LOCAL HERO — 1236
Model: Bh 36
Updated
LOCAL HERO (1236) is a Bh 36 designed by Ian Murray and built by Bashford. She has been racing since 2025 and has won three races. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most Bh 36s. Against a typical Bh 36 she is quicker on a beam reach, and slower upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats6
Race starts
3
Wins
100%
Podiums
55
Race Edge
Bh 36: 42
532.8s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
10.97 m
36′ 0″
Beam
3.41 m
Draft
2.26 m
Displacement
4.8 t
Sail area
69 m²
On the podium
Where LOCAL HERO finishes when she goes racing.
3
Wins
2
Seconds
1
Thirds
6
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 LOCAL HERO on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Pittwater Regatta - NSW ORC Championship2025311221
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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: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats LOCAL HERO meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (5)
Met too few times for a figure.
BULLWINKLE (Bull 900, 6 meetings), VELOCE (J/99, 6 meetings), WAILEA (Beneteau 40.7, 6 meetings), GUNNER GOODWIN (First 34.7, 6 meetings), XCALIBUR (IMX 40, 6 meetings)
How LOCAL HERO compares with a typical Bh 36
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Bh 36s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Bh 36; 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 is quicker than a typical Bh 36 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
LOCAL HERO in blue, a typical Bh 36 dashed.
LOCAL HERO in blue, a typical Bh 36 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Bh 36s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Bh 36
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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