Ecume De Mer
MALLARD · Jean-Marie Finot · 1972
Updated
The Ecume De Mer is a 7.88 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by MALLARD, first launched in 1972. It races in Class C.
Length
7.88 m
25′ 10″
Beam
2.70 m
Draft
1.39 m
Displacement
1.9 t
Sail area
35 m²
On the podium
Where a Ecume De Mer finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
21%
of 14 starts by 2 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 14 starts by 2 boats between 2021 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Ecume De Mer was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Τρίγωνο Καλλιθέας2026
Regata dell'Amicizia2025- "Παναγιωτης Μαντουβαλος 2025"2025
- "Ν. Σαρικαβαζη 2025"2025
- Τρίγωνο Καλλιθέας2025
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
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Not enough data yet: 3 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
30%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Ecume De Mer actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
First 30 (Berret) (7 meetings), Feeling 920 (7 meetings), First 32 (6 meetings), Melody (6 meetings), First 35 (Berret) (7 meetings), Grand Soleil 39 (Jézéquel) (5 meetings), Contest 250 (6 meetings), Apollo 12 (7 meetings), Dromor 26 (6 meetings), Sun Odyssey 36.2 (5 meetings), Grand Soleil 34 (Finot) (5 meetings), Sigma 33 (5 meetings), Sun Odyssey 34.2 (5 meetings), X-332 (4 meetings), Sun Shine 36 (5 meetings), Maxi 84 (4 meetings), Oyster 37 (4 meetings), Elan 40 (4 meetings), Sun Odyssey 40 (4 meetings), Sun Odyssey 37.1 (4 meetings), Gib Sea 312 (4 meetings), Sun Fast 40 (4 meetings), Hanse 315 (4 meetings), Feeling 109 (4 meetings), Sun Odyssey 32 (4 meetings), Maxi 95 (3 meetings), Canados 37 (3 meetings), Catalina 320 (3 meetings), Triton 48 (3 meetings), Hallberg Rassy 352 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 37 (Design) (3 meetings), Gib Sea 402 (3 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Ecume De Mer 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
3.99
41°
Beam reach
6.66
90°
Broad reach
7.43
135°
Downwind VMG
6.52
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.
There is no obvious weak spot here. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is off the wind when the breeze is soft, where it outruns what it looks like on paper. It holds that advantage to windward as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on the beat in a strong breeze, 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 Ecume De Mer
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.75 | 3.64 | 3.99 | 3.99 |
| 52° | 4.18 | 5.31 | 5.71 | 5.80 |
| 60° | 4.39 | 5.49 | 5.87 | 6.02 |
| 75° | 4.53 | 5.63 | 6.06 | 6.39 |
| 90° | 4.52 | 5.81 | 6.23 | 6.66 |
| 110° | 4.63 | 5.94 | 6.58 | 7.20 |
| 120° | 4.47 | 5.88 | 6.58 | 7.50 |
| 135° | 4.08 | 5.64 | 6.37 | 7.43 |
| 150° | 3.54 | 5.18 | 6.06 | 7.00 |
| Run VMG | 3.06 | 4.52 | 5.59 | 6.52 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 300 kg.
Rigging
Ecume De Mer rig and sail dimensions
A Ecume De Mer carries 8.10 m of mainsail hoist on a 2.80 m boom, a forestay 9.61 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails