STRESSLESS TOO
Class CHeavy displacementCruiser/Racer

STRESSLESS TOO — ESP 0053_C

Model: First 285

BeneteauJean-Marie Finot

Updated

STRESSLESS TOO (ESP 0053_C) is a First 285 designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2024. She sails with a larger sail plan than most First 285s. Against a typical First 285 she is quicker upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.

STRESSLESS TOO ESP 0053_C - Jean-Marie Finot - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

23

Race starts

0

Wins

13%

Podiums

55

Race Edge

First 285: 14

650.6s/mile

Rating 2025

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn70
10–16 kn14
Over 16 kn12
STRESSLESS TOOA typical First 285How Race Edge works
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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 STRESSLESS TOO finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

13%

of 23 starts · First 285 fleet: 24%

Wins

0%

Wins0%0
Seconds9%2
Thirds4%1
Off the podium87%20

Regattas

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

  • SpainLliga Creuers2025476666857653
  • SpainXIII Badalona al Quadrat20255
  • SpainLliga Creuers20242846647274

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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

6%

of these races end on the podium

17 races of 10 NM or less

Offshore & coastal

—

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

STRESSLESS TOO aheadRival ahead
SUR-BE · Astraea 33017%ahead in 4 of 23 meetings
EDMON · Fortuna 922%ahead in 5 of 23 meetings
JALAPEÑO · Puma 30565%ahead in 15 of 23 meetings
MANGATA · Hanse 31555%ahead in 12 of 22 meetings
SNOOPY III · First 28577%ahead in 17 of 22 meetings
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HESPERIA TRES · Bavaria Cruiser 3477%ahead in 17 of 22 meetings
SAXO · X-3020%ahead in 0 of 13 meetings
SAUDADE · Centurion 3246%ahead in 6 of 13 meetings
TOSTAKI · First Class 88%ahead in 1 of 12 meetings
BO · Sun Rise 3517%ahead in 2 of 12 meetings
BARBIANA · First 31.767%ahead in 8 of 12 meetings
SARAVA · Hallberg Rassy 3167%ahead in 8 of 12 meetings
LA PATERA ROSA · First Class 867%ahead in 8 of 12 meetings
BORA BORA · Furia 33230%ahead in 3 of 10 meetings
CAP PROBLEMA III · Bavaria 3670%ahead in 7 of 10 meetings
ALKYON · Edel 66090%ahead in 9 of 10 meetings

How STRESSLESS TOO compares with a typical First 285

Her main 2025 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.

True wind
Upwind+0.10 kn
Beam reach+0.13 kn
Broad reach+0.27 kn
Downwind+0.19 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical First 285 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

STRESSLESS TOO in blue, a typical First 285 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

STRESSLESS TOO 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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