FLASH V — NOR 13697
Model: First 40
Updated
FLASH V (NOR 13697) is a First 40 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2015. She sails with a larger sail plan than most First 40s. Against a typical First 40 she is quicker upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats2
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
65
Race Edge
First 40: 68
501.3s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.24 m
40′ 2″
Beam
3.90 m
Draft
2.48 m
Displacement
7.9 t
Sail area
94 m²
On the podium
Where FLASH V finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
2
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 FLASH V on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Hollænderseilasen20255- Hollænderseilasen20154
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Report a regattaWho she races against
The boats FLASH V meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (36)
Met too few times for a figure.
BJØRNSTJERNE (X-43, 2 meetings), WINDMACHINE (X-442, 2 meetings), MASITO (Hanse 430, 2 meetings), KARMA POLICE (Shaw 9, 1 meeting), SONS OF HURRICANES (Sinergia 40, 1 meeting), BEGGE DEHLER (Dehler 41 (Voogd), 1 meeting), GOTTIX (X-41, 1 meeting), GAME (Landmark 43, 1 meeting), TANGO II (Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), A-GAME (Elan 410, 1 meeting), LILLE MY (Elan 410, 1 meeting), YANI (Marten 49, 1 meeting), BESTEFARR (Farr 395, 1 meeting), FOXY LADY (Xp 44, 1 meeting), PARADISE (First 50, 1 meeting), MILLIWAYS (Seaquest 36, 1 meeting), GARANTI (Dynamic 43, 1 meeting), MOMENTUM (Elan 350, 1 meeting), VENUS (Xp 38, 1 meeting), FRITT FRAM (First 40.7, 1 meeting), X´EST LA VIE (X-40, 1 meeting), BALOO (X-412, 1 meeting), FIRST TRACKS (First 40.7, 1 meeting), FIRST SPIRIT (First 40.7, 1 meeting), LUFELIA (Luffe 43, 1 meeting), TANGO (Mumm 36, 1 meeting), TRIMAR 2 (Bavaria Match 42, 1 meeting), DIVA (Hanse 430, 1 meeting), AIR FORCE ONE (11 Metre, 1 meeting), PAKALOLO (Mumm 36, 1 meeting), SNEHVIT (N-yachts 41, 1 meeting), VILL VAKKER VAT (11 Metre, 1 meeting), VINDFANG (Hp 103, 1 meeting), SNAXY (X-40, 1 meeting), XPRONTO (Xp 38, 1 meeting), ESCAPE (Hanse 400, 1 meeting)
How FLASH V compares with a typical First 40
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 40s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 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 0.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical First 40 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
FLASH V in blue, a typical First 40 dashed.
FLASH V in blue, a typical First 40 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 40s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 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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