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OBLONGO — FRA 37585

Model: Farr 30

OvingtonBruce Farr

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OBLONGO (FRA 37585) is a Farr 30 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Ovington. She has been racing since 2023 and has won 26 races, four of them in a row in 2024. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most Farr 30s. Against a typical Farr 30 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.

OBLONGO FRA 37585 - Bruce Farr - Ovington

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

60

Race starts

26

Wins

67%

Podiums

94

Race Edge

Farr 30: 97

535.3s/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 kn94
10–16 kn91
Over 16 kn94
OBLONGOA typical Farr 30How Race Edge works

Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.

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Length

9.44 m

31′ 0″

Beam

3.04 m

Draft

2.13 m

Displacement

2.2 t

Sail area

56 m²

On the podium

Where OBLONGO finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

67%

of 60 starts · Farr 30 fleet: 18%

Wins

43%

Wins43%26
Seconds20%12
Thirds3%2
Off the podium34%20

Regattas

Every regatta we found with OBLONGO on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • SpainLliga Creuers2026321515211227
  • SpainXXX Lliga Social CMPO2026523144
  • SpainLliga Creuers20251112111125119
  • SpainXXIX Lliga Social CMPO202511114116
  • SpainXIII Badalona al Quadrat20251

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Round the buoys, or offshore

A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.

Round the buoys

71%

of these races end on the podium

48 races of 10 NM or less

Offshore & coastal

—

Not enough data yet: 8 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

4 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.

Who she races against

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

OBLONGO aheadRival ahead
EMBOLIC - U · Dufour 3468%ahead in 41 of 60 meetings
SOLAR · First 4170%ahead in 42 of 60 meetings
JAY · J/3561%ahead in 28 of 46 meetings
MOWETT · Oceanis 41172%ahead in 33 of 46 meetings
PECAS-X · JOD 3571%ahead in 27 of 38 meetings
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PHOTOGENIKA · ILC 3063%ahead in 24 of 38 meetings
CHRONOS · Bavaria 4468%ahead in 23 of 34 meetings
APOC APOC · Hanse 41882%ahead in 28 of 34 meetings
WHARF RAT · J/10573%ahead in 19 of 26 meetings
ENGRESCAT · X-3558%ahead in 14 of 24 meetings
RASS LIMIT · X-155%ahead in 12 of 22 meetings
SOLETE · Bh 3645%ahead in 10 of 22 meetings
ASTERIX · X-33286%ahead in 19 of 22 meetings
PERSEVERANCE · Oyster 43586%ahead in 19 of 22 meetings
LUPO · Sun Odyssey 40.364%ahead in 9 of 14 meetings
SUHAIL · Malbec 36064%ahead in 9 of 14 meetings
EDUMAN · Delphia 4064%ahead in 9 of 14 meetings
HERMES VI · First 3864%ahead in 9 of 14 meetings
IRISEA · First Class Europe64%ahead in 9 of 14 meetings
THINK FAST · First 36.764%ahead in 9 of 14 meetings
CAP PROBLEMA III · Bavaria 3683%ahead in 10 of 12 meetings
LIMIT 997 · Farr 3090%ahead in 9 of 10 meetings

How OBLONGO compares with a typical Farr 30

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Farr 30s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Farr 30; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.04 kn
Beam reach-0.12 kn
Broad reach-0.12 kn
Downwind-0.06 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Farr 30 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

OBLONGO in blue, a typical Farr 30 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

OBLONGO in blue, a typical Farr 30 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Farr 30s racing

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

More about the Farr 30

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

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