HOPPER — ESP 5422_C
Model: First 31.7
Updated
HOPPER (ESP 5422_C) is a First 31.7 designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2014. Against a typical First 31.7 she is quicker upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats3
Race starts
0
Wins
33%
Podiums
4
Race Edge
First 31.7: 21
591.3s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
9.61 m
31′ 6″
Beam
3.21 m
Draft
1.93 m
Displacement
3.8 t
Sail area
53 m²
On the podium
Where HOPPER 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 HOPPER on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regata Amigos de la Vela202310- Regata Proyecto Hombre20217
- Regata Amigos de la Vela20152
- Regata Proyecto Hombre201411
- Regata Amigos de la Vela20143
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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: 2 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 HOPPER meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (18)
Met too few times for a figure.
BUZZ LIGHT YEAR (Starlight 29, 3 meetings), ESTERO BLANCO (Brenta 24, 3 meetings), UMA (Dufour 40, 2 meetings), CHAITAN II (First 40.7, 2 meetings), PANTALAN ZERO (Dufour 44, 2 meetings), LEIDEN (Salona 45, 2 meetings), CHARLY XV (J/80, 1 meeting), MAXGUAY (Visiers 35, 1 meeting), SALVORA II (First 36.7, 1 meeting), TABOGA CUATRO (Bashford 41, 1 meeting), SALVORA (Salona 37, 1 meeting), CAMAGUEY (Dufour 44, 1 meeting), PIROPO DOS (Dufour 3800, 1 meeting), THYRA II (Dufour 34, 1 meeting), MAMBRU (First 31.7, 1 meeting), THYRA (Dufour 34, 1 meeting), ADRIANA (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), CHAWA (Centurion 40, 1 meeting)
How HOPPER compares with a typical First 31.7
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 31.7s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 31.7; 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 31.7 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
HOPPER in blue, a typical First 31.7 dashed.
HOPPER in blue, a typical First 31.7 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 31.7s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 31.7
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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