ARKA — ITA 15095
Model: Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek)
Cantiere del PardoBotín & Carkeek
Updated
ARKA (ITA 15095) is a Grand Soleil 37 designed by Botín & Carkeek and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2014 and has won two races. She sails with a larger sail plan and a deeper keel than most Grand Soleil 37s. Against a typical Grand Soleil 37 she is quicker upwind in light air and downwind, and slower on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats14
Race starts
2
Wins
50%
Podiums
50
Race Edge
Grand Soleil 37: 31
542.2s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
11.32 m
37′ 2″
Beam
3.67 m
Draft
2.18 m
Displacement
6.9 t
Sail area
78 m²
On the podium
Where ARKA finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
50%
of 14 starts · Grand Soleil 37 fleet: 19%
Wins
14%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with ARKA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regata dei Due Golfi (Lignano)2026154943- Coppa Primavera2026331
- Coppa Primavera201821
- Coppa Primavera201434724
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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
40%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
2 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats ARKA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (32)
Met too few times for a figure.
MATRIX (Farr 30, 7 meetings), SELENE (Swan 42, 5 meetings), OXYGEN (X-35, 5 meetings), NEOMIND (Neo 430, 5 meetings), MECUBE (Farr 400, 5 meetings), ANEMOX (X-35, 5 meetings), ÇA VA (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 5 meetings), GIULIA (Italia 9.98, 5 meetings), TAKE FIVE JR (Italia 9.98, 5 meetings), IL POSTO DELLE FRAGOLE (Rimar 44.3, 5 meetings), BOOMERANG (Farr 30, 5 meetings), LOLA (Omnia 34, 5 meetings), FIVETOSIX (X-3, 5 meetings), SEVEN J SEVEN (J/109, 5 meetings), RAIRA (T 34, 5 meetings), XSEA (X-362, 5 meetings), KAOS (Salona 37, 5 meetings), TAKE FIVE (First 30 (Kouyoumdjian), 5 meetings), HACKERX (IMX 40, 4 meetings), HECTOR X (X-35, 3 meetings), OLALLA (First 35 (Farr), 3 meetings), GECKO (X-37, 3 meetings), VENTO DELL'EST (X-35, 2 meetings), FIERAMOSCA (IMX 40, 2 meetings), MISTER X 3 (Italia 13.98, 2 meetings), CAPO HORN (Delta 120, 2 meetings), LEONE (Delta 120, 2 meetings), FIORDILUNA (Italia 10.98, 2 meetings), JOD "C (JOD 35, 2 meetings), SIDERACORDIS (X-41, 2 meetings), GREY HOUND (Comet 21, 2 meetings), PAX TIBI (Italia 12.98 (Polli), 2 meetings)
How ARKA compares with a typical Grand Soleil 37
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Grand Soleil 37s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 37; 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 Grand Soleil 37 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
ARKA in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 37 dashed.
ARKA in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 37 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Grand Soleil 37s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Grand Soleil 37 (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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