OPS — ROU 977
Model: First 35 (Farr)
Updated
OPS (ROU 977) is a First 35 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most First 35s. Against a typical First 35 she is slower upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats6
Race starts
0
Wins
50%
Podiums
91
Race Edge
First 35: 86
554.9s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
10.66 m
35′ 0″
Beam
3.64 m
Draft
2.20 m
Displacement
5.6 t
Sail area
71 m²
On the podium
Where OPS finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
2
Seconds
1
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 OPS on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Bosphorus Cup2025425432
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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: 4 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
1 more race without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats OPS meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (8)
Met too few times for a figure.
OSTWIND (Bavaria Cruiser 45, 6 meetings), WASABI (X-332, 6 meetings), PUPA (First 34.7, 6 meetings), LADY DIANA (Bavaria Cruiser 45, 6 meetings), ADRIA (Grand Soleil 37 (Design), 6 meetings), BABY ONE (Bavaria Cruiser 38, 6 meetings), ZACAPA (Archambault 35, 6 meetings), LADY BLUE (First Class Challenge, 6 meetings)
How OPS compares with a typical First 35
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 35s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 35; 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 gives away time to a typical First 35 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
OPS in blue, a typical First 35 dashed.
OPS in blue, a typical First 35 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 35s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 35 (Farr)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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