ESPRIT — ESP 11449_C
Model: First 300
Updated
ESPRIT (ESP 11449_C) is a First 300 designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2026 and has won two races. She sails with a larger sail plan than most First 300s. Against a typical First 300 she is quicker upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats12
Race starts
2
Wins
67%
Podiums
73
Race Edge
595.0s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
8.96 m
29′ 5″
Beam
2.96 m
Draft
1.81 m
Displacement
3.4 t
Sail area
48 m²
On the podium
Where ESPRIT finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
67%
of 12 starts · First 300 fleet: 53%
Wins
17%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with ESPRIT on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Lliga Creuers2026212132434435
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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
64%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats ESPRIT meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
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How ESPRIT compares with a typical First 300
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 300s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 300; 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 is quicker than a typical First 300 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
ESPRIT in blue, a typical First 300 dashed.
ESPRIT in blue, a typical First 300 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 300s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 300
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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