GEISHA — ITA 17896
Model: First 50
Updated
GEISHA (ITA 17896) is a First 50 designed by Philippe Briand and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2022. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most First 50s. Against a typical First 50 she is quicker on a beam reach and downwind, and slower upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats1
Race start
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Wins
0%
Podiums
38
Race Edge
First 50: 32
483.7s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
14.97 m
49′ 1″
Beam
4.37 m
Draft
2.78 m
Displacement
13.4 t
Sail area
132 m²
On the podium
Where GEISHA finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
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Seconds
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Thirds
1
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 GEISHA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Round Aeolian Race 2026 - Campionato Italiano Offshore ORC202632- Round Aeolian Race202219
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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
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Not enough data yet: no 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 GEISHA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (34)
Met too few times for a figure.
DENEB (First 36.7, 1 meeting), SOUTH KENSINGTON (First 35 (Farr), 1 meeting), GUARDAMAGO 3 (Italia 11.98, 1 meeting), ARETUSA F (Figaro (Lombard), 1 meeting), A'NICA (Farr 30, 1 meeting), ARIA (Italia 10.98, 1 meeting), QUATTROGATTI (Comet 45, 1 meeting), CHESTRESS 3 (J/122, 1 meeting), FREEDOM (Dufour 34, 1 meeting), ATENA (Este 39, 1 meeting), SAGOLA (Farr 45, 1 meeting), TRESAMIS (Elan 410, 1 meeting), CORSAIR (Corsa 915, 1 meeting), ENOCH (First 47.7, 1 meeting), STARFLY (Rimar 44.3, 1 meeting), QUASAR (Solaris One, 1 meeting), PITTILANTO (Solaris 44, 1 meeting), MISS LILLI (First 34.7, 1 meeting), SEKELES (M 37, 1 meeting), QUERIDA (Vismara 40, 1 meeting), HONEY BADGER (IMX 38, 1 meeting), LULA (Elan 340, 1 meeting), PATRICIA (First 50, 1 meeting), MASCALZONE SICULO (First 45 (Briand), 1 meeting), BINGOBA (Grand Soleil 47, 1 meeting), SKIN (First 50, 1 meeting), OBELIX (Elan 40, 1 meeting), PADMA (More 40, 1 meeting), AMMUINA 3 (First 40.7, 1 meeting), SIDERA (Oceanis 34.1, 1 meeting), EURIOLA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), BIGA (Dufour 360, 1 meeting), GRACE (Oceanis 31, 1 meeting), BARONESSA (Sun Fast 3300, 1 meeting)
How GEISHA compares with a typical First 50
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 50s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 50; 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 50 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
GEISHA in blue, a typical First 50 dashed.
GEISHA in blue, a typical First 50 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 50s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 50
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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