BANA BIOLETTA 4
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BANA BIOLETTA 4 — GRE 48

Model: ILC 40

CooksonBruce Farr

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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.

BANA BIOLETTA 4 GRE 48 - Bruce Farr - Cookson

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

18

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.

Under 10 kn90
10–16 kn73
Over 16 kn84
BANA BIOLETTA 4How 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 4 finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

22%

of 18 starts · ILC 40 fleet: 13%

Wins

6%

Wins6%1
Seconds6%1
Thirds11%2
Off the podium77%14

Regattas

Every regatta we found with BANA BIOLETTA 4 on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • Greece"Πορος 2026"202610103
  • Greece42ος Ιστιοπλοικος Αγωνας Α/θ ¨Πορος ΄26¨202656
  • Greece"Ειρηνης & Φιλιας - Βαθυ Μεθανων 2025"2025535
  • Greece"Πορος 2025"202545
  • Greece"Αγκιστρι 2021"202161

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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

22%

of these races end on the podium

18 races over 10 NM

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.

BANA BIOLETTA 4 aheadRival ahead
AFROESSA · Sun Fast 320064%ahead in 7 of 11 meetings
ALBIREO · X-3538%ahead in 3 of 8 meetings
CARPE DIEM · Caribbean 4050%ahead in 4 of 8 meetings
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.

True wind
Upwind-0.05 kn
Beam reach-0.06 kn
Broad reach+0.06 kn
Downwind+0.06 kn

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.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

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

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