NEW HORIZON
Class CHeavy displacementCruiser/Racer

NEW HORIZON — NOR 3865

Model: Fenix

Maxi YachtsPelle Petterson

Updated

NEW HORIZON (NOR 3865) is a Fenix designed by Pelle Petterson and built by Maxi Yachts. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most Fenixs. Against a typical Fenix she is slower upwind in light air.

NEW HORIZON NOR 3865 - Pelle Petterson - Maxi Yachts

Racing record

11

Race Edge

Fenix: 9

678.5s/mile

Rating 2026

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

Under 10 kn18
10–16 kn30
Over 16 kn48
NEW HORIZONA typical FenixHow Race Edge works
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Length

8.30 m

27′ 3″

Beam

2.90 m

Draft

1.55 m

Displacement

3.0 t

Sail area

41 m²

On the podium

Where NEW HORIZON finishes when she goes racing.

Not enough data yet for her podiums: we have not found her in a race with six boats or more, measured on handicap.

How NEW HORIZON compares with a typical Fenix

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Fenixs measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Fenix; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.18 kn
Beam reach-0.01 kn
Broad reach-0.01 kn
Downwind+0.00 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Fenix on the upwind.

Speed at every angle

NEW HORIZON in blue, a typical Fenix dashed.

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NEW HORIZON in blue, a typical Fenix dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Fenixs racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the Fenix

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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