ARTFUL
Class BDisplacementCruiser/Racer

ARTFUL — RUS 7272

Model: Archambault 40

ArchambaultJoubert/Nivelt

Also raced as ARTFULL

Updated

ARTFUL (RUS 7272) is a Archambault 40 designed by Joubert/Nivelt and built by Archambault. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Archambault 40s. Against a typical Archambault 40 she is quicker upwind in light air and downwind.

ARTFUL RUS 7272 - Joubert/Nivelt - Archambault

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

6

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

67

Race Edge

Archambault 40: 77

502.6s/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 kn92
10–16 kn1
Over 16 kn62
ARTFULA typical Archambault 40How Race Edge works
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Length

11.98 m

39′ 4″

Beam

3.79 m

Draft

2.44 m

Displacement

6.5 t

Sail area

88 m²

On the podium

Where ARTFUL finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

6

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 ARTFUL on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • Türkiye36th Marmaris International Race Week20256515947

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

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

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

Other competitors (13)

Met too few times for a figure.

BURAN (J/122, 6 meetings), ST ANNA (Skif 42, 6 meetings), WIZARD (Waarschip 36, 6 meetings), MY OLGA (First 40, 6 meetings), HIT X (IMX 40, 6 meetings), LOBSTER ST (First 40, 6 meetings), MAX JR (First 40, 6 meetings), STREKOZA (Salona 41, 6 meetings), MAUI (Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk), 6 meetings), ANYWAY (First 40, 6 meetings), JOLOU (J/122, 6 meetings), TAKE WIND (Bavaria Match 42, 6 meetings), WIND RIDER (First 40, 6 meetings)

How ARTFUL compares with a typical Archambault 40

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Archambault 40s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Archambault 40; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.09 kn
Beam reach-0.01 kn
Broad reach+0.01 kn
Downwind+0.07 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Archambault 40 on the upwind.

Speed at every angle

ARTFUL in blue, a typical Archambault 40 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

ARTFUL in blue, a typical Archambault 40 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Archambault 40s racing

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

More about the Archambault 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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