BLUE NOTE — ITA 16619
Model: Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek)
Cantiere del PardoBotín & Carkeek
Updated
BLUE NOTE (ITA 16619) is a Grand Soleil 43 designed by Botín & Carkeek and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most Grand Soleil 43s. Against a typical Grand Soleil 43 she is quicker upwind in light air and on a beam reach, and slower downwind.
Racing record
1
Race Edge
Grand Soleil 43: 38
504.8s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.95 m
42′ 6″
Beam
3.92 m
Draft
2.38 m
Displacement
9.7 t
Sail area
98 m²
On the podium
Where BLUE NOTE finishes when she goes racing.
Not enough data yet for her podiums: we have not found her in a race with six boats or more, measured on handicap.
How BLUE NOTE 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 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 43 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
BLUE NOTE in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 43 dashed.
BLUE NOTE 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 (Carkeek)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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