BLACK EAGLE
Class BDisplacementCruiser/Racer

BLACK EAGLE — RUS 2794

Model: First 40.7

BeneteauBruce Farr

Updated

BLACK EAGLE (RUS 2794) is a First 40.7 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2025. Against a typical First 40.7 she is quicker on a beam reach and downwind.

BLACK EAGLE RUS 2794 - Bruce Farr - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

11

Race starts

0

Wins

9%

Podiums

52

Race Edge

First 40.7: 26

524.8s/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 kn79
10–16 kn1
Over 16 kn1
BLACK EAGLEA typical First 40.7How Race Edge works
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Length

11.92 m

39′ 1″

Beam

3.77 m

Draft

2.42 m

Displacement

7.1 t

Sail area

94 m²

On the podium

Where BLACK EAGLE finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

9%

of 11 starts · First 40.7 fleet: 11%

Wins

0%

Wins0%0
Seconds9%1
Thirds0%0
Off the podium91%10

Regattas

Every regatta we found with BLACK EAGLE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • TürkiyeNurolbank Loryma Cup202677752
  • Türkiye36th Marmaris International Race Week202557115616

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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.

5 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.

Who she races against

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

BLACK EAGLE aheadRival ahead
ANYUTA · First 4036%ahead in 4 of 11 meetings
ARNES · First 40.745%ahead in 5 of 11 meetings
WIND MASTER · First 40.773%ahead in 8 of 11 meetings
Other competitors (19)

Met too few times for a figure.

VALENTINA (Salona 38, 6 meetings), SYMFONY (X-35, 6 meetings), MARMARISA (Hanse 400e, 6 meetings), NIMANA (, 6 meetings), CHEESE VI (Archambault 35, 6 meetings), SINVERGUENZA 2 (First 40.7, 6 meetings), LA LOBA (X-412, 6 meetings), ATIYE (IMX 38, 6 meetings), AURORA X (X-35, 6 meetings), AVOLARE (First 40.7, 6 meetings), ADA SAILOR (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 6 meetings), SAIL LA VIE (First 40.7, 6 meetings), IVANA (Salona 380, 6 meetings), IMAGINE (First 40, 6 meetings), OMANI (X-412, 6 meetings), WIZARD (Waarschip 36, 5 meetings), STREKOZA (Salona 41, 5 meetings), CAPELLA II (Sun Odyssey 44 (Briand), 5 meetings), MAX JR (First 40, 5 meetings)

How BLACK EAGLE compares with a typical First 40.7

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 40.7s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 40.7; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.04 kn
Beam reach+0.06 kn
Broad reach+0.21 kn
Downwind+0.16 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical First 40.7 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

BLACK EAGLE in blue, a typical First 40.7 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

BLACK EAGLE in blue, a typical First 40.7 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other First 40.7s racing

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

More about the First 40.7

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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