LIMA GOLF 5
SportboatSemi-displacementSportboat

LIMA GOLF 5 — ITA 17520

Model: Platu 25

BeneteauBruce Farr

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LIMA GOLF 5 (ITA 17520) is a Platu 25 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2026. She sails with a larger sail plan and a deeper keel than most Platu 25s. Against a typical Platu 25 she is quicker upwind in light air and downwind.

LIMA GOLF 5 ITA 17520 - Bruce Farr - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

9

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

68

Race Edge

Platu 25: 44

599.9s/mile

Rating 2025

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn99
10–16 kn14
Over 16 kn36
LIMA GOLF 5A typical Platu 25How Race Edge works
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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 LIMA GOLF 5 finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

9

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 LIMA GOLF 5 on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyCampionato Invernale Marina di Loano2026131112121210111110

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Round 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: 9 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

The boats LIMA GOLF 5 meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

LIMA GOLF 5 aheadRival ahead
J BLU · J/9211%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
RAYA · Italia 12.98 (Cossutti)0%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
CORTO MALTESE · First 34.70%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
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GAMBALUNGA · Etchells0%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
ACCIUGA · Comet 410%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
LIBERAMENTE · Comet 38 (Finot)0%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
TWIN SOUL · First 45 (Briand)0%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
L'ESCARGOT · First 34.70%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
MARIO 50^2 · Italia 12.98 (Polli)0%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
CIRCE · First 36.70%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
ZIGGY · Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto)0%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
SHARDANA · T 340%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
OPHE'LIE · Hanse 3420%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
PICCOLA · Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek)11%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
GALATEE VA · First 30 (Kouyoumdjian)56%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
MIRAN · Bavaria Cruiser 3933%ahead in 3 of 9 meetings

How LIMA GOLF 5 compares with a typical Platu 25

Her main 2025 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.

True wind
Upwind-0.05 kn
Beam reach-0.03 kn
Broad reach+0.14 kn
Downwind+0.07 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Platu 25 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

LIMA GOLF 5 in blue, a typical Platu 25 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

LIMA GOLF 5 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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