TP 52 (Farr)
Cookson · Bruce Farr · 2006
Updated
The TP 52 (Farr) is a 15.84 m planing racing yacht designed by Bruce Farr and built by Cookson, first launched in 2006. It races in Class 0.
Length
15.84 m
52′ 0″
Beam
4.36 m
Draft
3.19 m
Displacement
7.5 t
Sail area
163 m²
On the podium
Where a TP 52 (Farr) finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
46%
of 46 starts by 3 boats
Wins
11%
Read from 46 starts by 3 boats between 2018 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a TP 52 (Farr) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
ORC European Championship 2025 / 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE2025
ORC Slovenian National Championship2025- ORC DH World Championship2024
- ORC Slovenian National Championship2024
ORCi European Championship2022
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
43%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
30%
of these races end on the podium
Sharper round the buoys. Short courses reward acceleration and manoeuvring, and that is where this design makes its money.
Who she races against
The designs a TP 52 (Farr) actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Melges 24 (7 meetings), Anteros 36 (7 meetings), Evolution 10 (7 meetings), X-41 (7 meetings), Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek) (6 meetings), Corel 45 (6 meetings), Farr 49 (6 meetings), Neo 400 (6 meetings), King 40 (6 meetings), Dehler 36 (Judel/Vrolijk) (6 meetings), Bavaria Match 42 (6 meetings), X-382 (6 meetings), J/111 (6 meetings), J/109 (6 meetings), IMX 45 (6 meetings), Bavaria Match 35 (6 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (5 meetings), Sinergia 40 (5 meetings), JPK 10.30 (4 meetings), Brenta 24 (4 meetings), Dufour 34 (5 meetings), Seaquest 36 (3 meetings), Dufour 44 (3 meetings), Bashford 41 (3 meetings), Salona 45 (3 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the TP 52 (Farr) 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
7.01
38°
Beam reach
12.67
90°
Broad reach
15.50
135°
Downwind VMG
13.03
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 downwind 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 on a broad reach 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 beam reach.
How fast is a TP 52 (Farr)
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.95 | 6.33 | 6.78 | 7.01 |
| 52° | 7.59 | 9.18 | 9.66 | 10.07 |
| 60° | 8.05 | 9.54 | 10.12 | 10.62 |
| 75° | 8.39 | 10.01 | 10.85 | 11.59 |
| 90° | 8.27 | 10.21 | 11.45 | 12.67 |
| 110° | 7.80 | 10.03 | 11.38 | 13.94 |
| 120° | 7.62 | 10.25 | 11.88 | 14.09 |
| 135° | 6.88 | 9.83 | 12.31 | 15.50 |
| 150° | 5.73 | 8.63 | 10.67 | 15.05 |
| Run VMG | 4.96 | 7.47 | 9.24 | 13.03 |
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 1280 kg.
Rigging
TP 52 (Farr) rig and sail dimensions
A TP 52 (Farr) carries 20.39 m of mainsail hoist on a 6.98 m boom, a forestay 19.69 m above the deck and a 8.58 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 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.