WILLIAM B
Class CDisplacementCruiser/Racer

WILLIAM B — FRA 9651

Model: Archambault 35

ArchambaultJoubert/Nivelt

Updated

WILLIAM B (FRA 9651) is a Archambault 35 designed by Joubert/Nivelt and built by Archambault. She has been racing since 2024. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Archambault 35s. Against a typical Archambault 35 she is quicker upwind in light air.

WILLIAM B FRA 9651 - Joubert/Nivelt - Archambault

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

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Race start

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Wins

0%

Podiums

76

Race Edge

Archambault 35: 83

537.2s/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 kn88
10–16 kn16
Over 16 kn75
WILLIAM BA typical Archambault 35How Race Edge works
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Length

10.62 m

34′ 10″

Beam

3.59 m

Draft

2.16 m

Displacement

4.6 t

Sail area

67 m²

On the podium

Where WILLIAM B finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

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 WILLIAM B on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyORC DH European Championship 2024 - La Duecento #3020246

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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

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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 WILLIAM B 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.

TASMANIA (First 40.7, 1 meeting), KEY-GO (V 34, 1 meeting), OXYGEN (X-35, 1 meeting), DEMON X (X-35, 1 meeting), MR.HYDE (, 1 meeting), ALI (First 40.7, 1 meeting), MARY S (JPK 10.30, 1 meeting)

How WILLIAM B compares with a typical Archambault 35

Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Archambault 35s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Archambault 35; 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-0.03 kn
Broad reach-0.01 kn
Downwind+0.02 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she sails level with a typical Archambault 35 across the course.

Speed at every angle

WILLIAM B in blue, a typical Archambault 35 dashed.

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WILLIAM B in blue, a typical Archambault 35 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Archambault 35s racing

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

More about the Archambault 35

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

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