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FIRSTINGS — POR 25682

Model: Cape 31

NoordhoekMark Mills

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FIRSTINGS (POR 25682) is a Cape 31 designed by Mark Mills and built by Noordhoek. She has been racing since 2025. Against a typical Cape 31 she is slower on a beam reach.

FIRSTINGS POR 25682 - Mark Mills - Noordhoek

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

9

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

98

Race Edge

Cape 31: 97

496.8s/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 kn51
10–16 kn99
Over 16 kn99
FIRSTINGSA typical Cape 31How Race Edge works

Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.

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Length

9.57 m

31′ 5″

Beam

3.05 m

Draft

2.45 m

Displacement

1.9 t

Sail area

62 m²

On the podium

Where FIRSTINGS finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

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 FIRSTINGS on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • SpainORC European Championship 2025 / 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE202510166112330211327

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

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

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

FIRSTINGS aheadRival ahead
GUARDAMAGO 3 · Italia 11.9822%ahead in 2 of 9 meetings
BAMAK · Sinergia 4011%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
PANTHER · Sinergia 4022%ahead in 2 of 9 meetings
TECHNONICOL · X-4111%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
TABOGA CUATRO · Bashford 4111%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
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SUGAR 3 · Italia 11.9811%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
SIDERACORDIS · X-410%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
FLYING DOLPHIN · Dufour 4033%ahead in 3 of 9 meetings
SAIOLA 10 · Bh 3644%ahead in 4 of 9 meetings
VIKING IX · Dehler 38 (Judel/Vrolijk)67%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
MAXIMO · X-4167%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
LADY · Dufour 4078%ahead in 7 of 9 meetings
DRAC TEAM · Sinergia 4067%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
FLOC PRO · Dehler 38 (Judel/Vrolijk)56%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
TIRO · Grand Soleil 44 (Polli)56%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
MAGICA · X-4156%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
ALITAN 4 · Ker 3922%ahead in 2 of 9 meetings
KIM · First 40.756%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
GENI0 4 · First 40.733%ahead in 3 of 9 meetings
GEEX · Italia 11.9878%ahead in 7 of 9 meetings
CHECKMATE · Bashford 4144%ahead in 4 of 9 meetings
IRONY · First 40.789%ahead in 8 of 9 meetings
WHO'S NEXT · Comet 41100%ahead in 9 of 9 meetings
RAFFICA · X-41100%ahead in 9 of 9 meetings
WIND RIDER · First 40100%ahead in 9 of 9 meetings
L'IMMENS · 56%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
SAETTA III · Grand Soleil 40 (Carkeek)78%ahead in 7 of 9 meetings
TO BE · Italia 11.9811%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
GODSPEED · X-41100%ahead in 9 of 9 meetings

How FIRSTINGS compares with a typical Cape 31

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

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Cape 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-0.05 kn
Beam reach-0.10 kn
Broad reach-0.06 kn
Downwind-0.03 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Cape 31 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

FIRSTINGS in blue, a typical Cape 31 dashed.

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

Other Cape 31s racing

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

More about the Cape 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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