Mumm 36
Carroll Marine · Bruce Farr · 1993
Updated
The Mumm 36 is a 10.91 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Bruce Farr and built by Carroll Marine, first launched in 1993. It races in Class B. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 87% of the designs it races against.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 87% of the boats it races against.
13th of 92 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 38 starts across 11 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
10.91 m
35′ 10″
Beam
3.59 m
Draft
2.28 m
Displacement
3.7 t
Sail area
74 m²
On the podium
Where a Mumm 36 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
8%
of 38 starts by 6 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 38 starts by 6 boats between 2015 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Mumm 36 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regata Brindisi-Corfù2026- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2025
- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2024
- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2023
Επιδαυρος2020
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
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
25%
of these races end on the podium
Better the longer it gets. Boats that settle into a groove and hold it gain ground once the course stops turning.
Who she races against
The designs a Mumm 36 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Rodman 42 (7 meetings), Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek) (7 meetings), J/133 (7 meetings), Dehler 36 (Judel/Vrolijk) (6 meetings), X-34 (6 meetings), X-382 (6 meetings), King 40 (6 meetings), J/111 (6 meetings), First 36.7 (5 meetings), First 31.7 (5 meetings), Bavaria Match 42 (5 meetings), Sun Fast 3200 (4 meetings), Dufour 40 (3 meetings), X-482 (3 meetings), Farr 39 (3 meetings), Bh 36 (3 meetings), Sun Fast 37 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 440 (5 meetings), Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) (4 meetings), X-412 (3 meetings), M 37 (2 meetings), Millenium 40 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Polli) (2 meetings), Figaro 2 (2 meetings), Bavaria Match 35 (2 meetings), Sun Odyssey 410 (2 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Mumm 36 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
5.59
36°
Beam reach
9.11
90°
Broad reach
11.43
135°
Downwind VMG
8.82
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. On a windy coastal course it is in its element; on a light-air windward-leeward it has to be sailed well to hold on.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a broad reach when it blows, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, 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
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 1.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the upwind.
How fast is a Mumm 36
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.90 | 5.20 | 5.46 | 5.59 |
| 52° | 5.88 | 7.29 | 7.56 | 7.75 |
| 60° | 6.16 | 7.48 | 7.79 | 8.03 |
| 75° | 6.35 | 7.62 | 8.15 | 8.53 |
| 90° | 6.21 | 7.66 | 8.39 | 9.11 |
| 110° | 6.22 | 7.93 | 8.81 | 9.84 |
| 120° | 6.06 | 7.85 | 9.06 | 10.62 |
| 135° | 5.43 | 7.45 | 8.69 | 11.43 |
| 150° | 4.56 | 6.79 | 8.02 | 10.16 |
| Run VMG | 3.96 | 5.89 | 7.17 | 8.82 |
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 650 kg.
Rigging
Mumm 36 rig and sail dimensions
A Mumm 36 carries 13.63 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.01 m boom, a forestay 13.48 m above the deck and a 4.80 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 16 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 89 to 142 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.