SNOOPY III — ESP 4155_C
Model: First 285
Updated
SNOOPY III (ESP 4155_C) is a First 285 designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2024 and has won 1 race. She sails with a larger sail plan than most First 285s. Against a typical First 285 she is slower upwind in light air and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats34
Race starts
1
Win
32%
Podiums
1
Race Edge
First 285: 14
678.0s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
8.43 m
27′ 8″
Beam
3.02 m
Draft
1.58 m
Displacement
2.8 t
Sail area
40 m²
On the podium
Where SNOOPY III finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
32%
of 34 starts · First 285 fleet: 24%
Wins
3%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with SNOOPY III on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Lliga Creuers2026242413233333- Lliga Creuers202599889101076653
- Lliga Creuers202466999985108
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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
32%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 5 races 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 SNOOPY III meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
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How SNOOPY III compares with a typical First 285
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 285s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 285; 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 285 on the downwind.
Speed at every angle
SNOOPY III in blue, a typical First 285 dashed.
SNOOPY III in blue, a typical First 285 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 285s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 285
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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