FIRST...ISSIMA
Class CDisplacementCruiser/Racer

FIRST...ISSIMA — ITA 15347

Model: First 34.7

BeneteauBruce Farr

Updated

FIRST...ISSIMA (ITA 15347) is a First 34.7 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a larger sail plan than most First 34.7s. Against a typical First 34.7 she is quicker upwind in light air.

FIRST...ISSIMA ITA 15347 - Bruce Farr - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

9

Race starts

0

Wins

67%

Podiums

74

Race Edge

First 34.7: 75

563.0s/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 kn88
10–16 kn14
Over 16 kn31
FIRST...ISSIMAA typical First 34.7How Race Edge works
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Length

9.98 m

32′ 9″

Beam

3.37 m

Draft

2.00 m

Displacement

4.6 t

Sail area

61 m²

On the podium

Where FIRST...ISSIMA finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

2

Seconds

4

Thirds

9

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 FIRST...ISSIMA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyREGATA DELLA GALLINARA - Trofeo della Cappelletta202677
  • ItalyGenova Sailing Week2026234332
  • ItalyREGATA DELLA GALLINARA - Trofeo della Cappelletta20253

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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: 6 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

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

FIRST...ISSIMA aheadRival ahead
J BLU · J/9278%ahead in 7 of 9 meetings
Other competitors (23)

Met too few times for a figure.

CORTO MALTESE (First 34.7, 7 meetings), ROBE DA MAT (Mat 11, 6 meetings), MELAGODO (First 34.7, 6 meetings), TEKNO (First 31.7, 6 meetings), IMXTINENTE (X-35, 6 meetings), POMELLA J (J/92, 6 meetings), J LAB (J/99, 6 meetings), PADAWAN (Farr 30, 6 meetings), ASKEW (Comet 38 (Vallicelli), 6 meetings), VELASQUEZ (Ridas 37, 6 meetings), SPARTACO (Sun Fast 3300, 6 meetings), T2 (Dehler 36 (Stadt), 2 meetings), YUME (Solaris 44.1, 2 meetings), ULIXES VI (Grand Soleil 39 (Jézéquel), 2 meetings), ALEBI II (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 2 meetings), MIRTILLA (Grand Soleil 343, 2 meetings), AQUILANTE (Comet 383, 2 meetings), OUT OF THE BLUE (Sun Fast 40, 2 meetings), MIRA (Grand Soleil 52, 1 meeting), BAM (Sun Fast 3200, 1 meeting), ALEBI (Advanced A 44, 1 meeting), BAMBINA (Stag 32, 1 meeting), YOSHI (Sun Odyssey 43, 1 meeting)

How FIRST...ISSIMA compares with a typical First 34.7

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 34.7s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 34.7; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.11 kn
Beam reach-0.02 kn
Broad reach+0.03 kn
Downwind+0.02 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical First 34.7 on the upwind.

Speed at every angle

FIRST...ISSIMA in blue, a typical First 34.7 dashed.

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FIRST...ISSIMA in blue, a typical First 34.7 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other First 34.7s racing

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

More about the First 34.7

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

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