STEAMFLYER
Class CDisplacementCruiser/Racer

STEAMFLYER — NOR 14869

Model: First 34.7

BeneteauBruce Farr

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STEAMFLYER (NOR 14869) is a First 34.7 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2026 and has won three races. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most First 34.7s. Against a typical First 34.7 she is slower upwind in light air.

STEAMFLYER NOR 14869 - Bruce Farr - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

15

Race starts

3

Wins

60%

Podiums

75

Race Edge

First 34.7: 75

569.2s/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 kn83
10–16 kn18
Over 16 kn29
STEAMFLYERA typical First 34.7How Race Edge works
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Length

9.98 m

32′ 9″

Beam

3.37 m

Draft

2.00 m

Displacement

4.6 t

Sail area

61 m²

On the podium

Where STEAMFLYER finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

60%

of 15 starts · First 34.7 fleet: 21%

Wins

20%

Wins20%3
Seconds13%2
Thirds27%4
Off the podium40%6

Regattas

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

  • NorwayTirsdagsregatta ÅSS2026196521253341633

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Who she races against

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

STEAMFLYER aheadRival ahead
EOWYN · First 36.760%ahead in 9 of 15 meetings
BANNERN · 40%ahead in 6 of 15 meetings
SJELAMI · First Class 880%ahead in 12 of 15 meetings
FRØKEN FRYD · Sw Yachts 3667%ahead in 10 of 15 meetings
CECILIE II · Albin Nova73%ahead in 11 of 15 meetings

How STEAMFLYER compares with a typical First 34.7

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 34.7s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 34.7; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.04 kn
Beam reach+0.00 kn
Broad reach-0.01 kn
Downwind+0.00 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she sails level with a typical First 34.7 across the course.

Speed at every angle

STEAMFLYER in blue, a typical First 34.7 dashed.

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STEAMFLYER in blue, a typical First 34.7 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other First 34.7s racing

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

More about the First 34.7

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

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