UNIVERSITAS
Class ASemi-displacementCruiser/Racer

UNIVERSITAS — GER 8008

Model: Farr 42

SinergiaBruce Farr

Updated

UNIVERSITAS (GER 8008) is a Farr 42 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Sinergia. She has been racing since 2026. She sails with a larger sail plan and a deeper keel than most Farr 42s. Against a typical Farr 42 she is quicker upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.

UNIVERSITAS GER 8008 - Bruce Farr - Sinergia

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

8

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

67

Race Edge

487.1s/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 kn82
10–16 kn38
Over 16 kn73
UNIVERSITASHow Race Edge works
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Length

12.57 m

41′ 3″

Beam

3.64 m

Draft

2.66 m

Displacement

7.1 t

Sail area

95 m²

On the podium

Where UNIVERSITAS finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

8

Starts

Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.

In one-design racing: 1 podium in 12 starts, counted apart: against identical boats a podium means something else.

Regattas

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

  • GermanyMaiOR - Mai Offshore Regatta20261512131514141212
  • GermanyMittwochsregatta WarnemündeOne-design2026910412310844444

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Who she races against

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

UNIVERSITAS aheadRival ahead
AJA · X-4133%ahead in 5 of 15 meetings
NEMO · J/880%ahead in 0 of 12 meetings
ROXY 3.0 · Xp 4427%ahead in 3 of 11 meetings
INTOXICATED · Arcona 46550%ahead in 5 of 10 meetings
BELLEVUE · Luffe 4378%ahead in 7 of 9 meetings
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EXCITER · XR 410%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
DIXI 5 · XR 410%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
XBOX · XR 410%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
XOXO · X5.60%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
PURE · Mat 1220%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
LOEWE VON BREMEN · Sun Fast 36000%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
LUFT · X-550%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
DWINGER 2.0 · Sun Fast 360013%ahead in 1 of 8 meetings
Other competitors (5)

Met too few times for a figure.

PIRANHA (J/111, 7 meetings), LYNX (X-50, 7 meetings), UCA XX (X-41, 7 meetings), YPSILON (Starkel 41, 5 meetings), MARIEJO (Pogo Rc, 5 meetings)

How UNIVERSITAS compares with a typical Farr 42

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Farr 42s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Farr 42; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.18 kn
Beam reach+0.25 kn
Broad reach+0.34 kn
Downwind+0.29 kn

Full width is 0.6 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Farr 42 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

UNIVERSITAS in blue, a typical Farr 42 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

UNIVERSITAS in blue, a typical Farr 42 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

More about the Farr 42

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

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