BUYAN
Class ADisplacementCruiser/Racer

BUYAN — MNE 0672

Model: Grand Soleil 44 (Polli)

Cantiere del PardoMatteo Polli

Updated

BUYAN (MNE 0672) is a Grand Soleil 44 designed by Matteo Polli and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2025 and has won 1 race. She sails with a shallower keel than most Grand Soleil 44s. Against a typical Grand Soleil 44 she is quicker on a beam reach and downwind.

BUYAN MNE 0672 - Matteo Polli - Cantiere del Pardo

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

11

Race starts

1

Win

36%

Podiums

58

Race Edge

Grand Soleil 44: 50

490.0s/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 kn60
10–16 kn53
Over 16 kn67
BUYANA typical Grand Soleil 44How Race Edge works
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Length

13.39 m

43′ 11″

Beam

4.26 m

Draft

2.64 m

Displacement

10.7 t

Sail area

115 m²

On the podium

Where BUYAN finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

36%

of 11 starts · Grand Soleil 44 fleet: 20%

Wins

9%

Wins9%1
Seconds0%0
Thirds27%3
Off the podium64%7

Regattas

Every regatta we found with BUYAN on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • TürkiyeNurolbank Loryma Cup202648433
  • Türkiye36th Marmaris International Race Week2025384144

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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: 4 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

5 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.

Who she races against

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

BUYAN aheadRival ahead
ROSSKO RACER · JPK 11.8036%ahead in 4 of 11 meetings
COURRIER DU COEUR · First 44.755%ahead in 6 of 11 meetings
X PRIME · Xp 4464%ahead in 7 of 11 meetings
PARMA · Dufour 4591%ahead in 10 of 11 meetings
MR WHITE · First 45 (Briand)91%ahead in 10 of 11 meetings
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FLYER · First 44.791%ahead in 10 of 11 meetings
Other competitors (8)

Met too few times for a figure.

TECHNONICOL (X-41, 6 meetings), MAD X (X-41, 6 meetings), X-MEN (Xp 44, 6 meetings), FOX L (X-41, 6 meetings), JASON (First 40, 6 meetings), SANTA ANASTASIA (Salona 44, 6 meetings), AXIOMA (XR 41, 5 meetings), DXARMA (XR 41, 5 meetings)

How BUYAN compares with a typical Grand Soleil 44

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Grand Soleil 44s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 44; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.01 kn
Beam reach+0.09 kn
Broad reach+0.05 kn
Downwind+0.05 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 44 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

BUYAN in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 44 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

BUYAN in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 44 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Grand Soleil 44s racing

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

More about the Grand Soleil 44 (Polli)

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

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