ALMAVIVA — SWE 70
Model: First 40
Updated
ALMAVIVA (SWE 70) is a First 40 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2019. She sails with a larger sail plan than most First 40s. Against a typical First 40 she is quicker upwind in light air, and slower on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats38
Race starts
0
Wins
0%
Podiums
52
Race Edge
First 40: 68
509.7s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.24 m
40′ 2″
Beam
3.90 m
Draft
2.48 m
Displacement
7.9 t
Sail area
94 m²
On the podium
Where ALMAVIVA finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 38 starts · First 40 fleet: 27%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with ALMAVIVA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Sandhamn Open 2026 - Swedish Championship in Offshore Racing (ORCi)2026711979- Garmin ORC World Championship20251861920181316
- Gotland Runt 2025 ORCi Full Crew202565544
ORC European Championship20241519151816181119- Swedish Offshore Championship for ORC International20247491057
- ORC European Championship20191610102220149
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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
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 7 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
6 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats ALMAVIVA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (23)
Other competitors (49)
Met too few times for a figure.
SPORTSFREUND (X-41, 7 meetings), INTERMEZZO (Landmark 43, 7 meetings), HALBTROCKEN 4.0 (X-41, 7 meetings), KARUKERA (First 40, 7 meetings), STONY 7 (Xp 44, 7 meetings), PREMIUM (X-41, 7 meetings), SOLDIER BLUE (Xp 38, 7 meetings), KWANZA (X-41, 7 meetings), QUINTA (Xp 44, 7 meetings), MERCEDES-BENZ EQ (X-41, 7 meetings), WARPATH (Farr 40, 7 meetings), IMPERIET (Arcona 380, 7 meetings), FOXY LADY (IMX 40, 7 meetings), RAMDATA (Salona 37, 7 meetings), BELLA DEL MARE (First 40, 7 meetings), ADELA (Sinergia 40, 7 meetings), NAOMI (First 40.7, 7 meetings), SHOGUN (Mumm 36, 7 meetings), FINX (Xp 38, 7 meetings), HURRYKANEN (Farr 40, 7 meetings), EXPLORER II (Mumm 36, 7 meetings), FORMULA X (XR 41, 7 meetings), DIXI 5 (XR 41, 7 meetings), EXCITER (XR 41, 7 meetings), WINDWHISPER44 (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 7 meetings), XBOX (XR 41, 7 meetings), SLEEPER (J/11, 7 meetings), MADONNA (Italia 9.98, 6 meetings), JOINT VENTURE (Farr 40, 6 meetings), PLUMSE (Arcona 345, 6 meetings), SILVERBULLET (Farr 40, 6 meetings), WETJOB (Farr 400, 6 meetings), KWANZA (Fareast 28, 5 meetings), PANDION (XR 41, 5 meetings), BLUR (J/99, 5 meetings), YRSA (Arcona 340, 5 meetings), HEIST (Ker 40, 5 meetings), THE TROOPER (Farr 30, 5 meetings), NEMO ROSSO (Ker 40, 5 meetings), VARUNA (Ker 56, 5 meetings), RENTNERBANK (JPK 10.30, 5 meetings), FRIDA (JPK 10.80, 5 meetings), JUXBOX (X-46, 5 meetings), LUFT (X-55, 5 meetings), SERENITY (Linjett 33, 5 meetings), KATIMA IV (Dehler 32, 5 meetings), LACHAPELLE (First 35 (Farr), 5 meetings), TEGU (J/99, 4 meetings), MAGIC MIX (X-41, 4 meetings)
How ALMAVIVA compares with a typical First 40
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 40s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 40; 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 is quicker than a typical First 40 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
ALMAVIVA in blue, a typical First 40 dashed.
ALMAVIVA in blue, a typical First 40 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 40s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 40
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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