BLU TANGO BLU — ITA 13520
Model: First 40.7
Updated
BLU TANGO BLU (ITA 13520) 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 downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats22
Race starts
0
Wins
0%
Podiums
29
Race Edge
First 40.7: 26
528.2s/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 BLU TANGO BLU finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 22 starts · First 40.7 fleet: 11%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with BLU TANGO BLU on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Campionato Invernale di Roma, 45a edizione2025–26171578191817- Campionato Invernale 2025/2026 XXXVI Edizione20268889
- Campionato Invernale 2025/2026 XXXVI Edizione202579999116
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar202534
- Pasquavela - Inshore2025444
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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
0%
of these races end on the podium
12 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats BLU TANGO BLU meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (6)
Other competitors (55)
Met too few times for a figure.
PIPPOPIPPO (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 7 meetings), KIKA 2 (Elan 410, 7 meetings), GAIA (Comet 36, 7 meetings), BIJOU (Dufour 405, 7 meetings), MILONGA (First 36.7, 7 meetings), LYSITHEA (Saffier Sc 8, 7 meetings), ISTRIA (X-372, 7 meetings), UMMAGUMMA (Grand Soleil 37 (Design), 7 meetings), FLY AWAY 2 (Dufour 40, 7 meetings), ZUCCHERO E CANNELLA (Sun Odyssey 37, 7 meetings), ELENA II (First 36.7, 7 meetings), LEMME LEMME (Oceanis 41, 7 meetings), CICCI VII (Comet 910 (Stadt), 7 meetings), FIFTY (First 31.7, 7 meetings), SKILL (Bavaria Cruiser 50, 7 meetings), FLORESA (Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto), 7 meetings), VICTORY (Bolt 37, 4 meetings), CHILAVISTA (Bonin 31, 4 meetings), PALINURO (J/40, 3 meetings), YANKEE R (Grand Soleil 40 (Polli), 3 meetings), EXCALIBUR (X-35, 3 meetings), AMICI MIEI (First 36, 3 meetings), PAZZA IDEA 4 (First 35 (Farr), 3 meetings), ESTER (Este 72, 3 meetings), PIZZI E TEO (Sun Fast 3200, 3 meetings), BLACK SWAN (First 30 (Kouyoumdjian), 3 meetings), ALPHA UMI (Elan E4, 3 meetings), LIBERA (Comet 51, 3 meetings), MIZAR (First 31.7, 3 meetings), X-SMALL (X-302, 3 meetings), RAFFICA 3 (Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto), 1 meeting), ULIKA (Swan 45, 1 meeting), SPIRIT OF NERINA (X-35, 1 meeting), BIG WOOL (M 34, 1 meeting), ULTRAVOX (X-332, 1 meeting), MY WAY (Grand Soleil 47, 1 meeting), JEDI (J/112, 1 meeting), FREMITO D'ARJA (J/109, 1 meeting), X-PRESS (IMX 40, 1 meeting), NOTTE DI STELLE (Italia 12.98 (Cossutti), 1 meeting), ARYA (X-50, 1 meeting), CAPITANI CORAGGIOSI (X-41, 1 meeting), MISS K CHECKMATE (Swan 45, 1 meeting), DUFFY (Dufour 34, 1 meeting), MELTEMI S (Swan 54, 1 meeting), DOLCENERA (X-35, 1 meeting), LITHIAN (Swan 41, 1 meeting), THETIS (Swan 45, 1 meeting), NESSUNO (Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), PARTHENOPE (Dufour 350, 1 meeting), MAKEBA (Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto), 1 meeting), IBUBI-X (X-41, 1 meeting), BELLATRIX III (Grand Soleil 48, 1 meeting), TRICHECO (JOD 35, 1 meeting), ALLEGRISSIMA (J/92, 1 meeting)
How BLU TANGO BLU 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 broad reach.
Speed at every angle
BLU TANGO BLU in blue, a typical First 40.7 dashed.
BLU TANGO BLU 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
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