Rimar 36
Rimar · Jean-Marie Finot · 2000
Updated
The Rimar 36 is a 10.81 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Rimar, first launched in 2000. It races in Class C.
Length
10.81 m
35′ 6″
Beam
3.50 m
Draft
2.07 m
Displacement
5.0 t
Sail area
68 m²
On the podium
Where a Rimar 36 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
12%
of 17 starts by 4 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 17 starts by 4 boats between 2011 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Rimar 36 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
32nd Cyclades Regatta - '262026
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2026- 31st Cyclades Regatta2025
- Coppa d'Autunno2025
- "Salty River 2024"2024
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
12%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Rimar 36 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Figaro 2 (7 meetings), Jv 44 (7 meetings), Bonin 358 (7 meetings), X-43 (7 meetings), Bh 36 (7 meetings), J/11 (7 meetings), First 45 (Briand) (5 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (5 meetings), Dufour 40 (5 meetings), IMX 38 (4 meetings), First 40 (4 meetings), Dehler 35 (Voogd) (4 meetings), X-332 (4 meetings), J/133 (4 meetings), X-442 (4 meetings), First 47.7 (4 meetings), Elan 333 (4 meetings), Sun Fast 37 (4 meetings), Sly 42 (4 meetings), Farr 30 (3 meetings), X-46 (3 meetings), Canard 41 (3 meetings), Hanse 630e (3 meetings), Centurion 40 (3 meetings), First 33.7 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (3 meetings), First 40.7 (5 meetings), Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) (4 meetings), Bavaria Match 38 (2 meetings), Albin Ballad (2 meetings), Ohlson 29 (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 343 (2 meetings), Rm 126 (2 meetings), Dufour 334 (2 meetings), Rush 31 (2 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Rimar 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
5.20
39°
Beam reach
8.50
90°
Broad reach
10.07
135°
Downwind VMG
7.79
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. 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 once it pipes up, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
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 0.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Rimar 36
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.40 | 4.63 | 5.09 | 5.20 |
| 52° | 5.18 | 6.74 | 7.24 | 7.39 |
| 60° | 5.46 | 6.96 | 7.45 | 7.65 |
| 75° | 5.67 | 7.14 | 7.70 | 8.11 |
| 90° | 5.69 | 7.34 | 7.83 | 8.50 |
| 110° | 5.81 | 7.57 | 8.43 | 9.22 |
| 120° | 5.67 | 7.50 | 8.48 | 9.87 |
| 135° | 5.06 | 7.13 | 8.16 | 10.07 |
| 150° | 4.25 | 6.37 | 7.60 | 8.96 |
| Run VMG | 3.69 | 5.52 | 6.67 | 7.79 |
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 530 kg.
Rigging
Rimar 36 rig and sail dimensions
A Rimar 36 carries 13.84 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.40 m boom, a forestay 14.26 m above the deck and a 4.83 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 5 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 98 to 111 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.