FIDELIO — GRE 1240
Model: Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini)
Cantiere del PardoMassimo Paperini
Updated
FIDELIO (GRE 1240) is a Grand Soleil 40 designed by Massimo Paperini and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2025 and has won two races. Against a typical Grand Soleil 40 she is slower on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats30
Race starts
2
Wins
13%
Podiums
24
Race Edge
Grand Soleil 40: 20
536.9s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.02 m
39′ 5″
Beam
3.79 m
Draft
2.38 m
Displacement
7.6 t
Sail area
89 m²
On the podium
Where FIDELIO finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
13%
of 30 starts · Grand Soleil 40 fleet: 14%
Wins
7%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with FIDELIO on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Aegean Regatta20264221- Kypello Voreiou Aigaiou202674915
- Οθα Cup 2026 Νοαθ20265676
- 16ο Πρωτάθλημα Ιστιοπλοΐας Ανοιχτής Θάλασσας ΝΟΑΘ2026771065
- Aegean Regatta202586131010
- North Aegean Cup20259978778
Is there a race missing?Send us the results and we will add them here.
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
17%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
11%
of these races end on the podium
Sharper round the buoys. Short courses reward acceleration and manoeuvring, and that is where this design makes its money.
Who she races against
The boats FIDELIO meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (13)
Other competitors (23)
Met too few times for a figure.
ZAMANFOU (Salona 37, 7 meetings), NEVERLAND (Solaris 50, 7 meetings), TAXIDEFTIS (Gib Sea 33, 7 meetings), HAKUNA MATATA (Comet 41, 5 meetings), MATRAK 2 (Dubois 37, 5 meetings), SVELTINA (First 44.7, 5 meetings), METATRON II (First 44.7, 5 meetings), HOBART (Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk), 5 meetings), SUN FIZZ (Sun Fizz 40, 5 meetings), KALLISTO (Olympic Sea 42, 5 meetings), ADRASTEIA (Dehler 34 (Stadt), 5 meetings), AEOLOS (Jouet 108, 5 meetings), GUARDINGA (Tartan 370, 5 meetings), ANTELOPE (Xp 44, 5 meetings), COURRIER DU COEUR (First 44.7, 4 meetings), MELIPLOE (First 42 (Farr), 4 meetings), ABSOLUT MELISSA (Bavaria 40 Cruiser, 4 meetings), ALMIRA (First 38, 4 meetings), FILIRA (Grand Soleil 37 (Design), 4 meetings), MELIO (First 42 (Farr), 4 meetings), MANOULI TOO (Sun Odyssey 45.1, 4 meetings), DOGARESSA (Baltic 37, 4 meetings), STONE AGE (Melges 24, 4 meetings)
How FIDELIO compares with a typical Grand Soleil 40
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Grand Soleil 40s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 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 gives away time to a typical Grand Soleil 40 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
FIDELIO in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 40 dashed.
FIDELIO in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 40 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Grand Soleil 40s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
Something wrong in FIDELIO's data? A regatta, a result, her design or her sail number.
Tell us →