FLAY — ITA 14257
Model: First 40.7
Updated
FLAY (ITA 14257) is a First 40.7 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2025. Against a typical First 40.7 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
82
Race Edge
First 40.7: 26
531.7s/mile
Rating 2025
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 FLAY 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 FLAY on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
- ORC DH World Championship202516
Campionato Italiano ORC - Triestina della Vela20251313
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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: no 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.
1 more race without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats FLAY meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (29)
Met too few times for a figure.
COLOMBRE (JPK 10.80, 2 meetings), ANEMOX (X-35, 2 meetings), LUNATIKA (Sun Fast 3600, 2 meetings), JOY (J/99, 2 meetings), TOKIO (J/99, 2 meetings), ANDREBORAH (Solaris 36, 2 meetings), AXTEROPE (X-35, 2 meetings), BOOMERANG (Farr 30, 2 meetings), VERTIGO (Elan 350, 2 meetings), FREEDOM (First 36.7, 2 meetings), RELEASE (Salona 41, 1 meeting), MARY S (JPK 10.30, 1 meeting), TASMANIA (First 40.7, 1 meeting), SONIA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), NORTHERN LIGHT ADR (Sportboat 30, 1 meeting), CUNI (Canard 41, 1 meeting), ELAYA (Elan E5, 1 meeting), DEMON X (X-35, 1 meeting), GARBIN II (First 40.7, 1 meeting), KEY-GO (V 34, 1 meeting), WILD AT HEART (JOD 35, 1 meeting), MUNJEK RS (Sun Fast 3300, 1 meeting), SKIP...INTRO (Elan S5, 1 meeting), RAPTOR (Elan E4, 1 meeting), JOKER (J/109, 1 meeting), IAIAI (Elan 37, 1 meeting), GLENFIELD (Evolution 10, 1 meeting), OXYGEN (X-35, 1 meeting), RAIRA (T 34, 1 meeting)
How FLAY compares with a typical First 40.7
Her main 2025 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 is quicker than a typical First 40.7 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
FLAY in blue, a typical First 40.7 dashed.
FLAY 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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