BANA BIOLETTA 3
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BANA BIOLETTA 3 — GRE 1212

Model: ILC 40

CooksonBruce Farr

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BANA BIOLETTA 3 (GRE 1212) is a ILC 40 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Cookson. She has been racing since 2020. Against a typical ILC 40 she is quicker upwind in light air.

BANA BIOLETTA 3 GRE 1212 - Bruce Farr - Cookson

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

3

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

58

Race Edge

484.7s/mile

Rating 2025

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

Under 10 kn93
10–16 kn4
Over 16 kn73
BANA BIOLETTA 3How Race Edge works
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Length

12.49 m

41′ 0″

Beam

3.95 m

Draft

2.58 m

Displacement

5.8 t

Sail area

117 m²

On the podium

Where BANA BIOLETTA 3 finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

3

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 BANA BIOLETTA 3 on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • GreeceΚορφος2020789

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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: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

The boats BANA BIOLETTA 3 meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

Other competitors (9)

Met too few times for a figure.

GORGO (Nek 26, 3 meetings), CHIMERA (X-362, 3 meetings), ALLEGORIA (Bavaria Match 35, 3 meetings), AFROESSA (Sun Fast 3200, 3 meetings), ANDARIN (J/105, 3 meetings), AETHER (Dehler 30 OD, 3 meetings), ADRA (First 31.7, 3 meetings), KYMATOLIGI (Mount Gay 30, 3 meetings), ERYTOS II (Jv 44, 3 meetings)

How BANA BIOLETTA 3 compares with a typical ILC 40

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

Above the line she is quicker than a typical ILC 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+0.07 kn
Beam reach+0.00 kn
Broad reach+0.00 kn
Downwind+0.00 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

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

Speed at every angle

BANA BIOLETTA 3 in blue, a typical ILC 40 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

BANA BIOLETTA 3 in blue, a typical ILC 40 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other ILC 40s racing

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

More about the ILC 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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