Farr 31
Fareast Boats · Bruce Farr · 1994
Updated
The Farr 31 is a 9.55 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Bruce Farr and built by Fareast Boats, first launched in 1994. It races in Class C.
Length
9.55 m
31′ 4″
Beam
3.21 m
Draft
1.98 m
Displacement
2.4 t
Sail area
56 m²
On the podium
Where a Farr 31 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
40%
of 10 starts by 3 boats
Wins
10%
Read from 10 starts by 3 boats between 2023 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Farr 31 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
4ª Golfo dei Poeti Cup2026- 59° Trofeo Fiorillo2026
- Campionato Invernale del Sabato2025
- Campionato di Primavera2025
- ORC DH World Championship2024
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: 5 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Farr 31 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Elan 340 (6 meetings), Comet 45 (6 meetings), First 40 (5 meetings), X-362 (5 meetings), Sly 42 (4 meetings), B&c 46 (4 meetings), First 31.7 (7 meetings), Elan 333 (3 meetings), Platu 25 (3 meetings), Rimar 44.3 (3 meetings), First 34.7 (2 meetings), First 36.7 (3 meetings), J/92 (3 meetings), Bonin 31 (2 meetings), Stag 38 (2 meetings), More 40 (2 meetings), Vismara 40 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 39 (Jézéquel) (2 meetings), Este 24 (2 meetings), X-412 (2 meetings), Bavaria 36 (2 meetings), Elan 310 (2 meetings), X-332 (2 meetings), Farr 30 (1 meeting), Bavaria Match 38 (1 meeting), X-34 (1 meeting), Elan 37 (2 meetings), Xp 33 (1 meeting), X-35 (2 meetings), Linjett 33 (1 meeting), First 30 (Kouyoumdjian) (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3200 (1 meeting), Archambault 31 (1 meeting), X-95 (1 meeting), Arcona 370 (1 meeting), A 31 (1 meeting), X-37 (2 meetings), X-79 (1 meeting), Pogo 850 (1 meeting), Diva 34 (1 meeting)
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
5.10
37°
Beam reach
8.49
90°
Broad reach
10.24
135°
Downwind VMG
8.13
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 on a broad reach in a strong breeze, 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
There is no condition where it falls away badly, which is worth something over a season of mixed weather.
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 0.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the upwind.
How fast is a Farr 31
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.73 | 4.86 | 5.06 | 5.10 |
| 52° | 5.62 | 6.84 | 7.04 | 7.15 |
| 60° | 5.88 | 7.02 | 7.26 | 7.41 |
| 75° | 6.05 | 7.19 | 7.60 | 7.90 |
| 90° | 5.99 | 7.21 | 7.88 | 8.49 |
| 110° | 5.77 | 7.33 | 8.22 | 9.18 |
| 120° | 5.57 | 7.22 | 8.31 | 9.89 |
| 135° | 4.95 | 6.87 | 7.93 | 10.24 |
| 150° | 4.16 | 6.28 | 7.41 | 9.21 |
| Run VMG | 3.61 | 5.46 | 6.58 | 8.13 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 480 kg.
Rigging
Farr 31 rig and sail dimensions
A Farr 31 carries 11.60 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.36 m boom, a forestay 11.49 m above the deck and a 3.70 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 — 37 to 74 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.