LESS — ITA 17203
Model: First 50
Updated
LESS (ITA 17203) is a First 50 designed by Philippe Briand and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2016. She sails with a shallower keel than most First 50s. Against a typical First 50 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats3
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
1
Race Edge
First 50: 32
498.6s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
14.97 m
49′ 1″
Beam
4.37 m
Draft
2.78 m
Displacement
13.4 t
Sail area
132 m²
On the podium
Where LESS finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
0
Seconds
0
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 LESS on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regata dei Cinque Fari202422- Regata dei Cinque Fari201714
- Regata dei Cinque Fari20169
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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: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats LESS meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (34)
Met too few times for a figure.
ALCOR V (First 47.7, 2 meetings), ALVAROSKY (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), ACCHIAPPASOGNI (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), OTTOVOLANTE (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), JOY (J/122, 1 meeting), DUFFY (Dufour 34, 1 meeting), MAGO BLU (Elan 333, 1 meeting), NIKE (First 34.7, 1 meeting), BLITZ (Sun Kiss 47, 1 meeting), SU CANTU E SU ENTU (JPK 10.10, 1 meeting), MISS LILLI (First 34.7, 1 meeting), LOUP SOLITAIRE (Sly 42, 1 meeting), SEKELES (M 37, 1 meeting), FARRWAY (Farr 40, 1 meeting), ALBORAN 2 (First 34.7, 1 meeting), TRESAMIS (Elan 410, 1 meeting), RENOIR (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), KUNDALINI (Cobra 33, 1 meeting), PRIO (Avance 418, 1 meeting), SPIRIT (First 47.7, 1 meeting), LEDUELUNE (Dufour 44, 1 meeting), PISTRICE (Vismara 40, 1 meeting), FELIX III (Oceanis 46.1, 1 meeting), GIOIA DI VIVERE (Xp 38, 1 meeting), NIRVANA III (Dufour 41, 1 meeting), STRIPPTEASE (Tripp 40, 1 meeting), SCILLA (Comet 12, 1 meeting), EMY TOO (Solaris 36, 1 meeting), LA GATTA FRETTOLOSA (Stag 38, 1 meeting), LOUCURA ZENTRUM (Este 31, 1 meeting), EURIOLA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), COCHINA (First 40, 1 meeting), AZIMUT (Sun Fiizz 40, 1 meeting), QQ7 (Vismara 41, 1 meeting)
How LESS compares with a typical First 50
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 50s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 50; 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 gives away time to a typical First 50 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
LESS in blue, a typical First 50 dashed.
LESS in blue, a typical First 50 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 50s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 50
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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