Comet 910 (Finot)
Comar · Jean-Marie Finot · 1973
Updated
The Comet 910 (Finot) is a 9.10 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Comar, first launched in 1973. It races in Class C.
Length
9.10 m
29′ 10″
Beam
3.02 m
Draft
1.70 m
Displacement
3.4 t
Sail area
48 m²
On the podium
Where a Comet 910 (Finot) finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
5%
of 21 starts by 5 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 21 starts by 5 boats between 2015 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Comet 910 (Finot) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
49° Campionato Invernale Vela d'Altura2026- Regata dell'Amicizia2025
- Vesuvio Race2025
- Regata dell'Amicizia2024
- Campionato Invernale Vela d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli2023
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Comet 910 (Finot) actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
First 32 (7 meetings), Sun Odyssey 32 (5 meetings), Dufour 350 (5 meetings), First 47.7 (4 meetings), Elan 340 (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 343 (3 meetings), Comet 12 (3 meetings), Elan 40 (3 meetings), Dufour 44 (3 meetings), Este 24 (3 meetings), J/24 (4 meetings), Ecume De Mer (2 meetings), X-35 (2 meetings), Salona 34 (2 meetings), X-332 (2 meetings), Elan 310 (2 meetings), First 33.7 (2 meetings), Dufour 2800 (4 meetings), First 30 (Mauric) (2 meetings), Dufour 34 (1 meeting), IMX 38 (1 meeting), Comet 36 (1 meeting), Comet 770 (1 meeting), First 34.7 (1 meeting), Elan 333 (1 meeting), Melges 24 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Comet 910 (Finot) has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
4.38
40°
Beam reach
7.07
90°
Broad reach
7.70
135°
Downwind VMG
6.88
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
It does most things without giving much away. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is off the wind in the light stuff, where it does more than its size and sail area promise. It holds that advantage on the run as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short off the wind once it pipes up, giving away time it never gets back. That is weight that has to be driven rather than released.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. 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 this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Comet 910 (Finot)
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.92 | 3.93 | 4.35 | 4.38 |
| 52° | 4.45 | 5.74 | 6.19 | 6.27 |
| 60° | 4.69 | 5.92 | 6.35 | 6.47 |
| 75° | 4.83 | 6.07 | 6.52 | 6.80 |
| 90° | 4.74 | 6.13 | 6.59 | 7.07 |
| 110° | 4.81 | 6.29 | 6.88 | 7.36 |
| 120° | 4.64 | 6.24 | 6.93 | 7.66 |
| 135° | 4.22 | 6.00 | 6.77 | 7.70 |
| 150° | 3.63 | 5.49 | 6.48 | 7.37 |
| Run VMG | 3.15 | 4.77 | 5.93 | 6.88 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. Crew weight is declared around 350 kg.
Rigging
Comet 910 (Finot) rig and sail dimensions
A Comet 910 (Finot) carries 9.80 m of mainsail hoist on a 2.80 m boom, a forestay 11.30 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
Other designs under the same name
The name has been carried by more than one design. They are different boats.