SALICORNIA
Class BSemi-displacementCruiser/Racer

SALICORNIA — GER 8444

Model: First 36

BeneteauSam Manuard

Updated

SALICORNIA (GER 8444) is a First 36 designed by Sam Manuard and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2023. Against a typical First 36 she is quicker upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.

SALICORNIA GER 8444 - Sam Manuard - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

2

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

95

Race Edge

First 36: 79

507.8s/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 kn88
10–16 kn93
Over 16 kn92
SALICORNIAA typical First 36How Race Edge works
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Length

10.97 m

36′ 0″

Beam

3.79 m

Draft

2.23 m

Displacement

4.8 t

Sail area

77 m²

On the podium

Where SALICORNIA finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

2

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 SALICORNIA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • World championshipORC DH World Championship202411
  • DenmarkORC DH European Championship20238

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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

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Not enough data yet: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

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

Other competitors (16)

Met too few times for a figure.

WHITE SHADOW (Landmark 43, 2 meetings), OFF COURSE (Dehler 44, 2 meetings), XAR (Xp 44, 2 meetings), ZORRO (Swan 45, 1 meeting), SNAKKAS (Aquatich 40, 1 meeting), ILLUMINATI (Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), JOKERMAN (TP 52 (Farr), 1 meeting), GOTTIX (X-41, 1 meeting), SHEEP DIP (Dehler 42, 1 meeting), BORN TO RUN (Xp 44, 1 meeting), GAME (Landmark 43, 1 meeting), MACHBUSTER (Elan 410, 1 meeting), XBOX (IMX 40, 1 meeting), TETRAKTYS (Figaro 2, 1 meeting), LAZY FOX (X4.6, 1 meeting), WILD ONE (Pogo 12.50, 1 meeting)

How SALICORNIA compares with a typical First 36

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 36s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 36; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.06 kn
Beam reach+0.19 kn
Broad reach+0.21 kn
Downwind+0.20 kn

Full width is 0.8 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical First 36 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

SALICORNIA in blue, a typical First 36 dashed.

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SALICORNIA in blue, a typical First 36 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other First 36s racing

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

More about the First 36

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

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