ARNES
Class BDisplacementCruiser/Racer

ARNES — TUR 960

Model: First 40.7

BeneteauBruce Farr

Updated

ARNES (TUR 960) is a First 40.7 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2025 and has won two races. Against a typical First 40.7 she is quicker downwind, and slower on a beam reach.

ARNES TUR 960 - Bruce Farr - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

18

Race starts

2

Wins

22%

Podiums

61

Race Edge

First 40.7: 26

531.5s/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 kn84
10–16 kn1
Over 16 kn3
ARNESA typical First 40.7How Race Edge works
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Length

11.92 m

39′ 1″

Beam

3.77 m

Draft

2.42 m

Displacement

7.1 t

Sail area

94 m²

On the podium

Where ARNES finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

22%

of 18 starts · First 40.7 fleet: 11%

Wins

11%

Wins11%2
Seconds0%0
Thirds11%2
Off the podium78%14

Regattas

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

  • GreeceRodos Cup20261565
  • TürkiyeNurolbank Loryma Cup202655168
  • TürkiyeMIYC Winter Trophy 2026 - Act 620264
  • TürkiyeMIYC Winter Trophy 2026 - Act 5202638
  • Türkiye36th Marmaris International Race Week2025136163177

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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: 6 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 6 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 ARNES meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

ARNES aheadRival ahead
AURORA X · X-3562%ahead in 8 of 13 meetings
WIND MASTER · First 40.767%ahead in 8 of 12 meetings
BLACK EAGLE · First 40.755%ahead in 6 of 11 meetings
ANYUTA · First 4027%ahead in 3 of 11 meetings
AVOLARE · First 40.756%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
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SINVERGUENZA 2 · First 40.738%ahead in 3 of 8 meetings
ATIYE · IMX 3838%ahead in 3 of 8 meetings
IMAGINE · First 4063%ahead in 5 of 8 meetings
Other competitors (23)

Met too few times for a figure.

CHEESE VI (Archambault 35, 7 meetings), MARMARISA (Hanse 400e, 7 meetings), VALENTINA (Salona 38, 6 meetings), SYMFONY (X-35, 6 meetings), NIMANA (, 6 meetings), LA LOBA (X-412, 6 meetings), ADA SAILOR (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 6 meetings), SAIL LA VIE (First 40.7, 6 meetings), IVANA (Salona 380, 6 meetings), OMANI (X-412, 6 meetings), WIZARD (Waarschip 36, 5 meetings), STREKOZA (Salona 41, 5 meetings), CAPELLA II (Sun Odyssey 44 (Briand), 5 meetings), MAX JR (First 40, 5 meetings), BROZEX (Swan 42, 4 meetings), CHOCOLATE (Farr 40, 4 meetings), LOBSTER X (XR 41, 4 meetings), JOY LEMON (Archambault 35, 4 meetings), FREE SPIRIT (First 40.7, 4 meetings), OKAMI (First 36, 4 meetings), RAFFICA (X-41, 4 meetings), AGILE (X-35, 3 meetings), TOXIC (X-35, 3 meetings)

How ARNES compares with a typical First 40.7

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 40.7s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 40.7; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.08 kn
Beam reach-0.07 kn
Broad reach+0.22 kn
Downwind+0.15 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical First 40.7 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

ARNES in blue, a typical First 40.7 dashed.

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ARNES in blue, a typical First 40.7 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other First 40.7s racing

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

More about the First 40.7

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

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