BLUE SPIRIT — ITA 14796
Model: First 31.7
Updated
BLUE SPIRIT (ITA 14796) is a First 31.7 designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2021. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most First 31.7s. Against a typical First 31.7 she is slower upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats41
Race starts
0
Wins
20%
Podiums
11
Race Edge
First 31.7: 21
600.0s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
9.61 m
31′ 6″
Beam
3.21 m
Draft
1.93 m
Displacement
3.8 t
Sail area
53 m²
On the podium
Where BLUE SPIRIT finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
20%
of 41 starts · First 31.7 fleet: 17%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with BLUE SPIRIT on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
54° Campionato Invernale Vela d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli20265359- Regata dell'Amicizia20253
- Vesuvio Race20256
- 53° Campionato Invernale d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli202563394346
- Regata dell'Amicizia20248
- Campionato Invernale Vela d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli2023–24210374626
- Campionato Invernale Vela d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli2022–238779955114
- Campionato Invernale Vela d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli2021–22913161281489
- Campionato Autunnale20219
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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
21%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 7 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
1 more race without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats BLUE SPIRIT meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (23)
Other competitors (46)
Met too few times for a figure.
TINA (Sun Odyssey 34.2, 6 meetings), ISLA FELIZ (Hanse 470e, 6 meetings), SLY FOX 3 (Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek), 6 meetings), BLUES (Comet 36, 5 meetings), VOLVER (Dufour 350, 5 meetings), PAPERISSIMA (Duck 31, 4 meetings), BLUE MARLIN II LE PRINC (Feeling 446, 4 meetings), MC.KERON (Comet 285, 4 meetings), ITACA (Ecume De Mer, 3 meetings), LA DARDOLA (Ziggurat 995, 3 meetings), FRITTATINA ANCORA (Hanse 350, 3 meetings), BELLABLU (First 32, 2 meetings), LAURA (Salona 34, 2 meetings), PATRICIA (First 34.7, 2 meetings), AGLAIA (Sun Legende 41, 2 meetings), GOOD VIBES (Dufour 34, 1 meeting), COSIXTY 8 (IMX 38, 1 meeting), SOULAIMA (X-35, 1 meeting), BIX (X-332, 1 meeting), TROPICANA (Ba 30, 1 meeting), STROPOLO (Elan 333, 1 meeting), SHANTARAM (Comet 770, 1 meeting), BRAINSTORM (First 31.7, 1 meeting), GABA (J/70, 1 meeting), GULLIVER (J/22, 1 meeting), JEKO 3 (J/70, 1 meeting), PESTIFERA (J/22, 1 meeting), LAMU (J/22, 1 meeting), ARTIGLIO (J/22, 1 meeting), TEESPERA (First Class 8, 1 meeting), MAHARABBA (J/22, 1 meeting), FRITTATINA (Meteor, 1 meeting), LES ALIZES (J/22, 1 meeting), MARGOT (J/22, 1 meeting), ZODIACO (Este 24, 1 meeting), H2O (Blusail 24, 1 meeting), SPARVIERO (J/24, 1 meeting), ALBEN (Meteor, 1 meeting), PULCINELLA (Dehler 36 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), SFERIKA (First 31.7, 1 meeting), MAXIMILIAN I (Delphia 33, 1 meeting), NIMAR II (First 31.7, 1 meeting), MACONDO (Grand Soleil 39 (Jézéquel), 1 meeting), VAJRA 4.0 (Pogo 850, 1 meeting), CHIARA (Azuree 46, 1 meeting), LEA (X-372, 1 meeting)
How BLUE SPIRIT compares with a typical First 31.7
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 31.7s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 31.7; 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 First 31.7 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
BLUE SPIRIT in blue, a typical First 31.7 dashed.
BLUE SPIRIT in blue, a typical First 31.7 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 31.7s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 31.7
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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