EL CHICO — FRA 27600
Model: J/109
Updated
EL CHICO (FRA 27600) is a J/109 designed by Rod Johnstone and built by J/Boats. She has been racing since 2023. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most J/109s. Against a typical J/109 she is slower upwind in light air and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats2
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
61
Race Edge
J/109: 79
555.4s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
10.76 m
35′ 4″
Beam
3.52 m
Draft
2.14 m
Displacement
5.1 t
Sail area
68 m²
On the podium
Where EL CHICO finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
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Seconds
0
Thirds
2
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 EL CHICO on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar202568- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2023115
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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
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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: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats EL CHICO meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (49)
Met too few times for a figure.
AQUARANTA (Archambault 40, 2 meetings), ZEROINCONDOTTA (X-412, 2 meetings), RD3 (First 34.7, 1 meeting), EL SOLETE (Sinergia 40, 1 meeting), AXA PAOLISSSIMA (Grand Soleil 56, 1 meeting), ANEMOS (First 40.7, 1 meeting), PICCOLA (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), IOCUS 3.0 (M 34, 1 meeting), SAGOLA (Farr 45, 1 meeting), PRENDIFIATO 2 (Grand Soleil 34 (Skyron), 1 meeting), ADRIGOLE II (X-41, 1 meeting), ONE WAY (Grand Soleil 40 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), BLUES (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), EXCALIBUR (X-35, 1 meeting), SHIDE (First 36.7, 1 meeting), BAMBOLA (First 40.7, 1 meeting), GASTONE (Bavaria 36, 1 meeting), PADAWAN (First 40.7, 1 meeting), URLO (Elan 350, 1 meeting), FOMALHAUT (First 36.7, 1 meeting), MY FIN (Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), MARI (Deher 46, 1 meeting), GIANBURRASCA (First 36.7, 1 meeting), GALATEA DUE (X-43, 1 meeting), STRABILIA (Elan 333, 1 meeting), DEIGMA (B 34, 1 meeting), NAIR (Elan 410, 1 meeting), WIND FINDER (Italia 10.98, 1 meeting), ALTROVE (Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), ADRIGOLE (Baltic 43, 1 meeting), MEDEA (Dufour 40, 1 meeting), KARTIKA (Sun Odyssey 35, 1 meeting), BOLOLOMBO (Grand Soleil 43 (Design), 1 meeting), DRAKAR (Dufour 34, 1 meeting), PORTHOS (Elan 450, 1 meeting), MANICCHIA (Dufour 34, 1 meeting), MOHBARAK 5 (Swan 54, 1 meeting), SORA LELLA (First 34.7, 1 meeting), MINIMA (X-34, 1 meeting), ULYSSES PORTOFINO (Swan 60, 1 meeting), ZOE II (Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), FREYA (Schooner, 1 meeting), SMALL MORE (More 40, 1 meeting), LUPO ALBERTO (Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), FRA' PAOLELE (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), ZIGGY (Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto), 1 meeting), ANTOJO (J/122, 1 meeting), BORA FAST (Sun Fast 3600, 1 meeting), ULTRAVOX (X-332, 1 meeting)
How EL CHICO compares with a typical J/109
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, J/109s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical J/109; 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 J/109 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
EL CHICO in blue, a typical J/109 dashed.
EL CHICO in blue, a typical J/109 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other J/109s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the J/109
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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