FAAMU-SAMI
Class CDisplacementCruiser/Racer

FAAMU-SAMI — ITA 14889

Model: First 36.7

BeneteauBruce Farr

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FAAMU-SAMI (ITA 14889) is a First 36.7 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2021 and has won 1 race. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most First 36.7s. Against a typical First 36.7 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.

FAAMU-SAMI ITA 14889 - Bruce Farr - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

40

Race starts

1

Win

15%

Podiums

57

Race Edge

First 36.7: 47

569.6s/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 kn34
10–16 kn72
Over 16 kn42
FAAMU-SAMIA typical First 36.7How Race Edge works
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Length

10.64 m

34′ 11″

Beam

3.46 m

Draft

2.22 m

Displacement

5.5 t

Sail area

78 m²

On the podium

Where FAAMU-SAMI finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

15%

of 40 starts · First 36.7 fleet: 17%

Wins

3%

Wins3%1
Seconds3%1
Thirds10%4
Off the podium84%34

Regattas

Every regatta we found with FAAMU-SAMI on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • Italy54° Campionato Invernale Vela d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli2026531113
  • ItalyRegata dell'Amicizia202517
  • ItalyVesuvio Race20251
  • Italy53° Campionato Invernale d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli20257651081469
  • ItalyCampionato Invernale Vela d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli2023–24911235465

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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

15%

of these races end on the podium

33 races of 10 NM or less

Offshore & coastal

—

Not enough data yet: 6 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

1 more race without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.

Who she races against

The boats FAAMU-SAMI meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

FAAMU-SAMI aheadRival ahead
BLUE SPIRIT · First 31.735%ahead in 14 of 40 meetings
VAGAMONDO · Comet 10547%ahead in 18 of 38 meetings
FAROUCHE · First 30 (Berret)52%ahead in 16 of 31 meetings
LUCY IN THE SKY · First 26067%ahead in 20 of 30 meetings
WHICH WAY · Sun Odyssey 4045%ahead in 13 of 29 meetings
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ZEN 2 · First 45 (Briand)11%ahead in 3 of 27 meetings
CASSIOPEA · Stag 3277%ahead in 20 of 26 meetings
VIS IOVIS · First 31.718%ahead in 4 of 22 meetings
MALVASIA · First 31.733%ahead in 6 of 18 meetings
CHIARA · Sun Fast 3239%ahead in 7 of 18 meetings
DIECITRENTUNO · First 44.750%ahead in 9 of 18 meetings
SLY FOX CUBE · Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek)12%ahead in 2 of 17 meetings
MARO · Sun Fast 3250%ahead in 8 of 16 meetings
VELABIANCA · Sun Fast 3281%ahead in 13 of 16 meetings
FRUSCIO · First 31.78%ahead in 1 of 12 meetings
GRANDE PUFFO · Dullia 3025%ahead in 3 of 12 meetings
MAWI · Sun Odyssey 34.267%ahead in 8 of 12 meetings
LIBER · Comet 910 (Finot)67%ahead in 8 of 12 meetings
ALCOR V · First 47.745%ahead in 5 of 11 meetings
LIBERA · Grand Soleil 34320%ahead in 2 of 10 meetings
LALTRA · Bavaria Cruiser 4260%ahead in 6 of 10 meetings
FANCY · Dufour 36570%ahead in 7 of 10 meetings
GAIA · First 45 (Briand)22%ahead in 2 of 9 meetings
PESCESPADA · Furia 2567%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
ARMADA NUEVA · Sun Fast 3567%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
KORES · Cyclades 50.588%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
ASTRA · Elan 34050%ahead in 4 of 8 meetings
I 4 MORI · Comet 33375%ahead in 6 of 8 meetings
Other competitors (45)

Met too few times for a figure.

TINA (Sun Odyssey 34.2, 6 meetings), ISLA FELIZ (Hanse 470e, 6 meetings), SLY FOX 3 (Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek), 6 meetings), BLUES (Comet 36, 5 meetings), VOLVER (Dufour 350, 5 meetings), PAPERISSIMA (Duck 31, 4 meetings), BLUE MARLIN II LE PRINC (Feeling 446, 4 meetings), MC.KERON (Comet 285, 4 meetings), FRITTATINA ANCORA (Hanse 350, 3 meetings), LAURA (Salona 34, 2 meetings), ITACA (Ecume De Mer, 2 meetings), PATRICIA (First 34.7, 2 meetings), LA DARDOLA (Ziggurat 995, 2 meetings), AGLAIA (Sun Legende 41, 2 meetings), COSIXTY 8 (IMX 38, 1 meeting), SOULAIMA (X-35, 1 meeting), BELLABLU (First 32, 1 meeting), BIX (X-332, 1 meeting), TROPICANA (Ba 30, 1 meeting), STROPOLO (Elan 333, 1 meeting), SHANTARAM (Comet 770, 1 meeting), BRAINSTORM (First 31.7, 1 meeting), GABA (J/70, 1 meeting), GULLIVER (J/22, 1 meeting), JEKO 3 (J/70, 1 meeting), PESTIFERA (J/22, 1 meeting), LAMU (J/22, 1 meeting), ARTIGLIO (J/22, 1 meeting), TEESPERA (First Class 8, 1 meeting), MAHARABBA (J/22, 1 meeting), FRITTATINA (Meteor, 1 meeting), LES ALIZES (J/22, 1 meeting), MARGOT (J/22, 1 meeting), ZODIACO (Este 24, 1 meeting), H2O (Blusail 24, 1 meeting), SPARVIERO (J/24, 1 meeting), ALBEN (Meteor, 1 meeting), PULCINELLA (Dehler 36 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), SFERIKA (First 31.7, 1 meeting), MAXIMILIAN I (Delphia 33, 1 meeting), NIMAR II (First 31.7, 1 meeting), MACONDO (Grand Soleil 39 (Jézéquel), 1 meeting), VAJRA 4.0 (Pogo 850, 1 meeting), CHIARA (Azuree 46, 1 meeting), LEA (X-372, 1 meeting)

How FAAMU-SAMI compares with a typical First 36.7

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 36.7s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 36.7; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.30 kn
Beam reach-0.13 kn
Broad reach-0.06 kn
Downwind-0.05 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical First 36.7 on the upwind.

Speed at every angle

FAAMU-SAMI in blue, a typical First 36.7 dashed.

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FAAMU-SAMI in blue, a typical First 36.7 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other First 36.7s racing

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

More about the First 36.7

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