CHOCOLATE 3
Class 0PlaningPerformance

CHOCOLATE 3 — SUI 53

Model: Farr 52

Carroll MarineBruce Farr

Also raced as CHOCOLATE

Updated

CHOCOLATE 3 (SUI 53) is a Farr 52 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Carroll Marine. She has been racing since 2022 and has won two races. She sails close to a typical Farr 52 at every angle.

CHOCOLATE 3 SUI 53 - Bruce Farr - Carroll Marine

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

8

Race starts

2

Wins

75%

Podiums

90

Race Edge

420.2s/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 kn99
10–16 kn60
Over 16 kn70

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

15.84 m

52′ 0″

Beam

4.44 m

Draft

3.25 m

Displacement

9.6 t

Sail area

166 m²

On the podium

Where CHOCOLATE 3 finishes when she goes racing.

2

Wins

0

Seconds

4

Thirds

8

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 CHOCOLATE 3 on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • GreeceAegean 60020243
  • GreeceAegean 60020236
  • BulgariaRegatta Cor Caroli Next Consult2022333411

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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: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

3 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.

Who she races against

The boats CHOCOLATE 3 meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

Other competitors (27)

Met too few times for a figure.

PETRA (Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek), 6 meetings), BONNY STAF (First 40.7, 6 meetings), EVIL WOMAN (Melges 32, 6 meetings), ONESPIRIT (Italia 9.98, 6 meetings), BLUE MAGIC (First 40.7, 6 meetings), STRIPPTEASE (Tripp 40, 6 meetings), ALEXA X (X-41, 6 meetings), MAGICA (Bavaria Match 35, 6 meetings), ESPRESSO MARTINI (Farr 45, 6 meetings), PLANETA X (X-412, 6 meetings), CARBONITA (Neo 570, 2 meetings), NEOMIND (Neo 430, 1 meeting), ARTIE III (HH 42, 1 meeting), BLACK PEARL (Botin 56, 1 meeting), CHESTRESS (J/109, 1 meeting), BEDOUIN (Swan 53, 1 meeting), NOISY OYSTER (J/122, 1 meeting), ANTELOPE (Xp 44, 1 meeting), NEOJIVARO (Neo 430, 1 meeting), ULISSE (70' S&S, 1 meeting), JULES (Oceanis 46.1, 1 meeting), AZAHAR (Swan 56, 1 meeting), OPTIMUM S (Carkeek 47, 1 meeting), LEAPS & BOUNDS 2 (Vismara/mills 62, 1 meeting), ULISSE (Frers 105, 1 meeting), CLOUDY 7 (Swan 65 (Frers), 1 meeting), DEA (Cnb 66, 1 meeting)

How CHOCOLATE 3 compares with a typical Farr 52

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Farr 52s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Farr 52; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.00 kn
Beam reach+0.00 kn
Broad reach+0.00 kn
Downwind+0.01 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she sails level with a typical Farr 52 across the course.

Speed at every angle

CHOCOLATE 3 in blue, a typical Farr 52 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

CHOCOLATE 3 in blue, a typical Farr 52 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Farr 52s racing

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

More about the Farr 52

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

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