26, 5 meetings), DOGARESSA (Baltic 37, 5 meetings), KATSARIDA (Dufour 29, 5 meetings), ILEKTRA (First 29, 5 meetings), ALBATROS (Olympic 42, 5 meetings), NIKOLAOS (Mirage 28, 5 meetings), EXIT (First 34.7, 4 meetings), FAIRYTALE (Elan 40, 4 meetings), ISIDOROS (First 28, 4 meetings), KYMOTHOE (Grand Soleil 343, 4 meetings), ATHOS (Dromor 26, 4 meetings), HANG LOOSE (Dufour 40, 4 meetings), SEVEN SEAS (First 45 (Farr), 4 meetings), MELIO (First 42 (Farr), 4 meetings), AURORA X (X-35, 4 meetings), MANOULI TOO (Sun Odyssey 45.1, 4 meetings), THEODORA (Bavaria 37, 4 meetings), TOMAHAWK (First 45 (Farr), 4 meetings), TRINITY (First 456, 4 meetings), NEMESIS (First 42 (Farr), 4 meetings), HAKUNA MATATA (Bavaria 44, 4 meetings), DECISION (Oceanis 440, 4 meetings), FORTUNA 5 (First 35 (Farr), 4 meetings), YEDICERILER (J/99, 4 meetings), IMAGINE (First 40, 4 meetings), ZOSO (Hanse 400e, 4 meetings), STORMY (Mount Gay 30, 4 meetings), CAPELLA II (Sun Odyssey 44 (Briand), 4 meetings), TWO CHOICES (Oceanis 440, 3 meetings), FAVORIT PLUS (Farr 45, 3 meetings), SVETLANA (Hanse 400, 3 meetings), ALPHA (Fareast 28, 3 meetings), SUNNY (Sun Odyssey 36, 2 meetings), SMOKE ON THE WATER (Bavaria 44, 2 meetings)
How BLUE SHARK compares with a typical Grand Surprise
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Grand Surprises measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Grand Surprise; 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 sails level with a typical Grand Surprise across the course.
Speed at every angle
BLUE SHARK in blue, a typical Grand Surprise dashed.
BLUE SHARK in blue, a typical Grand Surprise dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Grand Surprises racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Grand Surprise
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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