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CAT BALLOU — NOR 15815

Model: Figaro 2

BeneteauMarc Lombard

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CAT BALLOU (NOR 15815) is a Figaro 2 designed by Marc Lombard and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2024. Against a typical Figaro 2 she is quicker on a beam reach and downwind.

CAT BALLOU NOR 15815 - Marc Lombard - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

1

Race start

0

Wins

100%

Podiums

91

Race Edge

Figaro 2: 87

523.0s/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 kn52
10–16 kn96
Over 16 kn95
CAT BALLOUA typical Figaro 2How Race Edge works

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.

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Length

10.06 m

33′ 0″

Beam

3.45 m

Draft

2.08 m

Displacement

3.1 t

Sail area

67 m²

On the podium

Where CAT BALLOU finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

1

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 CAT BALLOU on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • NorwayInterCity20242

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Who she races against

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

Other competitors (5)

Met too few times for a figure.

PUTTE (Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), PIPE DREAM (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), OTER'N (Bavaria Match 38, 1 meeting), ØSE (Hanse 400, 1 meeting), LURIE (Scampi 30, 1 meeting)

How CAT BALLOU compares with a typical Figaro 2

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Figaro 2s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Figaro 2; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.04 kn
Beam reach+0.08 kn
Broad reach+0.17 kn
Downwind+0.08 kn

Full width is 0.6 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Figaro 2 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

CAT BALLOU in blue, a typical Figaro 2 dashed.

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CAT BALLOU in blue, a typical Figaro 2 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Figaro 2s racing

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

More about the Figaro 2

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

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