EMBLA — SWE 164
Model: First 40.7
Updated
EMBLA (SWE 164) is a First 40.7 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2019. Against a typical First 40.7 she is quicker upwind in light air, and slower on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats15
Race starts
0
Wins
0%
Podiums
18
Race Edge
First 40.7: 26
530.3s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
11.92 m
39′ 1″
Beam
3.77 m
Draft
2.42 m
Displacement
7.1 t
Sail area
94 m²
On the podium
Where EMBLA finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 15 starts · First 40.7 fleet: 11%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with EMBLA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
ORC European Championship20241421202118211620
ORC European Championship201923242421242420
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Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.
Round the buoys
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats EMBLA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (16)
Other competitors (21)
Met too few times for a figure.
SPORTSFREUND (X-41, 7 meetings), INTERMEZZO (Landmark 43, 7 meetings), HALBTROCKEN 4.0 (X-41, 7 meetings), KARUKERA (First 40, 7 meetings), STONY 7 (Xp 44, 7 meetings), PREMIUM (X-41, 7 meetings), SOLDIER BLUE (Xp 38, 7 meetings), KWANZA (X-41, 7 meetings), QUINTA (Xp 44, 7 meetings), MERCEDES-BENZ EQ (X-41, 7 meetings), WARPATH (Farr 40, 7 meetings), IMPERIET (Arcona 380, 7 meetings), FOXY LADY (IMX 40, 7 meetings), RAMDATA (Salona 37, 7 meetings), BELLA DEL MARE (First 40, 7 meetings), ADELA (Sinergia 40, 7 meetings), NAOMI (First 40.7, 7 meetings), SHOGUN (Mumm 36, 7 meetings), FINX (Xp 38, 7 meetings), HURRYKANEN (Farr 40, 7 meetings), EXPLORER II (Mumm 36, 7 meetings)
How EMBLA compares with a typical First 40.7
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 40.7s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 40.7; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical First 40.7 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
EMBLA in blue, a typical First 40.7 dashed.
EMBLA in blue, a typical First 40.7 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 40.7s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 40.7
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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