YAKINTHI
SportboatSemi-displacementSportboat

YAKINTHI — GRE 5520

Model: First Class 8

BeneteauJean-Marie Finot

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YAKINTHI (GRE 5520) is a First Class 8 designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2025. Against a typical First Class 8 she is slower on a beam reach and downwind.

YAKINTHI GRE 5520 - Jean-Marie Finot - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

2

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

29

Race Edge

First Class 8: 19

627.8s/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 kn61
10–16 kn11
Over 16 kn18
YAKINTHIA typical First Class 8How Race Edge works
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Length

7.79 m

25′ 7″

Beam

2.50 m

Draft

1.83 m

Displacement

1.5 t

Sail area

39 m²

On the podium

Where YAKINTHI finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

2

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 YAKINTHI on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • GreeceΝικος Γκρανιας 2026202548

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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: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

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

Other competitors (10)

Met too few times for a figure.

SAITA (Dromor 26, 2 meetings), TZELA DELTA (Sun Light 30, 2 meetings), ORION (Bavaria Holiday 36, 2 meetings), AEGEANIX (Elan 33, 2 meetings), SUNBIRD (Grand Soleil 43 (Design), 2 meetings), DORIAN (Yca 29, 2 meetings), JENY-MARI (Albin Ballad, 2 meetings), MOUNT KANDILI (Sonata 26, 2 meetings), THE SAKKS (Bavaria Cruiser 33, 2 meetings), IRENE (Oceanis 331, 2 meetings)

How YAKINTHI compares with a typical First Class 8

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First Class 8s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical First Class 8; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.16 kn
Beam reach-0.11 kn
Broad reach-0.09 kn
Downwind-0.07 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical First Class 8 on the upwind.

Speed at every angle

YAKINTHI in blue, a typical First Class 8 dashed.

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YAKINTHI in blue, a typical First Class 8 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other First Class 8s racing

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

More about the First Class 8

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

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