BLACKWATER — TUR 1955
Model: First 40.7
Updated
BLACKWATER (TUR 1955) is a First 40.7 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most First 40.7s. Against a typical First 40.7 she is quicker downwind, and slower on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats6
Race starts
0
Wins
17%
Podiums
29
Race Edge
First 40.7: 26
527.2s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
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 BLACKWATER finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
1
Seconds
0
Thirds
6
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 BLACKWATER on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
66. Yil Donanma Kupasi20268- The Presidential 7th International Yacht Races Çanakkale Cup2026624
- Republic Cup 2025 Offshore Race20253531
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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.
5 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats BLACKWATER meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (39)
Met too few times for a figure.
ZACAPA (Archambault 35, 6 meetings), CODE ZERO (Farr 280, 6 meetings), LOGO (Mat 107, 6 meetings), SENSEI (First 40.7, 5 meetings), ANYTHING GOES (First 40, 5 meetings), FENERBAHCE 5 (Mat 101, 3 meetings), MATRIX (Mat 101, 3 meetings), MARY (X-35, 3 meetings), AGENT (Mat 101, 3 meetings), CHEESE V (Archambault 35, 3 meetings), HEDEF YELKEN 40 (First 40, 3 meetings), CHEESE IV (Farr 40, 2 meetings), ATLAS (X-41, 2 meetings), SHAK SHUKA 3 (Farr 40, 2 meetings), HEDEF YELKEN 37 (Bolt 37, 2 meetings), CHEESE III (Mat 101, 2 meetings), CARINA (Archambault 35, 2 meetings), INFINITO (Mat 101, 2 meetings), ALCHERA (First 34.7, 2 meetings), HEDEF YELKEN (Corby 29, 2 meetings), NOX (Xp 33, 2 meetings), CHEESE VIII (J/122, 2 meetings), DHO ARIVA (Mat 11.80, 2 meetings), QUERENCIA (First 40, 2 meetings), GEMINI III (Mat 10, 2 meetings), GEMINI (Mat 10, 2 meetings), EXTREM (Mat 101, 2 meetings), ALTO (Elan 340, 2 meetings), FALCON (First 34.7, 2 meetings), BE BLUE (First 35 (Farr), 2 meetings), LUCE (Elan 340, 2 meetings), DHO TIRAMOLA (Mat 11.80, 2 meetings), FLAMENCO (Elan 340, 2 meetings), CYGNUS (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 2 meetings), MARS (Farr 30, 2 meetings), DENIZ KIZI 15 (J/80, 2 meetings), FIFTY FIFTY (First 40.7, 2 meetings), ALIZE M (Mat 101, 1 meeting), DHO ARMA (First 40.7, 1 meeting)
How BLACKWATER 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.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical First 40.7 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
BLACKWATER in blue, a typical First 40.7 dashed.
BLACKWATER 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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