Figaro (Lombard)
Beneteau · Marc Lombard · 2002
Updated
The Figaro (Lombard) is a 10.06 m planing racing yacht designed by Marc Lombard and built by Beneteau, first launched in 2002. It races in Class B.
Length
10.06 m
33′ 0″
Beam
3.45 m
Draft
2.08 m
Displacement
3.1 t
Sail area
66 m²
On the podium
Where a Figaro (Lombard) finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
2
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 2 starts by 1 boat between 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Figaro (Lombard) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Round Aeolian Race 2026 - Campionato Italiano Offshore ORC2026- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2026
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: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Figaro (Lombard) actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
M 37 (2 meetings), First 36.7 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (2 meetings), First 40.7 (2 meetings), Dufour 34 (2 meetings), First 47.7 (2 meetings), Cookson 50 (1 meeting), Millenium 40 (1 meeting), X-50 (1 meeting), Elan E5 (1 meeting), Salona 41 (1 meeting), X-35 (1 meeting), Dufour 40 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 440 (2 meetings), Bavaria Match 42 (1 meeting), X-482 (1 meeting), Oceanis 43 (1 meeting), Dehler 30 OD (1 meeting), X-46 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 410 (1 meeting), Mumm 36 (1 meeting), Bavaria Cruiser 39 (1 meeting), First 35 (Farr) (1 meeting), Italia 11.98 (1 meeting), Farr 30 (1 meeting), Italia 10.98 (1 meeting), Comet 45 (1 meeting), J/122 (1 meeting), Este 39 (1 meeting), Farr 45 (1 meeting), Elan 410 (1 meeting), Corsa 915 (1 meeting), Rimar 44.3 (1 meeting), Solaris One (1 meeting), Solaris 44 (1 meeting), First 34.7 (1 meeting), Vismara 40 (1 meeting), IMX 38 (1 meeting), Elan 340 (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
5.55
37°
Beam reach
9.58
90°
Broad reach
11.21
135°
Downwind VMG
8.72
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 needs pressure to show what it can do. 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 off the wind once it pipes up, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage across the wind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short downwind when the breeze is soft, 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 1.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots it gives away time on the downwind — the rating asks more than the boat returns.
How fast is a Figaro (Lombard)
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.52 | 4.90 | 5.37 | 5.55 |
| 52° | 5.40 | 7.06 | 7.53 | 7.79 |
| 60° | 5.69 | 7.26 | 7.80 | 8.16 |
| 75° | 5.88 | 7.43 | 8.23 | 8.82 |
| 90° | 5.85 | 7.54 | 8.48 | 9.58 |
| 110° | 5.71 | 7.69 | 8.89 | 10.11 |
| 120° | 5.52 | 7.55 | 9.02 | 10.85 |
| 135° | 4.92 | 7.10 | 8.50 | 11.21 |
| 150° | 4.10 | 6.31 | 7.77 | 10.02 |
| Run VMG | 3.55 | 5.47 | 6.92 | 8.72 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 680 kg.
Rigging
Figaro (Lombard) rig and sail dimensions
A Figaro (Lombard) carries 13.00 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.70 m boom, a forestay 13.03 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 5 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
Other designs under the same name
The name has been carried by more than one design. They are different boats.