SOLETE
Class CSemi-displacementCruiser/Racer

SOLETE — ESP 5036

Model: Bh 36

BashfordIan Murray

Updated

SOLETE (ESP 5036) is a Bh 36 designed by Ian Murray and built by Bashford. She has been racing since 2023 and has won four races. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Bh 36s. Against a typical Bh 36 she is quicker upwind in light air and downwind.

SOLETE ESP 5036 - Ian Murray - Bashford

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

22

Race starts

4

Wins

27%

Podiums

84

Race Edge

Bh 36: 42

529.5s/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 kn96
10–16 kn14
Over 16 kn71
SOLETEA typical Bh 36How Race Edge works
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Length

10.97 m

36′ 0″

Beam

3.41 m

Draft

2.26 m

Displacement

4.8 t

Sail area

69 m²

On the podium

Where SOLETE finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

27%

of 22 starts · Bh 36 fleet: 28%

Wins

18%

Wins18%4
Seconds9%2
Thirds0%0
Off the podium73%16

Regattas

Every regatta we found with SOLETE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • SpainLliga Creuers2024101022117188
  • SpainLliga Creuers2023754165755556

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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

25%

of these races end on the podium

16 races of 10 NM or less

Offshore & coastal

—

Not enough data yet: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

2 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.

Who she races against

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

SOLETE aheadRival ahead
EMBOLIC - U · Dufour 3427%ahead in 6 of 22 meetings
JAY · J/3532%ahead in 7 of 22 meetings
RASS LIMIT · X-127%ahead in 6 of 22 meetings
SOLAR · First 4132%ahead in 7 of 22 meetings
CHRONOS · Bavaria 4427%ahead in 6 of 22 meetings
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MOWETT · Oceanis 41132%ahead in 7 of 22 meetings
OBLONGO · Farr 3023%ahead in 5 of 22 meetings
ASTERIX · X-33250%ahead in 5 of 10 meetings
APOC APOC · Hanse 41850%ahead in 5 of 10 meetings
PERSEVERANCE · Oyster 43550%ahead in 5 of 10 meetings
LIMIT 997 · Farr 3050%ahead in 5 of 10 meetings

How SOLETE compares with a typical Bh 36

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

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Bh 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-0.01 kn
Broad reach+0.18 kn
Downwind+0.13 kn

Full width is 0.8 kn either way.

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

Speed at every angle

SOLETE in blue, a typical Bh 36 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

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

Other Bh 36s racing

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

More about the Bh 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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