CHECKMATE
Class BSemi-displacementCruiser/Racer

CHECKMATE — NED 4411

Model: Bashford 41

BashfordIan Murray

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CHECKMATE (NED 4411) is a Bashford 41 designed by Ian Murray and built by Bashford. She has been racing since 2025 and has won 1 race. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Bashford 41s. Against a typical Bashford 41 she is quicker on a beam reach and downwind.

CHECKMATE NED 4411 - Ian Murray - Bashford

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

9

Race starts

1

Win

11%

Podiums

79

Race Edge

498.1s/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 kn92
10–16 kn8
Over 16 kn74
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Length

12.46 m

40′ 11″

Beam

3.71 m

Draft

2.56 m

Displacement

6.5 t

Sail area

91 m²

On the podium

Where CHECKMATE finishes when she goes racing.

1

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

9

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 CHECKMATE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • SpainORC European Championship 2025 / 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE20252415231641212231

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

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

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

CHECKMATE aheadRival ahead
GUARDAMAGO 3 · Italia 11.9811%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
BAMAK · Sinergia 4022%ahead in 2 of 9 meetings
PANTHER · Sinergia 4056%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
TECHNONICOL · X-4122%ahead in 2 of 9 meetings
TABOGA CUATRO · Bashford 4122%ahead in 2 of 9 meetings
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SUGAR 3 · Italia 11.9822%ahead in 2 of 9 meetings
SIDERACORDIS · X-4111%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
FLYING DOLPHIN · Dufour 4056%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
SAIOLA 10 · Bh 3667%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
FIRSTINGS · Cape 3156%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
VIKING IX · Dehler 38 (Judel/Vrolijk)67%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
MAXIMO · X-4144%ahead in 4 of 9 meetings
LADY · Dufour 4089%ahead in 8 of 9 meetings
DRAC TEAM · Sinergia 4067%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
FLOC PRO · Dehler 38 (Judel/Vrolijk)89%ahead in 8 of 9 meetings
TIRO · Grand Soleil 44 (Polli)44%ahead in 4 of 9 meetings
MAGICA · X-4167%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
ALITAN 4 · Ker 3933%ahead in 3 of 9 meetings
KIM · First 40.767%ahead in 6 of 9 meetings
GENI0 4 · First 40.744%ahead in 4 of 9 meetings
GEEX · Italia 11.9889%ahead in 8 of 9 meetings
IRONY · First 40.7100%ahead in 9 of 9 meetings
WHO'S NEXT · Comet 41100%ahead in 9 of 9 meetings
RAFFICA · X-41100%ahead in 9 of 9 meetings
WIND RIDER · First 40100%ahead in 9 of 9 meetings
L'IMMENS · 56%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
SAETTA III · Grand Soleil 40 (Carkeek)78%ahead in 7 of 9 meetings
TO BE · Italia 11.9856%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
GODSPEED · X-41100%ahead in 9 of 9 meetings

How CHECKMATE compares with a typical Bashford 41

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Bashford 41s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Bashford 41; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.00 kn
Beam reach+0.16 kn
Broad reach+0.17 kn
Downwind+0.13 kn

Full width is 0.8 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Bashford 41 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

CHECKMATE in blue, a typical Bashford 41 dashed.

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CHECKMATE in blue, a typical Bashford 41 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Bashford 41s racing

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

More about the Bashford 41

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

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