Fun
Fun · Joubert/Nivelt · 1982
Updated
The Fun is a 7.08 m displacement racing yacht designed by Joubert/Nivelt and built by Fun, first launched in 1982. It races in Sportboat. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 22% of the designs it races against. It is at its best in light air and struggles to hold that once it blows.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 22% of the boats it races against.
22nd of 28 in its class.
Updated — First Race Edge for this design. Enough boats of this design have now been measured to rank it.
This design has been found in real race results — 23 starts across 4 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
7.08 m
23′ 3″
Beam
2.36 m
Draft
1.56 m
Displacement
1.0 t
Sail area
29 m²
On the podium
Where a Fun finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
35%
of 23 starts by 4 boats
Wins
22%
Read from 23 starts by 4 boats between 2024 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Fun was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Interlaghi Classica & Campionato Velico del Lario ORC2025- Campionato Velico del Lario ORC 2025 3 tappa Pescallo di Bel2025
- Campionato Velico del Lario ORC2025
- Campionato Italiano Minialtura2024
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
35%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Fun actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the Fun 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
4.43
36°
Beam reach
7.28
90°
Broad reach
8.80
135°
Downwind VMG
6.87
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.
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 in a strong breeze, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage downwind 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 1.0 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the upwind.
How fast is a Fun
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.10 | 4.08 | 4.38 | 4.43 |
| 52° | 4.62 | 5.67 | 6.00 | 6.12 |
| 60° | 4.82 | 5.79 | 6.17 | 6.35 |
| 75° | 4.96 | 5.92 | 6.42 | 6.79 |
| 90° | 4.94 | 6.08 | 6.58 | 7.28 |
| 110° | 4.93 | 6.14 | 6.97 | 7.96 |
| 120° | 4.75 | 6.04 | 6.95 | 8.94 |
| 135° | 4.25 | 5.79 | 6.63 | 8.80 |
| 150° | 3.59 | 5.34 | 6.26 | 7.71 |
| Run VMG | 3.11 | 4.69 | 5.76 | 6.87 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. Crew weight is declared around 300 kg.
Rigging
Fun rig and sail dimensions
A Fun carries 8.50 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.20 m boom, a forestay 7.73 m above the deck and a 3.20 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 14 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails