BLU EXSTASY — ITA 17177
Model: Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini)
Cantiere del PardoMassimo Paperini
Updated
BLU EXSTASY (ITA 17177) is a Grand Soleil 40 designed by Massimo Paperini and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a smaller sail plan and a shallower keel than most Grand Soleil 40s. Against a typical Grand Soleil 40 she is slower upwind in light air and on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats1
Race start
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Wins
0%
Podiums
21
Race Edge
Grand Soleil 40: 20
542.1s/mile
Rating 2025
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.02 m
39′ 5″
Beam
3.79 m
Draft
2.38 m
Displacement
7.6 t
Sail area
89 m²
On the podium
Where BLU EXSTASY finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
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Seconds
0
Thirds
1
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 BLU EXSTASY on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regata dei Cinque Fari202516
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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.
Who she races against
The boats BLU EXSTASY meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (11)
Met too few times for a figure.
STARFLY (Rimar 44.3, 1 meeting), MISS LILLI (First 34.7, 1 meeting), LULA (Elan 340, 1 meeting), FRANK (Elan S5, 1 meeting), LEDUELUNE (Dufour 44, 1 meeting), OMBREROSSE (Starkel 33, 1 meeting), ALBORAN 2 (First 34.7, 1 meeting), AZIMUT (Sun Fiizz 40, 1 meeting), GIOIA DI VIVERE (Xp 38, 1 meeting), FELIX III (Oceanis 46.1, 1 meeting), CORONA (B&c 46, 1 meeting)
How BLU EXSTASY compares with a typical Grand Soleil 40
Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Grand Soleil 40s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 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 Grand Soleil 40 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
BLU EXSTASY in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 40 dashed.
BLU EXSTASY in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 40 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Grand Soleil 40s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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