F & F 95
F&F Boats · Jac de Ridder · 1989
Updated
The F & F 95 is a 9.49 m planing racing yacht designed by Jac de Ridder and built by F&F Boats, first launched in 1989. It races in Class C.
Length
9.49 m
31′ 2″
Beam
2.84 m
Draft
1.77 m
Displacement
2.5 t
Sail area
48 m²
On the podium
Where a F & F 95 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
1
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.
Read from 8 starts by 6 boats between 2019 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a F & F 95 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Maibockregatta 2026 LYC2026
50 Mijl Doublehanded2023- 50 Mijl Doublehanded2019
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: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a F & F 95 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
J/92 (5 meetings), Mat 101 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto) (3 meetings), Hanse 371 (3 meetings), Grand Surprise (3 meetings), First 34.7 (3 meetings), Luffe 43 (3 meetings), X-362 (5 meetings), Stadt 34 (5 meetings), X-312 (1 meeting), Pogo 850 (1 meeting), Waarschip 101 (1 meeting), First 31.7 (1 meeting), Spirit 32 (1 meeting), Winner 950 (2 meetings), Varianta 37 (1 meeting), X-34 (1 meeting), UFO 34 (1 meeting), Comfortina 38 (1 meeting), Dehler 31 (1 meeting), Brise De Mer 34 (1 meeting), X-372 (1 meeting), Seascape 24 (1 meeting), X-99 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 32 (4 meetings), J/110 (4 meetings), Dehler 29 (4 meetings), First 300 (4 meetings), Winner 11.20 (4 meetings), Dehler 33 (4 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the F & F 95 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
4.88
39°
Beam reach
8.37
90°
Broad reach
9.80
135°
Downwind VMG
7.87
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.
This is a boat that wants breeze. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is cracked off when it blows, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. 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 downwind in the light stuff, giving away time it never gets back. A planing hull rarely rewards a drifter: there is not enough pressure to get anything out of it.
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 1.2 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a F & F 95
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.21 | 4.46 | 4.85 | 4.88 |
| 52° | 4.92 | 6.47 | 6.89 | 7.01 |
| 60° | 5.19 | 6.66 | 7.12 | 7.29 |
| 75° | 5.36 | 6.80 | 7.46 | 7.84 |
| 90° | 5.30 | 6.91 | 7.56 | 8.37 |
| 110° | 5.33 | 7.06 | 7.98 | 8.87 |
| 120° | 5.13 | 6.96 | 8.05 | 9.53 |
| 135° | 4.55 | 6.59 | 7.71 | 9.80 |
| 150° | 3.79 | 5.89 | 7.20 | 8.86 |
| Run VMG | 3.29 | 5.11 | 6.46 | 7.87 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 430 kg.
Rigging
F & F 95 rig and sail dimensions
A F & F 95 carries 11.00 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.85 m boom, a forestay 10.06 m above the deck and a 4.48 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 6 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 51 to 67 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.