CAMELOT
Class BDisplacementCruiser/Racer

CAMELOT — NED 8146

Model: First 40

BeneteauBruce Farr

Updated

CAMELOT (NED 8146) is a First 40 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2026. She sails with a smaller sail plan and a shallower keel than most First 40s. Against a typical First 40 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.

CAMELOT NED 8146 - Bruce Farr - Beneteau

Racing record

67

Race Edge

First 40: 68

527.9s/mile

Rating 2025

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

Under 10 kn59
10–16 kn74
Over 16 kn53
CAMELOTA 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 CAMELOT 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.

Regattas

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

  • NetherlandsZomeravondcompetitie2026109367

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How CAMELOT compares with a typical First 40

Her main 2025 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-0.27 kn
Beam reach-0.11 kn
Broad reach-0.03 kn
Downwind-0.10 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical First 40 on the upwind.

Speed at every angle

CAMELOT in blue, a typical First 40 dashed.

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CAMELOT 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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