PAZZA IDEA 4 — ITA 16530
Model: First 35 (Farr)
Updated
PAZZA IDEA 4 (ITA 16530) is a First 35 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2014 and has won 27 races, five of them in a row in 2023. Against a typical First 35 she is slower on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats54
Race starts
27
Wins
74%
Podiums
71
Race Edge
First 35: 86
558.6s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
10.66 m
35′ 0″
Beam
3.64 m
Draft
2.20 m
Displacement
5.6 t
Sail area
71 m²
On the podium
Where PAZZA IDEA 4 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
74%
of 54 starts · First 35 fleet: 23%
Wins
50%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with PAZZA IDEA 4 on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
EST 10520267- Campionato Invernale Citta' di Bari20263221
- Pasquavela - Inshore2025767
- Campionato Invernale di Porto Santo Stefano2024–251131211143
- Pasquavela20245511
- Campionato Invernale di Porto Santo Stefano2023–2411111211211
- Pasquavela2023445
- Campionato Invernale di Porto Santo Stefano2022–231121111112312112
- Pasquavela2022107
- Campionato Invernale di Porto Santo Stefano2021–221323113322
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar201450
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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
100%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
55%
of these races end on the podium
Sharper round the buoys. Short courses reward acceleration and manoeuvring, and that is where this design makes its money.
Who she races against
The boats PAZZA IDEA 4 meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (14)
Other competitors (54)
Met too few times for a figure.
VICTORY (Bolt 37, 6 meetings), YANKEE R (Grand Soleil 40 (Polli), 6 meetings), AMICI MIEI (First 36, 6 meetings), SU CANTU E SU ENTU (JPK 10.10, 6 meetings), OBELIX (X-41, 5 meetings), HYDRA (Comet 36, 5 meetings), FRA' DIAVOLO (X-119, 5 meetings), ARIAAMARA (Elan 333, 5 meetings), FOLLE VOLO PEGASUS (Melges 24, 4 meetings), ARGENTINA (Surprise, 4 meetings), GAMBERETTO (Surprise, 4 meetings), KARMA (Elan 410, 4 meetings), MORGANA (Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard), 4 meetings), BIBA (Bavaria Match 35, 4 meetings), GANZURIA V (First Class 10, 4 meetings), PUNTO E VIRGOLA (Bavaria 42, 4 meetings), PALINURO (J/40, 3 meetings), BLU TANGO BLU (First 40.7, 3 meetings), ESTER (Este 72, 3 meetings), PIZZI E TEO (Sun Fast 3200, 3 meetings), CHILAVISTA (Bonin 31, 3 meetings), X-SMALL (X-302, 3 meetings), YANKEE (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 3 meetings), LUDUAN 2.0 (Grand Soleil 48, 3 meetings), BETTA SPLENDENS (Comet 38 (Vallicelli), 3 meetings), LOLI FAST (Sun Fast 3600, 3 meetings), UN AMOUR DE SWAN (Swan 44 (Stephens), 3 meetings), WIND FINDER (Italia 10.98, 3 meetings), AURICA (First 30 (Kouyoumdjian), 3 meetings), ANGELA (Solaris 55, 3 meetings), LAZY DOG (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 3 meetings), LOLA (Comet 45, 3 meetings), SUPER KALIMERA (Nab 12.50, 3 meetings), GYGAS (Grand Soleil 43 (Design), 3 meetings), SARCHIAPONE (Italia 9.98, 2 meetings), TO BE (Italia 11.98, 2 meetings), SUPER G (Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto), 2 meetings), ADELANTE (Next 37, 2 meetings), MILLENNIUM FALCON (Dufour 410, 2 meetings), VERVE - CAMER (Comet 50, 1 meeting), DUBROVNIK (Enavigo 38, 1 meeting), SPIRIT OF PLEASURE (Nautic 12, 1 meeting), KAIROS (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), SPORTSKI VUK 44 (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 1 meeting), COBALT (Sun Odyssey 44, 1 meeting), SOLE VERDE (Oceanis 38.1, 1 meeting), ANGELICA II (Sciarrelli, 1 meeting), ANDA YA (J/105, 1 meeting), ANALEA (Elan 340, 1 meeting), TNT MANU POKI (Class 950, 1 meeting), ASTERIX (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 1 meeting), KERMESSE (Grand Soleil 50 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), NIQUIDA (Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), ZUMBETTA (Rimar 36, 1 meeting)
How PAZZA IDEA 4 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 beam reach.
Speed at every angle
PAZZA IDEA 4 in blue, a typical First 35 dashed.
PAZZA IDEA 4 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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