NIKA — USA 7072
Model: First 47.7
Updated
NIKA (USA 7072) is a First 47.7 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2022. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most First 47.7s. Against a typical First 47.7 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats6
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
1
Race Edge
First 47.7: 5
520.8s/mile
Rating 2025
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
14.51 m
47′ 7″
Beam
4.51 m
Draft
2.29 m
Displacement
12.1 t
Sail area
126 m²
On the podium
Where NIKA finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
0
Seconds
0
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 NIKA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regatta Cor Caroli Next Consult2022252324121616
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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.
3 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats NIKA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (22)
Met too few times for a figure.
MINT MILK (Peterson 25, 6 meetings), ALGOL (Conrad 25, 6 meetings), METCH (Conrad 25, 6 meetings), VICTORIA (Conrad 25, 6 meetings), NORD BURGAS (Conrad 25, 6 meetings), WHITE WING (First 211, 6 meetings), WASABI (X-332, 6 meetings), DEA (Elan 36, 6 meetings), TERRA DULOR (Nicholson 345, 6 meetings), ANCHIALO (Conrad 25, 6 meetings), AHSHAENA (Conrad 25, 6 meetings), MOWGLI (Sun Fast 32, 6 meetings), SHIMAZEN (First Class Challenge, 6 meetings), LA BELLA II (Conrad 25, 6 meetings), BOREE (Conrad 25, 6 meetings), NIMANA (, 6 meetings), CASTOR (Conrad 25, 6 meetings), SIESTA (Santana 22, 6 meetings), CARPE VENTUM (Bavaria Cruiser 33, 6 meetings), LILIA (Hanse 348, 6 meetings), DARINA (Apollo 12, 6 meetings), NIMFA (Bavaria Cruiser 36, 6 meetings)
How NIKA compares with a typical First 47.7
Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 47.7s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 47.7; 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 47.7 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
NIKA in blue, a typical First 47.7 dashed.
NIKA in blue, a typical First 47.7 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 47.7s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 47.7
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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