AXA PAOLISSSIMA — ITA 18502
Model: Grand Soleil 56
Cantiere del PardoPhilippe Briand
With the same sail number: PAOLISSSIMA · Grand Soleil 56 · 2011–2021
Updated
AXA PAOLISSSIMA (ITA 18502) is a Grand Soleil 56 designed by Philippe Briand and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a larger sail plan and a deeper keel than most Grand Soleil 56s. Against a typical Grand Soleil 56 she is quicker upwind in light air and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats1
Race start
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Wins
0%
Podiums
20
Race Edge
466.8s/mile
Rating 2025
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
16.92 m
55′ 6″
Beam
4.86 m
Draft
2.73 m
Displacement
20.2 t
Sail area
161 m²
On the podium
Where AXA PAOLISSSIMA 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 AXA PAOLISSSIMA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar202548
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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
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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 AXA PAOLISSSIMA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (26)
Met too few times for a figure.
RD3 (First 34.7, 1 meeting), EL SOLETE (Sinergia 40, 1 meeting), ANEMOS (First 40.7, 1 meeting), PICCOLA (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), IOCUS 3.0 (M 34, 1 meeting), SAGOLA (Farr 45, 1 meeting), PRENDIFIATO 2 (Grand Soleil 34 (Skyron), 1 meeting), ADRIGOLE II (X-41, 1 meeting), ONE WAY (Grand Soleil 40 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), BLUES (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), EXCALIBUR (X-35, 1 meeting), SHIDE (First 36.7, 1 meeting), BAMBOLA (First 40.7, 1 meeting), GASTONE (Bavaria 36, 1 meeting), PADAWAN (First 40.7, 1 meeting), URLO (Elan 350, 1 meeting), FOMALHAUT (First 36.7, 1 meeting), MY FIN (Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), MARI (Deher 46, 1 meeting), GIANBURRASCA (First 36.7, 1 meeting), AQUARANTA (Archambault 40, 1 meeting), EL CHICO (J/109, 1 meeting), GALATEA DUE (X-43, 1 meeting), STRABILIA (Elan 333, 1 meeting), DEIGMA (B 34, 1 meeting), ZEROINCONDOTTA (X-412, 1 meeting)
How AXA PAOLISSSIMA compares with a typical Grand Soleil 56
Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Grand Soleil 56s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 56; 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 56 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
AXA PAOLISSSIMA in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 56 dashed.
AXA PAOLISSSIMA in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 56 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Grand Soleil 56s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Grand Soleil 56
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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