FAIRYTALE — GRE 1596
Model: Elan 40
Updated
FAIRYTALE (GRE 1596) is a Elan 40 designed by Rob Humphreys and built by Elan. She has been racing since 2018 and has won 1 race. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most Elan 40s. Against a typical Elan 40 she is quicker downwind, and slower upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats56
Race starts
1
Win
12%
Podiums
41
Race Edge
Elan 40: 13
549.2s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
11.91 m
39′ 1″
Beam
3.84 m
Draft
2.06 m
Displacement
8.1 t
Sail area
87 m²
On the podium
Where FAIRYTALE finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
12%
of 56 starts · Elan 40 fleet: 28%
Wins
2%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with FAIRYTALE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Aegean Regatta202688107- Aegean Regatta20251241289
- North Aegean Cup20252666253
- Aegean Regatta20244715234
- Κύπελο Βορείου Αιγαίου & Πανελλήνιο Κύπελο Sportboat 202202410467778
- 22th Aegean Regatta20234479
- ORC Greek Championship20236354455
- Aegean Regatta2022756778
- Aegean Regatta201924121
- North Aegean Cup & National Offshore Championship20186344947
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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
10%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
14%
of these races end on the podium
Level across both. Plenty of designs fall away once the course gets long — a light hull that thrives round the cans can struggle through a night at sea. This one does not.
Who she races against
The boats FAIRYTALE meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (36)
Other competitors (70)
Met too few times for a figure.
ZAMANFOU (Salona 37, 7 meetings), NEVERLAND (Solaris 50, 7 meetings), PEGA (X-362, 7 meetings), TAMUMM (Farr 30, 7 meetings), UNIQ2GO_HANGOVER (Mat 101, 7 meetings), OXYGONON (X-35, 7 meetings), ANAX (First 34.7, 7 meetings), ANDROMEDA (Platu 25, 7 meetings), STONE AGE (Melges 24, 7 meetings), RESPECT (1d35, 7 meetings), ACID DROP (Fiumanka 33, 7 meetings), L'AQUILA (Gib Sea 302, 7 meetings), ELLINIXX (IMX 40, 6 meetings), ERYTOS II (Jv 44, 6 meetings), ANATELOUSSA AFRODITI (First 34.7, 6 meetings), AFROESSA (Sun Fast 3200, 6 meetings), MAMMA AIUTO (M 34, 6 meetings), ANTELOPE (Xp 44, 5 meetings), ERINNI (X-562, 5 meetings), APOLLON (Sun Shine 36, 5 meetings), ARGONAFTIS (Elan 31 (Design), 5 meetings), BLUE LINE (Sun Shine 36, 5 meetings), HAPPYHOUR (Oceanis 50, 5 meetings), ILEKTRA (First 29, 5 meetings), KALIMERA (Yca 29, 5 meetings), KALLISTO (Olympic Sea 42, 5 meetings), MOUSMOULO (Hallberg Rassy 26, 5 meetings), NEARCHOS (Yca 29, 5 meetings), PANORMITIS (First 41, 5 meetings), O PANORMITIS (Sea Mini, 5 meetings), PANAGIA DESPOINA (Rush 31, 5 meetings), SKORPIOS (Dromor 26, 5 meetings), THALASSINOS AETOS (Gib Sea 334, 5 meetings), TOMAHAWK (First 45 (Farr), 5 meetings), MARIE GALANTE (First 35 (Berret), 5 meetings), INVICTUS (IMX 40, 5 meetings), MATRAK 2 (Dubois 37, 5 meetings), SVELTINA (First 44.7, 5 meetings), HOBART (Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk), 5 meetings), EXIT (First 34.7, 4 meetings), BLUE SHARK (Grand Surprise, 4 meetings), ISIDOROS (First 28, 4 meetings), KYMOTHOE (Grand Soleil 343, 4 meetings), THEODORA (Bavaria 37, 4 meetings), ATHOS (Dromor 26, 4 meetings), APOLLON (Dufour 350, 4 meetings), SEVEN SEAS (First 45 (Farr), 4 meetings), GELLAMAGIA (Discovery 300, 4 meetings), COURRIER DU COEUR (First 44.7, 4 meetings), ALMIRA (First 38, 4 meetings), FILIRA (Grand Soleil 37 (Design), 4 meetings), MANOULI TOO (Sun Odyssey 45.1, 4 meetings), SIMERA (Bavaria 350, 4 meetings), GIORGIO (Elan 40, 4 meetings), KLEONIKI (First 305, 4 meetings), DIMITRA (Oceanis 390, 4 meetings), NIKEA (Bavaria Cruiser 46, 4 meetings), SMILE 3 (First 305, 4 meetings), HAKUNA MATATA (Bavaria 44, 4 meetings), NELA (Oceanis 370, 4 meetings), NELLI (Jouet 920, 4 meetings), VERTIGO (Sunrise, 4 meetings), BELKA (First 40.7, 4 meetings), PIPIT (Bavaria 36, 4 meetings), NAUTILUS VI (Dufour 38, 4 meetings), SYLVIA (Dufour 34, 4 meetings), CALYPSO (Discovery 300, 4 meetings), NORTH WIND I (Bavaria Match 35, 4 meetings), ATHINA (Hood 38, 4 meetings), SUTTON BONINGTON (Dufour 3800, 4 meetings)
How FAIRYTALE compares with a typical Elan 40
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Elan 40s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Elan 40; 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 is quicker than a typical Elan 40 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
FAIRYTALE in blue, a typical Elan 40 dashed.
FAIRYTALE in blue, a typical Elan 40 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Elan 40s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Elan 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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