LUCY IN THE SKY — ITA 17834
Model: First 260
Updated
LUCY IN THE SKY (ITA 17834) is a First 260 designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2023. Against a typical First 260 she is quicker downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats30
Race starts
0
Wins
7%
Podiums
68
Race Edge
First 260: 58
646.8s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
7.46 m
24′ 6″
Beam
2.76 m
Draft
1.47 m
Displacement
2.3 t
Sail area
37 m²
On the podium
Where LUCY IN THE SKY finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
7%
of 30 starts · First 260 fleet: 5%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with LUCY IN THE SKY on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
54° Campionato Invernale Vela d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli2026531313- Regata dell'Amicizia202510
- 53° Campionato Invernale d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli20251216101111121014
- Campionato Invernale Vela d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli2023–245385710910
- Campionato Invernale Vela d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli2022–23121110910151549
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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
8%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats LUCY IN THE SKY meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (20)
Other competitors (35)
Met too few times for a figure.
BLUES (Comet 36, 5 meetings), VOLVER (Dufour 350, 5 meetings), PAPERISSIMA (Duck 31, 4 meetings), BLUE MARLIN II LE PRINC (Feeling 446, 4 meetings), MC.KERON (Comet 285, 4 meetings), ALCOR V (First 47.7, 3 meetings), LIBERA (Grand Soleil 343, 2 meetings), LAURA (Salona 34, 2 meetings), LA DARDOLA (Ziggurat 995, 2 meetings), COSIXTY 8 (IMX 38, 1 meeting), SOULAIMA (X-35, 1 meeting), BELLABLU (First 32, 1 meeting), BIX (X-332, 1 meeting), TROPICANA (Ba 30, 1 meeting), STROPOLO (Elan 333, 1 meeting), SHANTARAM (Comet 770, 1 meeting), BRAINSTORM (First 31.7, 1 meeting), ITACA (Ecume De Mer, 1 meeting), PATRICIA (First 34.7, 1 meeting), FRITTATINA ANCORA (Hanse 350, 1 meeting), GABA (J/70, 1 meeting), GULLIVER (J/22, 1 meeting), JEKO 3 (J/70, 1 meeting), PESTIFERA (J/22, 1 meeting), LAMU (J/22, 1 meeting), ARTIGLIO (J/22, 1 meeting), TEESPERA (First Class 8, 1 meeting), MAHARABBA (J/22, 1 meeting), FRITTATINA (Meteor, 1 meeting), LES ALIZES (J/22, 1 meeting), MARGOT (J/22, 1 meeting), ZODIACO (Este 24, 1 meeting), H2O (Blusail 24, 1 meeting), SPARVIERO (J/24, 1 meeting), ALBEN (Meteor, 1 meeting)
How LUCY IN THE SKY compares with a typical First 260
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 260s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 260; 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 is quicker than a typical First 260 on the downwind.
Speed at every angle
LUCY IN THE SKY in blue, a typical First 260 dashed.
LUCY IN THE SKY in blue, a typical First 260 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 260s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 260
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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