JOY IV
Class CSemi-displacementCruiser/Racer

JOY IV — NOR 10107

Model: First 31.7

BeneteauJean-Marie Finot

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JOY IV (NOR 10107) is a First 31.7 designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2015. She sails with a larger sail plan than most First 31.7s. Against a typical First 31.7 she is quicker upwind in light air.

JOY IV NOR 10107 - Jean-Marie Finot - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

1

Race start

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

20

Race Edge

First 31.7: 21

597.8s/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 kn38
10–16 kn20
Over 16 kn46
JOY IVA typical First 31.7How Race Edge works
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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 JOY IV finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

1

Starts

Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.

In one-design racing: 1 podium in 1 start, counted apart: against identical boats a podium means something else.

Regattas

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

  • NorwayHollænderseilasen20182
  • NorwayHollænderseilasen20173
  • NorwayHollænderseilasenOne-design20163
  • NorwayHollænderseilasen20155

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Who she races against

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

Other competitors (21)

Met too few times for a figure.

SANA (First 31.7, 2 meetings), ZIGGY (First 31.7, 2 meetings), APHROMAN (Aphrodite 101, 1 meeting), LUPONA (Krohn 97, 1 meeting), FRIDA (Scanmar 345, 1 meeting), MATHILDE (Albin Nova, 1 meeting), BAMS (Albin Nova, 1 meeting), SVAL (Dehler 34 (Stadt), 1 meeting), LA NOVA II (Albin Nova, 1 meeting), URO (Mamba 341, 1 meeting), YODA (Scanmar 33, 1 meeting), GEIRSHA (First 31.7, 1 meeting), ITU (Bavaria 34, 1 meeting), EXCITER (Scanmar 33, 1 meeting), MYSTIQUE (Hanse 345, 1 meeting), SJAMAN (First 31.7, 1 meeting), NORDANATT (First 31.7, 1 meeting), RAGNHILD (First 31.7, 1 meeting), FORTISSIMO (First 31.7, 1 meeting), BILBO (First 31.7, 1 meeting), HAVKATT (First 31.7, 1 meeting)

How JOY IV 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.

True wind
Upwind+0.04 kn
Beam reach-0.03 kn
Broad reach-0.03 kn
Downwind+0.00 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she sails level with a typical First 31.7 across the course.

Speed at every angle

JOY IV in blue, a typical First 31.7 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

JOY IV 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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