Figaro 2
Beneteau · Marc Lombard · 2003
Updated
The Figaro 2 is a 10.06 m planing racing yacht designed by Marc Lombard and built by Beneteau, first launched in 2003. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 85% of the designs it races against. It comes alive as the breeze builds, and gives time away in the light.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 85% of the boats it races against.
25th of 159 in its class.
Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold: designs scoring the same win anywhere from one race in ten to seven in ten. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.
This design has been found in real race results — 33 starts across 20 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
10.06 m
33′ 0″
Beam
3.45 m
Draft
2.08 m
Displacement
3.1 t
Sail area
67 m²
On the podium
Where a Figaro 2 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
45%
of 33 starts by 10 boats
Wins
30%
Read from 33 starts by 10 boats between 2014 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Figaro 2 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
32nd Cyclades Regatta - '262026
Pasquavela - Inshore2026
Skagen Offshore Race2026- Raymarine OneStar2026
Swedish Offshore Double Handed Championship for ORCi2025
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: 4 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
44%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Figaro 2 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
JPK 10.80 (7 meetings), Italia 9.98 (7 meetings), Jv 44 (7 meetings), Rimar 36 (7 meetings), Bh 36 (7 meetings), Elan 410 (7 meetings), Sun Odyssey 49 (6 meetings), Millenium 40 (6 meetings), Swan 42 (7 meetings), First 31.7 (6 meetings), Albin Nova (5 meetings), J/121 (5 meetings), J/99 (5 meetings), Arcona 380 (5 meetings), Farr 40 (5 meetings), Sinergia 40 (5 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (6 meetings), First 40 (5 meetings), First 36.7 (6 meetings), Dehler 30 OD (5 meetings), Sun Fast 3600 (4 meetings), Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk) (5 meetings), Dehler 38 (Judel/Vrolijk) (5 meetings), X-302 (4 meetings), Dufour 412 (4 meetings), Elan 340 (4 meetings), Dehler 35 (Voogd) (4 meetings), Elan S5 (3 meetings), Xp 44 (5 meetings), Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) (3 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Figaro 2 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
5.32
39°
Beam reach
9.38
90°
Broad reach
11.68
135°
Downwind VMG
9.13
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 when it blows, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage running deep 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 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 1.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Figaro 2
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.65 | 4.91 | 5.22 | 5.32 |
| 52° | 5.54 | 7.08 | 7.41 | 7.58 |
| 60° | 5.84 | 7.30 | 7.69 | 7.93 |
| 75° | 6.14 | 7.53 | 8.17 | 8.61 |
| 90° | 6.06 | 7.63 | 8.50 | 9.38 |
| 110° | 5.93 | 7.84 | 9.01 | 10.24 |
| 120° | 5.76 | 7.74 | 9.20 | 11.01 |
| 135° | 5.13 | 7.30 | 8.79 | 11.68 |
| 150° | 4.30 | 6.53 | 8.02 | 10.55 |
| Run VMG | 3.72 | 5.66 | 7.08 | 9.13 |
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 420 kg.
Rigging
Figaro 2 rig and sail dimensions
A Figaro 2 carries 13.00 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.71 m boom, a forestay 13.05 m above the deck and a 4.75 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 13 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 66 to 120 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.