NORTHERN LIGHT — ITA 14696
Model: Dufour 34
Also raced as NORTHERN LIGHT P38
With the same sail number: PARALLELO 38 NL · Dufour 34 · 2024–2025
Updated
NORTHERN LIGHT (ITA 14696) is a Dufour 34 designed by Umberto Felci and built by Dufour. She has been racing since 2019. She sails with a shallower keel than most Dufour 34s. Against a typical Dufour 34 she is quicker on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats11
Race starts
0
Wins
9%
Podiums
84
Race Edge
Dufour 34: 50
574.6s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
10.30 m
33′ 10″
Beam
3.48 m
Draft
1.94 m
Displacement
5.4 t
Sail area
66 m²
On the podium
Where NORTHERN LIGHT finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
9%
of 11 starts · Dufour 34 fleet: 23%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with NORTHERN LIGHT on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Campionato Nazionale d'Area - Isole Sicilia e Sardegna2026755- Round Aeolian Race20225
- Round Aeolian Race202116
- ORC World Championship20194201115214
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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: 6 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats NORTHERN LIGHT meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (89)
Met too few times for a figure.
KUNDALINI (Cobra 33, 7 meetings), SUGAR 3 (Italia 11.98, 6 meetings), HEBE V (M 37, 6 meetings), TANIT IV (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 6 meetings), FLYING DOLPHIN (Dufour 40, 6 meetings), KATARIINA II (Swan 42, 6 meetings), TROTTOLINA BELLIKOSA (X-35, 6 meetings), BLUE CHIP (Dehler 38 (Judel/Vrolijk), 6 meetings), ANAX (First 34.7, 6 meetings), GIULIA (Italia 9.98, 6 meetings), ANDELA X (X-37, 6 meetings), ONE (Salona 34, 6 meetings), TAMUMM (Farr 30, 6 meetings), ESCANDALO (M 37, 6 meetings), NEOMANIA (Neo 350, 6 meetings), TAKE FIVE JR (Italia 9.98, 6 meetings), LADY DAY 998 (Italia 9.98, 6 meetings), SAGOLA 60 (J/109, 6 meetings), MAREUS (First 40.7, 6 meetings), OLD JUG (Melges 32, 6 meetings), FOLGORE (J/99, 6 meetings), LADIES FIRST (First 34.7, 6 meetings), MIA (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 6 meetings), DEMON X (X-35, 6 meetings), STRANAGENTE (First 36.7, 6 meetings), EXTREMA (X-35, 6 meetings), L'OTTAVO PECCATO (M 37, 6 meetings), TEAM ANDELSTANKEN (Farr 30, 6 meetings), SCUGNIZZA (Italia 11.98, 6 meetings), CHILI (First 34.7, 6 meetings), X BE (X-35, 6 meetings), DIA (Neo 350, 6 meetings), TRENT@63 (Farr 30, 6 meetings), RAMONA (X-35, 6 meetings), H.E.A.T (Farr 30, 6 meetings), COSIXTY 8 (IMX 38, 6 meetings), MOXIE (X-35, 6 meetings), HOTSPOT (M 34, 6 meetings), AURORA PIRNAR (X-35, 6 meetings), MAS-QUE-NADA (Farr 30, 6 meetings), ATHENA PIRNAR (X-35, 6 meetings), MIMOSA (X-35, 6 meetings), SOUND OF SILENCE (Bonin 358, 6 meetings), SOLOLEI (Dufour 34, 6 meetings), INTERCEPTOR (M 34, 6 meetings), MUNJEK F (Archambault 34, 6 meetings), BLUE LINE (Bavaria Match 35, 6 meetings), EXTRA 1 (X-41, 3 meetings), CORONA (B&c 46, 3 meetings), QQ7 (Vismara 41, 3 meetings), MISS LILLI (First 34.7, 3 meetings), SCURSUNERA (Stag 38, 3 meetings), MAGO BLU (Elan 333, 3 meetings), BIBA (Elan 340, 3 meetings), COCHINA (First 40, 3 meetings), LULA (Elan 340, 3 meetings), EXPENSIVE T OY (Dufour 310, 3 meetings), BLACK INDIAN (Bonin 31, 3 meetings), FELIX III (Oceanis 46.1, 3 meetings), XALVARO (X-362, 3 meetings), FREEDOM (Dufour 34, 2 meetings), SAFRAN ROUGE (Pogo 10.50, 2 meetings), ESSENZA - NATURE (Queen 34, 2 meetings), PISTRICE (Vismara 40, 2 meetings), ARIA (Italia 10.98, 2 meetings), FRANK (Elan S5, 2 meetings), PERSEIDE (Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto), 2 meetings), BARONESSA (Sun Fast 3300, 2 meetings), LISA R (Ker 46, 1 meeting), JOSHUA II (Ziggurat 995, 1 meeting), GRACE (Oceanis 31, 1 meeting), MARIA X CENTO (X-35, 1 meeting), QUATTROGATTI (Comet 45, 1 meeting), TETTA (IMX 45, 1 meeting), JOY (J/122, 1 meeting), ARS UNA (Adria, 1 meeting), BARBABLU (Solaris 40, 1 meeting), SAGOLA (Farr 45, 1 meeting), GANZURIA (Vismara 34, 1 meeting), DENEB (First 36.7, 1 meeting), VERONIKE (Grand Soleil 48, 1 meeting), GIOIA DI VIVERE (Xp 38, 1 meeting), DOMINGUIN (X-95, 1 meeting), MORDILLA (Farr 30, 1 meeting), MALAFEMMENA (First 34.7, 1 meeting), ALBABLU 3 (Swan 53, 1 meeting), LOUP ALVAR (Sly 42, 1 meeting), EMILE GALLE (IMX 38, 1 meeting), PROFILO (IMX 38, 1 meeting)
How NORTHERN LIGHT compares with a typical Dufour 34
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Dufour 34s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Dufour 34; 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 Dufour 34 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
NORTHERN LIGHT in blue, a typical Dufour 34 dashed.
NORTHERN LIGHT in blue, a typical Dufour 34 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Dufour 34s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Dufour 34
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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