BANA BIOLETTA 4 — GRE 48
Model: ILC 40
Updated
BANA BIOLETTA 4 (GRE 48) is a ILC 40 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Cookson. She has been racing since 2019 and has won 1 race. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most ILC 40s. Against a typical ILC 40 she is quicker downwind, and slower upwind in light air and on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats18
Race starts
1
Win
22%
Podiums
88
Race Edge
486.4s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
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 4 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
22%
of 18 starts · ILC 40 fleet: 13%
Wins
6%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with BANA BIOLETTA 4 on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
"Πορος 2026"202610103
42ος Ιστιοπλοικος Αγωνας Α/θ ¨Πορος ΄26¨202656
"Ειρηνης & Φιλιας - Βαθυ Μεθανων 2025"2025535
"Πορος 2025"202545
"Αγκιστρι 2021"202161
Κορφος2021258
Αγκιστρι20205
Αγώνας Ανοικτής Θαλάσσης «Ειρήνης – Φιλίας 2019»20191815
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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
22%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The boats BANA BIOLETTA 4 meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (56)
Met too few times for a figure.
CHIMERA (X-362, 7 meetings), KRAKER (J/24, 7 meetings), PIX-LAX III (Bh 36, 7 meetings), ANDROMEDA (Moody 39, 6 meetings), GORGO (Nek 26, 6 meetings), FARSIDE XL (X-412, 6 meetings), SUGAR (X-40, 5 meetings), AEOLUS II (First 36.7, 5 meetings), IXIS-AFIXIS (X-452, 5 meetings), ALLEGORIA (Bavaria Match 35, 5 meetings), A MAJOR (J/99, 5 meetings), APIDALOS NAFS (IMX 40, 5 meetings), TO KEFI MAS (Elan 410, 5 meetings), AIOLIA (J/11, 4 meetings), ERYTOS II (Jv 44, 4 meetings), ADRA (First 31.7, 3 meetings), FILIRA (Grand Soleil 37 (Design), 3 meetings), MELINA (First 27.7, 3 meetings), OLTRE (Jv 44, 3 meetings), CARBONITA (Neo 570, 3 meetings), ASTRAPI II (First 41, 3 meetings), ERODIOS (Dromor 26, 2 meetings), EX ANIMO (Sunrise, 2 meetings), HARA TON ANGELON IV (Elan 45, 2 meetings), ANNA MARIA II (Atlantic 31, 2 meetings), GLYKA (Dufour 34 (Dufour), 2 meetings), SAGITTARIUS (First 30 (Mauric), 2 meetings), LAVORO (Mumm 36, 2 meetings), PELISSIMA (First 38, 2 meetings), CHRISTINA II (Dehler 38 (Stadt), 2 meetings), VENTUS (Sun Fast 37, 2 meetings), MYTHOS (Sun Odyssey 35, 2 meetings), GLAROS II (First 38, 2 meetings), CHRISTINA (Oyster 37, 2 meetings), KOLOVOUTI (Feeling 920, 2 meetings), BLUE LINE (Sun Shine 36, 2 meetings), FLIRT (Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek), 2 meetings), MANOULI TOO (Sun Odyssey 45.1, 2 meetings), PARALOS (Elan 340, 2 meetings), TOMAHAWK (First 45 (Farr), 2 meetings), NINOU (Gin Fizz, 2 meetings), ALKYON (Gin Fizz, 2 meetings), THARRINOS (Sun Odyssey 37.1, 2 meetings), AERIKO (Hanse 400, 2 meetings), ESCAPE (X-332, 2 meetings), UTOPIA (First 40, 2 meetings), STAR POINT (Bh 36, 2 meetings), HAKUNA MATATA (Comet 41, 2 meetings), LAVORO III (Dehler 30 OD, 2 meetings), SILHOA (First 47.7, 2 meetings), QUATRAILLE (Sly 42, 2 meetings), ALISACHNI (Italia 9.98, 2 meetings), ISAIL (Archambault 40, 2 meetings), EL PRINE (Caribbean 40, 2 meetings), ERINNI (X-562, 2 meetings), AFRICANA (Xtreme 37, 1 meeting)
How BANA BIOLETTA 4 compares with a typical ILC 40
Her main 2026 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.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical ILC 40 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
BANA BIOLETTA 4 in blue, a typical ILC 40 dashed.
BANA BIOLETTA 4 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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