FARO
Class CDisplacementCruiser/Racer

FARO — EST 750

Model: Ridas 31

RidasDieter Blank

With the same sail number: FAR-O-ZON · H-boat One Design · 2021

Updated

FARO (EST 750) is a Ridas 31 designed by Dieter Blank and built by Ridas. She has been racing since 2023 and has won 1 race. Against a typical Ridas 31 she is quicker on a beam reach.

FARO EST 750 - Dieter Blank - Ridas

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

26

Race starts

1

Win

23%

Podiums

61

Race Edge

584.1s/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 kn49
10–16 kn64
Over 16 kn70
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Length

9.29 m

30′ 6″

Beam

3.10 m

Draft

2.02 m

Displacement

3.7 t

Sail area

52 m²

On the podium

Where FARO finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

23%

of 26 starts · Ridas 31 fleet: 15%

Wins

4%

Wins4%1
Seconds4%1
Thirds15%4
Off the podium77%20

Regattas

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

  • LithuaniaKlaipėda ORC European Championship20261513101811141714
  • Estonia7. KJK Kolmapäevaregatt 17.0620261
  • World championshipGarmin ORC World Championship202525312224212020
  • EstoniaE4 Championship W/L20246342334
  • EstoniaTallinn Championship W/L20235361

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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

22%

of these races end on the podium

18 races of 10 NM or less

Offshore & coastal

—

Not enough data yet: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

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

Who she races against

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

FARO aheadRival ahead
DIA · Neo 3507%ahead in 1 of 15 meetings
TE KYLA · X-350%ahead in 0 of 15 meetings
LUMI · First 34.70%ahead in 0 of 15 meetings
SUGAR · Italia 9.980%ahead in 0 of 15 meetings
ESTELLE · First 35 (Farr)20%ahead in 3 of 15 meetings
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ADELE · First 34.713%ahead in 2 of 15 meetings
NIDA III · X-3540%ahead in 6 of 15 meetings
IDEFIX · X-350%ahead in 0 of 15 meetings
JAZZ · First 35 (Farr)13%ahead in 2 of 15 meetings
AMSERV TOYOTA ST · First 36.753%ahead in 8 of 15 meetings
MERILANE · Express64%ahead in 7 of 11 meetings
ROXANNA · X-7973%ahead in 8 of 11 meetings
KWANZA · Fareast 280%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
MATCHBOX · Mat 10125%ahead in 2 of 8 meetings
SHADOW · Arcona 3400%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
STONY X · Mat 110%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
TOJANA · JOD 3575%ahead in 6 of 8 meetings
SLAM · First 35 (Farr)100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings
TANGO 2 · First 36.788%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
ARABELA · Mat 1113%ahead in 1 of 8 meetings
SAMSARA · 75%ahead in 6 of 8 meetings
LA CALMA · First 33.788%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
Other competitors (24)

Met too few times for a figure.

BELLATRIX (X-99, 7 meetings), TEAM PRO4U (First 36.7, 7 meetings), KATARIINA II (Arcona 340, 7 meetings), CHEYENNE (Farr 30, 7 meetings), TETU 5 (X-34, 7 meetings), TEGU (J/99, 7 meetings), CHERIE (First 35 (Farr), 7 meetings), LOW (First 34.7, 7 meetings), DE LUNA (First 36.7, 7 meetings), MY-CAR (X-35, 7 meetings), VIXEN (X-35, 7 meetings), KIND OF MAGIC (IMX 38, 7 meetings), DOMINA (First 34.7, 7 meetings), VIPSTAAK (Neo 350, 7 meetings), ENELI (Cross 31, 7 meetings), NAUTI 'N' NOLLA (Arcona 340, 7 meetings), SUSANNA (First 27 (Manuard), 7 meetings), CASSANDRA (First 34.7, 7 meetings), MISS BEHAVE (First 36.7, 7 meetings), RTS BALTIC (Fareast 28, 7 meetings), NORA LII (Ridas 35, 7 meetings), FIRST LADY (First 36.7, 7 meetings), LAGLE III (Finn Express 83, 4 meetings), PLANEER (First 31.7, 4 meetings)

How FARO compares with a typical Ridas 31

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Ridas 31s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Ridas 31; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.02 kn
Beam reach+0.06 kn
Broad reach-0.01 kn
Downwind-0.01 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Ridas 31 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

FARO in blue, a typical Ridas 31 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

FARO in blue, a typical Ridas 31 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Ridas 31s racing

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

More about the Ridas 31

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

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