CALYPSO
Class BDisplacementCruiser/Racer

CALYPSO — ITA 17225

Model: First 40

BeneteauBruce Farr

With the same sail number: CALIPSO · First 40 · 2020–2025

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CALYPSO (ITA 17225) is a First 40 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2024 and has won three races. Against a typical First 40 she is quicker upwind in light air and on a beam reach.

CALYPSO ITA 17225 - Bruce Farr - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

20

Race starts

3

Wins

30%

Podiums

71

Race Edge

First 40: 68

512.5s/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 kn88
10–16 kn1
Over 16 kn10
CALYPSOA typical First 40How Race Edge works
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Length

12.24 m

40′ 2″

Beam

3.90 m

Draft

2.48 m

Displacement

7.9 t

Sail area

94 m²

On the podium

Where CALYPSO finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

30%

of 20 starts · First 40 fleet: 27%

Wins

15%

Wins15%3
Seconds5%1
Thirds10%2
Off the podium70%14

Regattas

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

  • ItalyCampionato Invernale di Roma, 45a edizione2025–26121911510161181010
  • ItalyCampionato Invernale 2024/2025 XXXV Edizione2025251
  • ItalyCampionato Invernale 2024/2025 XXXV Edizione20241355314

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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: 1 race 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.

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

Who she races against

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

CALYPSO aheadRival ahead
FOXY LADY · First 4010%ahead in 1 of 10 meetings
NO FIX · X-3320%ahead in 0 of 10 meetings
KALIMA · Blue Whale0%ahead in 0 of 10 meetings
MAI TAI ROA · Hanse 3410%ahead in 1 of 10 meetings
P.V.SEMPER FOX · First 34.710%ahead in 1 of 10 meetings
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M.ART · Vrolijk 3720%ahead in 2 of 10 meetings
JOLIE BRISE · First 35 (Farr)50%ahead in 5 of 10 meetings
PESTIFERA · Este 3980%ahead in 8 of 10 meetings
1 SAIL · Hurricane 31510%ahead in 1 of 10 meetings
GEEX · Italia 11.9810%ahead in 1 of 10 meetings
GASTONE · Bavaria 3660%ahead in 6 of 10 meetings
ADELANTE · Next 3760%ahead in 6 of 10 meetings
SPIRIT · First 40.740%ahead in 4 of 10 meetings
RANDAGIA · First 31.770%ahead in 7 of 10 meetings
VALKIRIA · First 40.790%ahead in 9 of 10 meetings
HONEY BADGER · IMX 3890%ahead in 9 of 10 meetings
AJITA · J/9980%ahead in 8 of 10 meetings
ASELL · Vismara 3460%ahead in 6 of 10 meetings
ORION · First 45 (Briand)30%ahead in 3 of 10 meetings
TES · M 3790%ahead in 9 of 10 meetings
FAHRENHEIT · Comet 38 (Vallicelli)70%ahead in 7 of 10 meetings
TWINS TWICE · Dehler 4270%ahead in 7 of 10 meetings
CAU · Comet 4170%ahead in 7 of 10 meetings
MIMA · Sun Fast 320080%ahead in 8 of 10 meetings

How CALYPSO compares with a typical First 40

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 40s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 40; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.03 kn
Beam reach+0.12 kn
Broad reach+0.08 kn
Downwind+0.03 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical First 40 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

CALYPSO in blue, a typical First 40 dashed.

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CALYPSO in blue, a typical First 40 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other First 40s racing

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

More about the First 40

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

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