Bianca Yachts 36

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The Bianca Yachts 36, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Golden Globe Race Official

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 29 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 29

CoastalBluewater

1.78 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.78

LightHeavy

309 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 309

EasygoingPowered-up

16.1 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 16.1

TenderStiff

52% of her weight is ballast — very stiff, carrying full sail in a blow.

Ballast 52%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

What the fleet has seen

The Bianca Yachts 36, as the fleet has seen it

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The Bianca Yachts 36, also known as the Biscay 36, is a Sparkman & Stephens-designed masthead sloop built by Bianca Yachts since 1976. It has a fin keel with a rudder on a skeg, measures 10.5 meters LOA, 3.0 meters beam, 1.8 meters draft, and displaces 5200 kg. Aboard *Nuri*, a Biscay 36 ketch, Michael Guggenberger completed the 2022 Golden Globe Race in 249 days, finishing third without major equipment failures.2:21 His vessel used a Hydrovane self-steering system and a Watt & Sea hydrogenerator.3:36 Guggenberger prepared the boat himself, adding a collision bulkhead and forward buoyancy, and stitched an extra reef point into the mizzen for heavy weather.13:28 He sailed without a dodger.13:36

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale

The boat is offered for sale after the race, with the commentator joking about buying it quickly
from Golden Globe Race Officialseen May 2023watch

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

51.7%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

16.1

Displacement / length

309.0

Comfort ratio

29.2

Capsize screening

1.78

Hull speed

6.8 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

912

Hull

Hull type

Fin with rudder on skeg

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Iron

Production

Years built

First built 1976

Designer

Sparkman, Stephens

Builder

Bianca Yachts

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