HELENE — NOR 608
Model: J/80
Updated
HELENE (NOR 608) is a J/80 designed by Rod Johnstone and built by J/Boats. She has been racing since 2026 and has won 1 race. Against a typical J/80 she is quicker on a beam reach, and slower upwind in light air and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats2
Race starts
1
Win
50%
Podiums
61
Race Edge
J/80: 74
595.4s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
8.03 m
26′ 4″
Beam
2.49 m
Draft
1.50 m
Displacement
1.4 t
Sail area
36 m²
On the podium
Where HELENE finishes when she goes racing.
1
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
2
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 HELENE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Bundefjorden Onsdagsseilaser2026134
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Report a regattaWho she races against
The boats HELENE meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (35)
Met too few times for a figure.
PULS (Express, 2 meetings), KULING (Melges 24, 2 meetings), THUNDERCHICKEN (Express, 2 meetings), LARSSON (Dehler 34 (Judel/Vrolijk), 2 meetings), SNØLØS (Hanse 370, 2 meetings), PSYCHO (Sinergia 40, 2 meetings), MASITO (Hanse 430, 2 meetings), SONS OF HURRICANES (Sinergia 40, 2 meetings), NENA (Aphrodite 101, 2 meetings), SY SPRAY (First 40.7, 2 meetings), HOTSHOT (Melges 32, 2 meetings), FORTISSIMO (Melges 24, 1 meeting), BISSIE LISSIE (X-35, 1 meeting), MS. MELLETT (Sun Fast 3600, 1 meeting), EXCEL (Express, 1 meeting), SAXA (X-37, 1 meeting), XANTHIPPE III (Hanse 371, 1 meeting), JILBO (J/80, 1 meeting), PAKALOLO II (Farr 30, 1 meeting), FIFTY FIFTY (XR 41, 1 meeting), JUST 4 FUN (Salona 34, 1 meeting), SHENLONG (Fareast 28, 1 meeting), BRIS (Arcona 370, 1 meeting), ARGO VIII (Sun Fast 3300, 1 meeting), RÅTASS (Hanse 430, 1 meeting), SAGITTA V (Elan 310, 1 meeting), EXPENSER (Express, 1 meeting), BIANCA (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), WATERGATE (11 Metre, 1 meeting), BRUNHILDUR (X-79, 1 meeting), WOODY (Humphreys 30, 1 meeting), JAKOBINE (J/92, 1 meeting), MYSTIQUE (First 40, 1 meeting), ALBINCHEN (Cumulus, 1 meeting), DAGNY (Hr 24, 1 meeting)
How HELENE compares with a typical J/80
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, J/80s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical J/80; 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 J/80 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
HELENE in blue, a typical J/80 dashed.
HELENE in blue, a typical J/80 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other J/80s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the J/80
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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