SARA
Class CDisplacementCruiser/Racer

SARA — FIN 11551

Model: First 35 (Farr)

BeneteauBruce Farr

Updated

SARA (FIN 11551) is a First 35 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2026. She sails with a shallower keel than most First 35s. Against a typical First 35 she is quicker on a beam reach.

SARA FIN 11551 - Bruce Farr - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

2

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

81

Race Edge

First 35: 86

552.9s/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 kn74
10–16 kn67
Over 16 kn39
SARAA typical First 35How Race Edge works
Compare with another boat

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

  • FinlandOulun regatta202668
  • FinlandRound The Malören20262

Is there a race missing?Send us the results and we will add them here.

Report a regatta

Who she races against

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

Other competitors (5)

Met too few times for a figure.

GARFIELD (Twostar 36, 2 meetings), VIIVERI (First 31.7, 2 meetings), MARIMII (Dufour 334, 2 meetings), KIET (Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), AMEME (First 30 (Kouyoumdjian), 1 meeting)

How SARA 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.

True wind
Upwind-0.03 kn
Beam reach+0.10 kn
Broad reach-0.05 kn
Downwind-0.04 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical First 35 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

SARA in blue, a typical First 35 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

SARA 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.

Explore the design

Something wrong in SARA's data? A regatta, a result, her design or her sail number.

Tell us →