KALINA — BUL 211
Model: First 29
Updated
KALINA (BUL 211) is a First 29 designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2020 and has won two races. She sails with a smaller sail plan and a shallower keel than most First 29s. Against a typical First 29 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats16
Race starts
2
Wins
38%
Podiums
8
Race Edge
683.3s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
8.67 m
28′ 5″
Beam
3.01 m
Draft
1.63 m
Displacement
3.4 t
Sail area
43 m²
On the podium
Where KALINA finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
38%
of 16 starts · First 29 fleet: 18%
Wins
13%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with KALINA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Shorthanded Regatta202431- Regatta Port Varna - General Broker Cup20245226
- Shorthanded Regatta202312
- Regatta Port Varna - General Broker Cup202211111010
- 20th Regatta Cor Caroli Icard202017142019
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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: 5 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 8 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
3 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats KALINA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (6)
Other competitors (33)
Met too few times for a figure.
MAGICA (Bavaria Match 35, 6 meetings), HYGEIA (Bavaria 46 (Farr), 6 meetings), ANA BELLA (Cyclades 50.5, 6 meetings), LZ YACHTING 1991 (Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek), 4 meetings), PAREA (Salona 40, 4 meetings), VLADA (Peterson 34, 4 meetings), DEA (Elan 36, 4 meetings), SARANAIA V (Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk), 4 meetings), MAXI (Sb 20, 4 meetings), METCH (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), TILLY (Bavaria Cruiser 36, 4 meetings), WASABI (X-332, 4 meetings), BACK TO BASIX (Xc 42, 4 meetings), UK SAILMAKERS (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), SUNDOWNER (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), IMPALA (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), NORD BURGAS (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), FINOOR S (Hallberg Rassy 412, 4 meetings), BARS (Carter 30, 4 meetings), AMORE (Van De Stadt 40, 4 meetings), CASTOR (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), DORADO (Carter 30, 4 meetings), MISTRAL (Nicholson 345, 4 meetings), ELINA (Bavaria Cruiser 34, 4 meetings), TORNADO (Conrad 24, 4 meetings), MAISTRO (1d35, 2 meetings), TERRA DULOR (Nicholson 345, 2 meetings), IVANA AND ALEKS (Mat 122, 2 meetings), CARAMEL (Trapper 500, 2 meetings), KIARA X (X-41, 2 meetings), BO BRAYA (Bavaria Cruiser 51, 2 meetings), GIO (Sun Odyssey 40, 2 meetings), GRAY GALE (Oceanis 45 (Finot-Conq), 2 meetings)
How KALINA compares with a typical First 29
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 29s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 29; 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 gives away time to a typical First 29 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
KALINA in blue, a typical First 29 dashed.
KALINA in blue, a typical First 29 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 29s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 29
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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