BLOWIN IN THE WIND — ITA 17255
Model: Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto)
Cantiere del PardoClaudio Maletto
Updated
BLOWIN IN THE WIND (ITA 17255) is a Grand Soleil 43 designed by Claudio Maletto and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2023. Against a typical Grand Soleil 43 she is slower upwind in light air and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats21
Race starts
0
Wins
5%
Podiums
11
Race Edge
Grand Soleil 43: 64
515.7s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.89 m
42′ 3″
Beam
3.98 m
Draft
2.41 m
Displacement
9.1 t
Sail area
100 m²
On the podium
Where BLOWIN IN THE WIND finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
5%
of 21 starts · Grand Soleil 43 fleet: 24%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with BLOWIN IN THE WIND on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Riva per Tutti202511- Campionato Invernale 2024/2025 XXXV Edizione2025655
- Campionato Invernale 2024/2025 XXXV Edizione2024999944879
- Riva per Due202410
- Campionato Invernale 2023/2024 XXXIV Edizione2023655453
- Riva per Due20235
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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: 5 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 9 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
7 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats BLOWIN IN THE WIND meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (5)
Other competitors (25)
Met too few times for a figure.
REWIND (Sun Fast 37, 7 meetings), NAUSICAA II (Sun Fast 37, 7 meetings), ARCADIA (C&C 37, 7 meetings), GASTONE (Bavaria 36, 3 meetings), CYGNUS (First 36.7, 3 meetings), KIKA 2 (Elan 410, 3 meetings), MOTUS (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 3 meetings), MARIA SOFIA (Solaris 55, 2 meetings), SWIFT (First 36, 2 meetings), FASTLIGHT (Pogo 50, 2 meetings), MADEJA (JOD 35, 2 meetings), LANCILLOTTO (First 40, 2 meetings), ATENA (Este 39, 2 meetings), JOLIE (First 45 (Briand), 2 meetings), GYGAS (Grand Soleil 43 (Design), 1 meeting), DAGOBAH 2 (Elan 310, 1 meeting), ATAHUALPA (Sun Odyssey 45.2, 1 meeting), KALA NAG 2 (Dufour 455, 1 meeting), ARYA (First 36.7, 1 meeting), TWELVE (Sun Odyssey 45, 1 meeting), NIMBUS 2000 (, 1 meeting), BLACK SWAN (First 30 (Kouyoumdjian), 1 meeting), FREE EMOTIONS (Sun Fast 3200, 1 meeting), DREAM AWAY (First 36.7, 1 meeting), HONEY BADGER (IMX 38, 1 meeting)
How BLOWIN IN THE WIND compares with a typical Grand Soleil 43
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Grand Soleil 43s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 43; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Grand Soleil 43 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
BLOWIN IN THE WIND in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 43 dashed.
BLOWIN IN THE WIND in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 43 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Grand Soleil 43s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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