BRAVA — ITA 1000
Model: Farr 49
Also raced as PIU' BRAVA
Updated
BRAVA (ITA 1000) is a Farr 49 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Cookson. She has been racing since 2019 and has won 1 race. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most Farr 49s. Against a typical Farr 49 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats20
Race starts
1
Win
15%
Podiums
20
Race Edge
463.1s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
14.90 m
48′ 11″
Beam
4.28 m
Draft
3.07 m
Displacement
7.8 t
Sail area
156 m²
On the podium
Where BRAVA finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
15%
of 20 starts · Farr 49 fleet: 15%
Wins
5%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with BRAVA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
- ORC World Championship2026192321920262118
Regata dei Due Golfi (Lignano)202541342- 52° Trofeo Bernetti Classe ORC202314
- ORC World Championship20191210711126
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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
20%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats BRAVA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (18)
Other competitors (44)
Met too few times for a figure.
BLUE (TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk), 6 meetings), XIO (TP 52 (Carkeek), 6 meetings), GENERALI - ASSILINA III (TP 52 (Farr), 6 meetings), ALTAIR 3 (Scudeia 50, 6 meetings), EX OFFICIO (Swan 45, 6 meetings), LUDUAN RELOADED (Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek), 6 meetings), WB SEVEN (Xp 44, 6 meetings), MAESTRO (Xp 44, 6 meetings), IRONFX (Corel 45, 6 meetings), DUBROVNIK (Enavigo 38, 6 meetings), ALEMARO (Neo 400, 6 meetings), MECUBE (Farr 400, 6 meetings), FIVETOSIX (X-3, 6 meetings), TAKE FIVE JR (Italia 9.98, 5 meetings), SIDERACORDIS (X-41, 5 meetings), HEBE V (M 37, 5 meetings), ÇA VA (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 5 meetings), TASMANIA (First 40.7, 5 meetings), DEMON X (X-35, 5 meetings), NAKHLA (Xp 44, 5 meetings), SEVEN J SEVEN (J/109, 5 meetings), OXYGEN (X-35, 5 meetings), AURORA PIRNAR (X-35, 5 meetings), MAS-QUE-NADA (Farr 30, 5 meetings), MORETTA (Corsa 915, 5 meetings), FOREVER K (Cookson 50, 5 meetings), MAYFLOWER (Solaris 36, 5 meetings), BOOMERANG (Farr 30, 5 meetings), ORA D'ARIA (Melges 24, 1 meeting), GIULIA (Italia 9.98, 1 meeting), ANYWAVE (Frers 64, 1 meeting), MOXIE (X-35, 1 meeting), BARRAMUNDI (First 36.7, 1 meeting), HARAHEL (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), GARBIN II (First 40.7, 1 meeting), JUGGERNAUT (J/88, 1 meeting), CATTIVA COMPAGNIA (Rimar 41.3, 1 meeting), VOLA VOLA ENDEAVOUR (Millenium 40, 1 meeting), SEAWOLF (Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), FOXY LADY (X-41, 1 meeting), FURIBONDA (Sintesi 45, 1 meeting), GIVE ME FIVE (Arya 415, 1 meeting), BLACK ANGEL (IMX 38, 1 meeting), J NO (J/80, 1 meeting)
How BRAVA compares with a typical Farr 49
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Farr 49s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Farr 49; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 1.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Farr 49 on the downwind.
Speed at every angle
BRAVA in blue, a typical Farr 49 dashed.
BRAVA in blue, a typical Farr 49 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
More about the Farr 49
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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