GOLD DIGGER
SportboatSemi-displacementSportboat

GOLD DIGGER — ITA 25305

Model: Platu 25

BeneteauBruce Farr

With the same sail number: BOOMERANG · Platu 25 · 2017–2018

Updated

GOLD DIGGER (ITA 25305) is a Platu 25 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2026 and has won 1 race. She sails with a smaller sail plan and a deeper keel than most Platu 25s. Against a typical Platu 25 she is slower on a beam reach.

GOLD DIGGER ITA 25305 - Bruce Farr - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

16

Race starts

1

Win

31%

Podiums

61

Race Edge

Platu 25: 44

611.9s/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 kn82
10–16 kn43
Over 16 kn25
GOLD DIGGERA typical Platu 25How Race Edge works
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Length

7.53 m

24′ 8″

Beam

2.58 m

Draft

1.59 m

Displacement

1.2 t

Sail area

34 m²

On the podium

Where GOLD DIGGER finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

31%

of 16 starts · Platu 25 fleet: 31%

Wins

6%

Wins6%1
Seconds19%3
Thirds6%1
Off the podium69%11

Regattas

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

  • GreeceKypello Voreiou Aigaiou202646459610
  • GreeceΟθα Cup 2026 Νοαθ20263522
  • Greece16ο Πρωτάθλημα Ιστιοπλοΐας Ανοιχτής Θάλασσας ΝΟΑΘ202624177

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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

40%

of these races end on the podium

10 races of 10 NM or less

Offshore & coastal

—

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

Who she races against

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

GOLD DIGGER aheadRival ahead
BAXIMUS · X-3531%ahead in 5 of 16 meetings
VORRAS · IMX 3856%ahead in 9 of 16 meetings
ASTRAPI · JOD 3569%ahead in 11 of 16 meetings
ORANGE · Bavaria Match 3563%ahead in 10 of 16 meetings
STONE AGE · Melges 2473%ahead in 8 of 11 meetings
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INVICTUS · IMX 4011%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
MARAKI · Elan 4056%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
FIDELIO · Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini)78%ahead in 7 of 9 meetings
KRAKEN · Mount Gay 3078%ahead in 7 of 9 meetings
Other competitors (6)

Met too few times for a figure.

GRANMA X (IMX 38, 7 meetings), FEEL FREE ΙΙ (Melges 24, 7 meetings), RED BONE (Bavaria 230, 7 meetings), ACID DROP (Fiumanka 33, 7 meetings), FEEL FREE (Melges 24, 7 meetings), ANTELOPE (Xp 44, 5 meetings)

How GOLD DIGGER compares with a typical Platu 25

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Platu 25s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Platu 25; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.14 kn
Beam reach-0.13 kn
Broad reach-0.01 kn
Downwind-0.02 kn

Full width is 0.8 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Platu 25 on the upwind.

Speed at every angle

GOLD DIGGER in blue, a typical Platu 25 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

GOLD DIGGER in blue, a typical Platu 25 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Platu 25s racing

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

More about the Platu 25

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

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