HOBBES — LAT 480
Model: Platu 25
Updated
HOBBES (LAT 480) is a Platu 25 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2026. Against a typical Platu 25 she is slower upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats3
Race starts
0
Wins
33%
Podiums
39
Race Edge
Platu 25: 44
602.0s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
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 HOBBES finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
1
Thirds
3
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 HOBBES on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Burāšanas treniņš Rīga 14 JUL20263- Burāšanas treniņš Rīga 18 JUN20265
- Burāšanas treniņš Rīga 08 SEP202610
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Report a regattaWho she races against
The boats HOBBES meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (13)
Met too few times for a figure.
LADYBIRD (Lady Helmsman, 3 meetings), GORILLA (Ionic 39, 3 meetings), DE LUNA (First 36.7, 3 meetings), BLUE JADE (X-362, 3 meetings), THORA (J/112, 2 meetings), BAILARINA (Platu 25, 2 meetings), SHADOWFAX (First 40.7, 1 meeting), IRISHA (Oceanis 323, 1 meeting), SLAM (First 35 (Farr), 1 meeting), NICOLE (X-41, 1 meeting), PROJECT A1 (Marina 36, 1 meeting), RA EVOLUTION (Platu 25, 1 meeting), SPIRIT (Dehler 32, 1 meeting)
How HOBBES 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.
Full width is 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots she sails level with a typical Platu 25 across the course.
Speed at every angle
HOBBES in blue, a typical Platu 25 dashed.
HOBBES 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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