TAZ — ITA 16436
Model: A 31
Also raced as TAZ-UNICASIM
Updated
TAZ (ITA 16436) is a A 31 designed by Joubert/Nivelt and built by Archambault. She has been racing since 2018. She sails with a larger sail plan than most A 31s. Against a typical A 31 she is quicker upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats1
Race start
0
Wins
100%
Podiums
93
Race Edge
A 31: 87
560.1s/mile
Rating 2025
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
9.55 m
31′ 4″
Beam
3.24 m
Draft
1.98 m
Displacement
3.2 t
Sail area
52 m²
On the podium
Where TAZ finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
1
Thirds
1
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 TAZ on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regata dei Cinque Fari20183
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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
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Not enough data yet: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats TAZ meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (7)
Met too few times for a figure.
ENDLESSGAME (Cookson 50, 1 meeting), STUPEFACENTE (First 36.7, 1 meeting), JOY (J/122, 1 meeting), O'GUERRIERO (Comet 41, 1 meeting), ANDROMEDA (Elan 400, 1 meeting), DUFFY (Dufour 34, 1 meeting), WIRELESS (Comet 45, 1 meeting)
How TAZ compares with a typical A 31
Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, A 31s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical A 31; 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 is quicker than a typical A 31 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
TAZ in blue, a typical A 31 dashed.
TAZ in blue, a typical A 31 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other A 31s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the A 31
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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