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AMA — ITA 18190

Model: Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek)

Cantiere del PardoBotín & Carkeek

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AMA (ITA 18190) is a Grand Soleil 43 designed by Botín & Carkeek and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a deeper keel than most Grand Soleil 43s. Against a typical Grand Soleil 43 she is quicker on a beam reach and downwind.

AMA ITA 18190 - Botín & Carkeek - Cantiere del Pardo

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

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Race start

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Wins

0%

Podiums

36

Race Edge

Grand Soleil 43: 38

501.0s/mile

Rating 2026

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn40
10–16 kn29
Over 16 kn56
AMAA typical Grand Soleil 43How Race Edge works
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Length

12.95 m

42′ 6″

Beam

3.92 m

Draft

2.38 m

Displacement

9.7 t

Sail area

98 m²

On the podium

Where AMA finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

1

Starts

Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.

Regattas

Every regatta we found with AMA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyLa Duecento202520

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Round 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

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Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

The boats AMA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

Other competitors (15)

Met too few times for a figure.

MOXIE (X-35, 1 meeting), OSIRA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), PRINCESSE (First 42 (Farr), 1 meeting), PANGAEA (Dufour 405, 1 meeting), C'E' L'ESTE (Este 39, 1 meeting), JOD "C (JOD 35, 1 meeting), BUTTERFLY (Archambault 40, 1 meeting), MANDI (First 40.7, 1 meeting), ANEMOS (Pogo 36, 1 meeting), SWANDERFUL (Swan 45, 1 meeting), SO BEAUTIFUL (Elan 410, 1 meeting), ACTINIAS (Marchi 39, 1 meeting), VERTIGO (Elan 350, 1 meeting), ORSOBRILLO (More 55, 1 meeting), MECUBE (Farr 400, 1 meeting)

How AMA compares with a typical Grand Soleil 43

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Grand Soleil 43s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 43; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.07 kn
Beam reach+0.17 kn
Broad reach+0.27 kn
Downwind+0.25 kn

Full width is 0.6 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 43 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

AMA in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 43 dashed.

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AMA in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 43 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Grand Soleil 43s racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek)

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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