FAREWELL IV — ITA 1848
Model: Solaris 44
Solaris YachtsJavier Soto Acebal
Updated
FAREWELL IV (ITA 1848) is a Solaris 44 designed by Javier Soto Acebal and built by Solaris Yachts. She has been racing since 2021. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Solaris 44s. Against a typical Solaris 44 she is quicker upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats4
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
53
Race Edge
Solaris 44: 39
491.9s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
13.35 m
43′ 10″
Beam
4.18 m
Draft
2.61 m
Displacement
12.0 t
Sail area
117 m²
On the podium
Where FAREWELL IV finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
4
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 FAREWELL IV on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Campionato Invernale West Liguria20255- Campionato Invernale West Liguria2023–2467
- Solaris Cup202111
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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
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Not enough data yet: 3 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 FAREWELL IV meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (34)
Met too few times for a figure.
IL PINGONE DI MARE IIII (J/112, 3 meetings), MATADOR (First 44.7, 3 meetings), CRAB (Solaris 44, 3 meetings), MISS K CHECKMATE (Swan 45, 3 meetings), SHE IS THE ONE (Solaris 48, 3 meetings), SUSPIRIA THE REVENGE (Swan 42, 2 meetings), FLIPPER ONE (Mylius 11, 2 meetings), AURORA (Canard 41, 2 meetings), MISTRAL GAGNANT (Solaris 50, 2 meetings), BIG BANG (Melges 32, 2 meetings), OBI-WAN (Este 24, 1 meeting), MELISSA II (Swan 42, 1 meeting), HARU (Comet 41, 1 meeting), SPANTEGATA (Dehler 38 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), BEATRICE (Ro 330, 1 meeting), ATHENA (Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), FREE SPIRIT (First 44.7, 1 meeting), MELISSA (Baltic 50, 1 meeting), SCRICCA (Comet 38 (Vallicelli), 1 meeting), FURIBONDA (Sly 53, 1 meeting), DAL VERDE AL BLU (First 35 (Farr), 1 meeting), VELA X1 (Nytec 23, 1 meeting), IREAL (Comet 45, 1 meeting), BONNIE (Impala 36, 1 meeting), GORILLA GANG XL (Comet 45, 1 meeting), K'MENA (J/99, 1 meeting), TANGO (Solaris 42, 1 meeting), PAOLA 3 (Solaris 50, 1 meeting), UNICA (One 42, 1 meeting), OTTOCINQUE XL (Solaris 44.2, 1 meeting), STAY HIGH (Solaris 50, 1 meeting), MANDALAY (Solaris 44, 1 meeting), DOUG (Solaris 62, 1 meeting), MARI DELLA LUNA (Solaris 58, 1 meeting)
How FAREWELL IV compares with a typical Solaris 44
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Solaris 44s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Solaris 44; 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 Solaris 44 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
FAREWELL IV in blue, a typical Solaris 44 dashed.
FAREWELL IV in blue, a typical Solaris 44 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Solaris 44s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Solaris 44
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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