NOTRE DAME
Class BSemi-displacementCruiser/Racer

NOTRE DAME — GER 8660

Model: JPK 39

JPK CompositesJacques Valer

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NOTRE DAME (GER 8660) is a JPK 39 designed by Jacques Valer and built by JPK Composites. She has been racing since 2026. She sails with a deeper keel than most JPK 39s. Against a typical JPK 39 she is quicker upwind in light air, and slower downwind.

NOTRE DAME GER 8660 - Jacques Valer - JPK Composites

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

1

Race start

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

10

Race Edge

500.4s/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 kn61
10–16 kn1
Over 16 kn61
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Length

11.62 m

38′ 1″

Beam

4.00 m

Draft

2.18 m

Displacement

5.8 t

Sail area

81 m²

On the podium

Where NOTRE DAME finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

1

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 NOTRE DAME on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • GermanyNordseewoche202616

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Who she races against

The boats NOTRE DAME meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

Other competitors (10)

Met too few times for a figure.

CHOSI VI (J/35, 1 meeting), AMUSE-BOUCHE (Tripp 40, 1 meeting), BALLERINA 2 (Nissen 31, 1 meeting), LOTTA (Banner 30, 1 meeting), ROEDE ORM (Elan 40, 1 meeting), DOCKENHUDEN (X-41, 1 meeting), FLOTTA (Italia 9.98, 1 meeting), JAM (J/88, 1 meeting), RAROTONGA (Swan 46, 1 meeting), YARA (Contessa 35, 1 meeting)

How NOTRE DAME compares with a typical JPK 39

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, JPK 39s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical JPK 39; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.16 kn
Beam reach+0.00 kn
Broad reach-0.05 kn
Downwind-0.07 kn

Full width is 0.6 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical JPK 39 on the upwind.

Speed at every angle

NOTRE DAME in blue, a typical JPK 39 dashed.

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NOTRE DAME in blue, a typical JPK 39 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other JPK 39s racing

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

More about the JPK 39

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

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