ALDEBARAN — GRE 2040
Model: Comet 850
CometJean-Marie Finot
Updated
ALDEBARAN (GRE 2040) is a Comet 850 designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Comet. She has been racing since 2022 and has won 1 race. She sails with a smaller sail plan and a shallower keel than most Comet 850s. Against a typical Comet 850 she is quicker downwind, and slower upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats24
Race starts
1
Win
17%
Podiums
68
Race Edge
Comet 850: 8
711.3s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
8.46 m
27′ 9″
Beam
2.87 m
Draft
1.59 m
Displacement
3.0 t
Sail area
38 m²
On the podium
Where ALDEBARAN finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
17%
of 24 starts · Comet 850 fleet: 21%
Wins
4%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with ALDEBARAN on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
"Αγκιστρι 2026"20261726
"Νικολαος Σαρικαβαζης 2026"20263
¨16ο Athens Trophy 2026¨2026283419
"Αιγινα20263221
Κασίδι202614
"Ειρηνης & Φιλιας - Βαθυ Μεθανων 2025"202515165
"Αιγινα 2025"2025112
"Ειρηνης Φιλιας - Βαθυ Μεθανων 2024"202483
"Μακης Πανταζης - Αγκιτρι 2024"2024173
"Ιωαννης Καραπετης 2024"202417
"Agistri 2023"20231427
"Poros 2022"2022182010
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Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
17%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The boats ALDEBARAN meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (22)
Other competitors (122)
Met too few times for a figure.
SUENO (Grand Soleil 39 (Jézéquel), 7 meetings), BLUE LINE (Sun Shine 36, 7 meetings), PHAEDRA (Gib Sea 312, 7 meetings), LYGEIA (Sun Odyssey 32, 7 meetings), SOPHIA (Nereis 32, 7 meetings), SAGINI (Triton 48, 7 meetings), IOESSA (Discovery 300, 6 meetings), FLORANNA III (Hanse 315, 6 meetings), SOUPIA (Bavaria 40, 6 meetings), AGERI (Triton 48, 6 meetings), MARGARITA S (Oceanis 423, 6 meetings), ALEX (Dufour 30, 6 meetings), ARTEMIS (Nek 26, 6 meetings), SELINI (Hallberg-rassy 382, 6 meetings), ILIADA (Sun Odyssey 33.1, 5 meetings), FOXTROT (Dufour 390, 5 meetings), HURRICANE (Gin Fizz, 5 meetings), MARILENA (Fandango 33, 5 meetings), CHRISTINA (Oyster 37, 5 meetings), ANNA KATERINA (Sun Odyssey 37.1, 5 meetings), DESTINY (Atlantic 31, 5 meetings), MANOULI TOO (Sun Odyssey 45.1, 5 meetings), YPSIPYLI (Atlantic 31, 5 meetings), ASSANTE (Bavaria 36, 5 meetings), TRITON (Sun Odyssey 40, 5 meetings), OLYMPIA (Dufour 30, 5 meetings), PENY LANE (Oceanis 393, 5 meetings), SAITA (Sun Odyssey 33.1, 5 meetings), FISKARDO (Oceanis 423, 5 meetings), EINAR (Hanse 470e, 5 meetings), AGIA PARASKEVI (Oceanis 381, 5 meetings), MARSO (Dufour 34 (Dufour), 5 meetings), FILIRA (Grand Soleil 37 (Design), 5 meetings), CRETE (Oceanis 393, 4 meetings), EVITA K (Atlantic 31, 4 meetings), NEUSIS (Condor, 4 meetings), POSEIDON (First 38, 4 meetings), ANEMOLIA (Catalina 320, 4 meetings), NEPHELE (First 30 (Berret), 4 meetings), PANIC (Sun Odyssey 40, 4 meetings), NEFELI III (Bavaria Holiday 35, 4 meetings), SALTY (First 35 (Berret), 4 meetings), ARGO (Oceanis 423, 4 meetings), LAST LOVE (First 30 (Berret), 4 meetings), IRIS (Sun Shine 38, 4 meetings), SIM CAT (Carter 37, 4 meetings), RUTHIE (Oceanis 41, 4 meetings), NAFSITHOI (Discovery 300, 4 meetings), AERIKO (Mirage 28, 4 meetings), VIKOULA (Hallberg Rassy 352, 4 meetings), MARIANNA (Salona 37, 3 meetings), CHAMOGELO (Grand Soleil 34 (Finot), 3 meetings), LEONESSA (Hanse 430, 3 meetings), CHRISTINA (Contest 250, 3 meetings), STAVENTO (Maxi 95, 3 meetings), JEANNE BONNE (Dromor 26, 3 meetings), SIBYLLA (Eygthene 24, 3 meetings), NEXUS (X-402, 3 meetings), NEPTUNE (Sun Odyssey 29.2, 3 meetings), AERIKO (Hanse 400, 3 meetings), DIAS (First 38, 3 meetings), SKY (Atlantic 44, 3 meetings), GALAZIOS ANEMOS (Feeling 920, 3 meetings), FAETHON (Moody 30, 3 meetings), GITANA (Feeling 39, 3 meetings), PECHLIVANIS (Bavaria 31, 3 meetings), GULIO (Canados 37, 3 meetings), TOLMI (First 32, 3 meetings), OUSYRA (X-102, 3 meetings), MYTHOS (Sun Odyssey 35, 3 meetings), SAINT GEORGE (First 41, 3 meetings), APNEA (Oceanis 393, 3 meetings), NIKI (Sigma 33, 3 meetings), SEASHELL-KA (Bavaria 37, 3 meetings), KIARA (Dufour 38, 3 meetings), ELEONORA (Carter 33, 3 meetings), FREEWAY (First 38, 3 meetings), IVANOIS (C&C 383, 3 meetings), EL PRINE (Caribbean 40, 3 meetings), SOFAKI (Dufour 34 (Dufour), 3 meetings), NEMESIS (First 42 (Farr), 2 meetings), KUROSHIO (Dufour 33, 2 meetings), ANDIAMO (Oceanis 46.1, 2 meetings), FILIRA (Contest 250, 2 meetings), ALMA LIBRE (Dufour 38, 2 meetings), EROMENI (Oceanis 351, 2 meetings), SEA PEARL (Elan 34, 2 meetings), HARA (Oceanis 37, 2 meetings), BLUESCAPE III (Oceanis 38.1, 2 meetings), KARMA (Dufour 30, 2 meetings), HELLAS (Feeling 326, 2 meetings), ARIA (Sun Odyssey 33 (Andrieu), 2 meetings), BELL' ANGIOLINA (Brigand 9.5, 2 meetings), BRAVA (Feeling 109, 2 meetings), FREDDO (Hanse 400, 2 meetings), VOLTAIRE (Sun Magic 44, 2 meetings), HOY HOY (North Wind 435, 2 meetings), LOVA (Dufour 33, 2 meetings), MANIA (Sun Fizz, 2 meetings), OKYALOS (Oceanis 393, 2 meetings), KOURSAROS (Sun Odyssey 42.1, 2 meetings), HERMES (Dufour 30, 2 meetings), MARE GREKO (Hallberg Rassy 352, 2 meetings), BANA BIOLETTA 5 (Sun Odyssey 469, 2 meetings), OSTRIA (Bavaria 31, 2 meetings), ANEMOS (Dufour 31, 1 meeting), KAMAYA V (Sun Odyssey 34.2, 1 meeting), ESTERA (Cyclades 43.4, 1 meeting), ONAR (Oceanis 43, 1 meeting), NISTERI (Sun Odyssey 45, 1 meeting), KATE MARY V (Sun Odyssey 32, 1 meeting), PERAN (Najad 320, 1 meeting), MON FLIRT (Sun Fast 40, 1 meeting), ZANTIO (Rush 31, 1 meeting), PILEFS (Hallberg Rassy 352, 1 meeting), KYMO II (Discovery 300, 1 meeting), NAFPARIS (Oceanis 38 (Finot-Conq), 1 meeting), PELISSIMA (First 38, 1 meeting), CHRISTINA II (Dehler 38 (Stadt), 1 meeting), DAS BOOT (Optima 101, 1 meeting), ASTARTE (Gin Fizz, 1 meeting), DENNIS DUE (Oceanis 38.1, 1 meeting)
How ALDEBARAN compares with a typical Comet 850
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Comet 850s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Comet 850; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Comet 850 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
ALDEBARAN in blue, a typical Comet 850 dashed.
ALDEBARAN in blue, a typical Comet 850 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Comet 850s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Comet 850
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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