BONNE NOUVELLE
Class ASemi-displacementCruiser/Racer

BONNE NOUVELLE — FRA 37280

Model: Sly 42

Sly YachtsMarco Lostuzzi

With the same sail number: LOUP SOLITAIRE · Sly 42 · 2023–2025

With the same sail number: LOUP ALVAR · Sly 42 · 2021–2023

Updated

BONNE NOUVELLE (FRA 37280) is a Sly 42 designed by Marco Lostuzzi and built by Sly Yachts. She has been racing since 2026. Against a typical Sly 42 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.

BONNE NOUVELLE FRA 37280 - Marco Lostuzzi - Sly Yachts

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

5

Race starts

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Wins

0%

Podiums

40

Race Edge

Sly 42: 64

488.2s/mile

Rating 2026

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn47
10–16 kn53
Over 16 kn78
BONNE NOUVELLEA typical Sly 42How Race Edge works
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Length

12.84 m

42′ 2″

Beam

3.80 m

Draft

2.57 m

Displacement

7.1 t

Sail area

104 m²

On the podium

Where BONNE NOUVELLE finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

5

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 BONNE NOUVELLE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • FranceItaly73° Loro Piana Giraglia202633
  • ItalyFranceLoro Piana Giraglia202622242721

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Round 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: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

The boats BONNE NOUVELLE meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

Other competitors (40)

Met too few times for a figure.

DJANGO WR (Wallyrocket 51, 5 meetings), SPIRIT OF LORINA II (TP 52 (Carkeek), 5 meetings), BLUE MOON (TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk), 5 meetings), KILARA II (Wallyrocket 51, 5 meetings), ALIZEE (TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk), 5 meetings), AROBAS² (Irc 52, 5 meetings), CARBONITA (Neo 570, 5 meetings), SEARCHER (Ker 46, 5 meetings), ROSSKO RACER (JPK 11.80, 5 meetings), ANDIAMO (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 5 meetings), MILLENIUM CONDOR (Farr 45, 5 meetings), KUKA 4 (Mat 122, 5 meetings), GLEN ELLEN (Swan 42, 5 meetings), ALEXA A (JPK 11.80, 5 meetings), DAJENU (Mat 124, 5 meetings), MERCURY (Swan 42, 5 meetings), RUSSES (First 44.7, 5 meetings), QUO (Eleva 42, 5 meetings), MUSICA (TP 52 (Carkeek), 4 meetings), ALBATOR 3 (Botin 44, 4 meetings), ZAPPY'S (ClubSwan 42, 4 meetings), LE JOY (Grand Soleil 48, 4 meetings), MILKWAVE (Cape 31, 4 meetings), ROCKETNIKKA (Wallyrocket 51, 1 meeting), ATALANTA II (Farr 70, 1 meeting), DOERS ON BOARD (VOR 60, 1 meeting), JACANDA (Mat 118, 1 meeting), FLYING DOLPHIN (Dufour 40, 1 meeting), NOISY OYSTER (J/122, 1 meeting), ULTRAVOX (X-332, 1 meeting), NUAGE II (J/97, 1 meeting), MOONSHINE (Frers 60, 1 meeting), ALMOGAVER (J/99, 1 meeting), JEDI (J/112, 1 meeting), A MAJOR (J/99, 1 meeting), MONTRACHET (Swan 60, 1 meeting), OVERDOSE CHARLY (Dehler 36 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), FASTNET (Sun Fast 3600, 1 meeting), BAGATELLE (J/92, 1 meeting), JENIS (J/112, 1 meeting)

How BONNE NOUVELLE compares with a typical Sly 42

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Sly 42s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Sly 42; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.04 kn
Beam reach-0.17 kn
Broad reach-0.14 kn
Downwind-0.12 kn

Full width is 0.6 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Sly 42 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

BONNE NOUVELLE in blue, a typical Sly 42 dashed.

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BONNE NOUVELLE in blue, a typical Sly 42 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Sly 42s racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the Sly 42

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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