HERMES VI
Class CHeavy displacementCruiser/Racer

HERMES VI — ESP 11323_C

Model: First 38

BeneteauJean Berret

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HERMES VI (ESP 11323_C) is a First 38 designed by Jean Berret and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a larger sail plan than most First 38s. Against a typical First 38 she is quicker upwind in light air and on a beam reach, and slower downwind.

HERMES VI ESP 11323_C - Jean Berret - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

14

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

1

Race Edge

First 38: 47

583.2s/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 kn14
10–16 kn5
Over 16 kn2
HERMES VIA typical First 38How Race Edge works
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Length

11.38 m

37′ 4″

Beam

3.73 m

Draft

1.89 m

Displacement

6.8 t

Sail area

77 m²

On the podium

Where HERMES VI finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

0%

of 14 starts · First 38 fleet: 12%

Wins

0%

Wins0%0
Seconds0%0
Thirds0%0
Off the podium100%14

Regattas

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

  • SpainXXX Lliga Social CMPO20265119844
  • SpainXXIX Lliga Social CMPO202589784866

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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

0%

of these races end on the podium

13 races of 10 NM or less

Offshore & coastal

—

Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

1 more race without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.

Who she races against

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

HERMES VI aheadRival ahead
WHARF RAT · J/1050%ahead in 0 of 14 meetings
LUPO · Sun Odyssey 40.30%ahead in 0 of 14 meetings
PECAS-X · JOD 350%ahead in 0 of 14 meetings
SUHAIL · Malbec 3600%ahead in 0 of 14 meetings
EDUMAN · Delphia 400%ahead in 0 of 14 meetings
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EMBOLIC - U · Dufour 340%ahead in 0 of 14 meetings
IRISEA · First Class Europe0%ahead in 0 of 14 meetings
OBLONGO · Farr 300%ahead in 0 of 14 meetings
PHOTOGENIKA · ILC 300%ahead in 0 of 14 meetings
SOLAR · First 410%ahead in 0 of 14 meetings
THINK FAST · First 36.70%ahead in 0 of 14 meetings

How HERMES VI compares with a typical First 38

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 38s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 38; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.25 kn
Beam reach+0.12 kn
Broad reach-0.57 kn
Downwind-0.52 kn

Full width is 0.8 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical First 38 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

HERMES VI in blue, a typical First 38 dashed.

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HERMES VI in blue, a typical First 38 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other First 38s racing

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

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