Farr 60
Carroll Marine · Bruce Farr · 1998
Updated
The Farr 60 is a 18.33 m planing racing yacht designed by Bruce Farr and built by Carroll Marine, first launched in 1998. It races in Class 0.
Length
18.33 m
60′ 2″
Beam
4.95 m
Draft
4.00 m
Displacement
14.5 t
Sail area
226 m²
On the podium
Where a Farr 60 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
3
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 3 starts by 1 boat between 2014 and 2017, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Farr 60 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2017- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2015
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2014
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: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Farr 60 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
First 40.7 (5 meetings), Comet 38 (Vallicelli) (2 meetings), Comet 45 (3 meetings), Cookson 50 (2 meetings), X-332 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) (3 meetings), Sly 42 (2 meetings), Dufour 36 (2 meetings), Dufour 45 (2 meetings), Bavaria Match 38 (2 meetings), Selection 37 (2 meetings), X-41 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), X-46 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Swan 42 (1 meeting), Xp 44 (2 meetings), First 44.7 (1 meeting), Ker 40 (1 meeting), Swan 48 (Frers) (1 meeting), M 37 (1 meeting), X-442 (1 meeting), Elan 400 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3600 (1 meeting), First 35 (Farr) (1 meeting), First 36.7 (2 meetings), First 45 (Briand) (1 meeting), Sun Fast 37 (1 meeting), First 47.7 (1 meeting), X-34 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Rimar 36 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3200 (1 meeting), IMX 38 (1 meeting), X-452 (1 meeting), Dehler 44 (1 meeting), Salona 41 (1 meeting), TP 52 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), First 40 (1 meeting), First 34.7 (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
7.30
36°
Beam reach
11.80
90°
Broad reach
14.38
135°
Downwind VMG
11.50
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 its best work before the breeze fills in. Early-season racing and morning breezes play to its strengths; once it pipes up the fleet comes back to it.
Where it gains
Its best ground is to windward when it blows, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short on a broad reach once it pipes up, giving away time it never gets back. That is a hull that wants to get up and go, and needs pressure to do 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 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the upwind.
How fast is a Farr 60
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 5.01 | 6.51 | 7.00 | 7.30 |
| 52° | 7.61 | 9.30 | 9.74 | 10.07 |
| 60° | 8.04 | 9.61 | 10.05 | 10.45 |
| 75° | 8.34 | 9.91 | 10.53 | 11.09 |
| 90° | 8.21 | 9.91 | 10.88 | 11.80 |
| 110° | 7.87 | 10.00 | 11.27 | 12.81 |
| 120° | 7.67 | 10.09 | 11.35 | 13.63 |
| 135° | 6.95 | 9.70 | 11.39 | 14.38 |
| 150° | 5.80 | 8.61 | 10.29 | 13.28 |
| Run VMG | 5.03 | 7.45 | 8.94 | 11.50 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 1460 kg.
Rigging
Farr 60 rig and sail dimensions
A Farr 60 carries 24.77 m of mainsail hoist on a 8.89 m boom, a forestay 23.53 m above the deck and a 8.55 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails