PENELOPE — FIN 10605
Model: First 31.7
Updated
PENELOPE (FIN 10605) is a First 31.7 designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2021 and has won 1 race. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most First 31.7s. Against a typical First 31.7 she is slower upwind in light air and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats26
Race starts
1
Win
8%
Podiums
23
Race Edge
First 31.7: 21
608.0s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
9.61 m
31′ 6″
Beam
3.21 m
Draft
1.93 m
Displacement
3.8 t
Sail area
53 m²
On the podium
Where PENELOPE finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
8%
of 26 starts · First 31.7 fleet: 17%
Wins
4%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with PENELOPE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Garmin ORC DH European Championship2025512- Double-Handed Finnish Championship 2025 - Espoo-Naissaari Race20252
- ORC European Championship20242324242121231419
Baltic Offshore Week 2024 - ORC EST and FIN Championship2024413111214911- ORC EST and FIN Championship - Baltic Offshore Week202312111
- Alexela ORC World Championship2021152052219165
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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
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 8 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats PENELOPE meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (22)
Other competitors (59)
Met too few times for a figure.
XANADU (X-37, 7 meetings), BLACK PEARL (Finnflyer 36, 7 meetings), JOLLY (J/97, 7 meetings), ECLIPSE (Farr 30, 7 meetings), CALENA (Farr 30, 7 meetings), HEDAA (Dufour 390, 6 meetings), MIA (Grand Surprise, 6 meetings), ARABELA (Italia 11.98, 5 meetings), CHEYENNE (Farr 30, 5 meetings), THETIS (First 31.7, 5 meetings), KETURI VĖJAI (X-35, 5 meetings), VENTUS (Melges 32, 5 meetings), SUGAR 3 (Italia 11.98, 4 meetings), HAPPY HOUR (Italia 9.98, 4 meetings), TEGU (Dehler 30 OD, 4 meetings), PARUSNIK-IV (Farr 30, 4 meetings), FLYING DOLPHIN (Dufour 40, 4 meetings), MIA (Corsa 915, 4 meetings), CHERIE (First 35 (Farr), 4 meetings), JOINT VENTURE (Farr 40, 4 meetings), MINNI (X-35, 4 meetings), WIZARD (Waarschip 36, 4 meetings), XELINA (X-332, 4 meetings), ADELANTE (J/112, 3 meetings), COMME IL FAUT (Farr 30, 3 meetings), KIND OF MAGIC (IMX 38, 3 meetings), EDELWEISS (T 34, 3 meetings), HELIN (Ridas 31, 3 meetings), RTS BALTIC (Fareast 28, 3 meetings), MELISANDE (First 31.7, 3 meetings), MISS BEHAVE (First 36.7, 3 meetings), MATILDA 4 (J/112, 2 meetings), EVELYN III (First 34.7, 2 meetings), RAMDATA (Salona 37, 2 meetings), STONY VIII (Italia 11.98, 2 meetings), ANGEL-ROSE II (Ridas 37, 2 meetings), MASU (X-34, 2 meetings), LACHAPELLE (First 35 (Farr), 2 meetings), LETHE (First 34.7, 2 meetings), SAMSARA (, 2 meetings), FIRST LADY (First 36.7, 2 meetings), INFERNA (Inferno 31, 2 meetings), SENJA (Bavaria 35, 2 meetings), GRANSEGEL (Fareast 28, 2 meetings), VICTORIA (Ridas 35, 2 meetings), MOANA X (X-362, 2 meetings), ATAO (Archambault 31, 2 meetings), SERENITY (Linjett 33, 2 meetings), BIANCO (First 35 (Farr), 2 meetings), MEISTER HORA (First 31.7, 2 meetings), POLARIS (Seascape 27, 2 meetings), FANATIC (Guyline 355, 1 meeting), DIRECTO (Italia 9.98, 1 meeting), SILVA (First 36.7, 1 meeting), GOODIO (Mat 101, 1 meeting), ANGELA (Dehler 34 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), VINDUNGEN (Finnflyer 36, 1 meeting), MOXIE (X-332, 1 meeting), HUPINA (Sweden Yachts 370, 1 meeting)
How PENELOPE compares with a typical First 31.7
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 31.7s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 31.7; 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 31.7 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
PENELOPE in blue, a typical First 31.7 dashed.
PENELOPE in blue, a typical First 31.7 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 31.7s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 31.7
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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