FAST FORWARD — ROU 4070
Model: First 40.7
Updated
FAST FORWARD (ROU 4070) is a First 40.7 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2026 and has won 1 race. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most First 40.7s. Against a typical First 40.7 she is slower upwind in light air and on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats11
Race starts
1
Win
9%
Podiums
52
Race Edge
First 40.7: 26
540.3s/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 FAST FORWARD finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
9%
of 11 starts · First 40.7 fleet: 11%
Wins
9%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with FAST FORWARD on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
25. Bosphorus Cup2026222424222220
Corporate Regatta202647641
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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: 4 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
5 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats FAST FORWARD meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (28)
Met too few times for a figure.
DAS (Farr 40, 6 meetings), CHEESE IV (Farr 40, 6 meetings), ABOAT TIME (Swan 42, 6 meetings), ROSSKO RACER (JPK 11.80, 6 meetings), ZACAPA (Archambault 35, 6 meetings), CHEESE VIII (J/122, 6 meetings), TRE IRENE (First 45 (Briand), 6 meetings), COURRIER DU COEUR (First 44.7, 6 meetings), LAGERTHA (Swan 42, 6 meetings), FARRMENTOR (Farr 40, 6 meetings), FENERBAHCE 5 (Mat 101, 6 meetings), BURAN (J/122, 6 meetings), ARROUTADO (Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek), 6 meetings), CARINA (Archambault 35, 6 meetings), ANYWAY (First 40, 6 meetings), RAFFICA (X-41, 6 meetings), MERSIN YELKEN AKADEMISI (Jv 56, 6 meetings), HIT X (IMX 40, 6 meetings), MATRIX (Mat 101, 6 meetings), INFINITO (Mat 101, 6 meetings), OSTWIND (Bavaria Cruiser 45, 6 meetings), ORIENT EXPRESS (Farr 55, 6 meetings), LADY DIANA (Bavaria Cruiser 45, 5 meetings), IRONY (First 40.7, 5 meetings), CODE ZERO (Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek), 5 meetings), MOJO (First 40.7, 5 meetings), NEMO (First 40.7, 3 meetings), INCOGNITO (First 40.7, 3 meetings)
How FAST FORWARD 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 upwind.
Speed at every angle
FAST FORWARD in blue, a typical First 40.7 dashed.
FAST FORWARD 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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