FLORESA — ITA 18179
Model: Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto)
Cantiere del PardoClaudio Maletto
Updated
FLORESA (ITA 18179) is a Grand Soleil 39 designed by Claudio Maletto and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2023 and has won four races, three of them in a row in 2026. She sails with a smaller sail plan and a shallower keel than most Grand Soleil 39s. Against a typical Grand Soleil 39 she is quicker on a beam reach, and slower upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats32
Race starts
4
Wins
12%
Podiums
58
Race Edge
Grand Soleil 39: 61
537.3s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
11.82 m
38′ 9″
Beam
3.69 m
Draft
2.42 m
Displacement
8.1 t
Sail area
84 m²
On the podium
Where FLORESA finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
12%
of 32 starts · Grand Soleil 39 fleet: 14%
Wins
13%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with FLORESA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Vento de l'Alguer202644111
Riva per Uno, Due e Tutti202615
Campionato Invernale di Roma, 45a edizione2025–26761117155161146
Vento de l'Alguer20256614445
Campionato Invernale di Roma, 44a edizione2024–2512161210101115
Vento de l'Alguer202374
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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
27%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
17 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats FLORESA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (16)
Other competitors (36)
Met too few times for a figure.
MIZARX (Comet 33, 7 meetings), BREEZE II (Bavaria Cruiser 42, 7 meetings), TWELVE (Sun Odyssey 45, 7 meetings), H2O (First 435, 7 meetings), MISS BAGUETTE (Bavaria 34, 7 meetings), SE PO FA' III (Dufour 2800, 7 meetings), KILAUEA (JOD 35, 7 meetings), FIREWIND (Bavaria 34, 7 meetings), BLU TANGO BLU (First 40.7, 7 meetings), MACASSAR (Queen 34, 7 meetings), BUDDHANA (Salona 45, 7 meetings), VIVA (Balanzone, 7 meetings), TUSITALA (Dufour 430, 5 meetings), JOSEPHA II (Hanse 370, 4 meetings), GAGLIARDA (Elan 350, 2 meetings), 55 BD JOURDAN (First 31.7, 2 meetings), PALOMA (Sun Odyssey 36, 2 meetings), CABOOM (Este 31, 1 meeting), MELAGODO (First 34.7, 1 meeting), DARKWOOD (J/121, 1 meeting), SCRICCA (Comet 38 (Vallicelli), 1 meeting), MINTAKA (First 36, 1 meeting), ZABRISKIE POINT (Figaro 2, 1 meeting), EXCALIBUR (X-35, 1 meeting), NIMBUS 2000 (, 1 meeting), BORA FAST (Sun Fast 3600, 1 meeting), ATAHUALPA (Sun Odyssey 45.2, 1 meeting), MATITU (Solaris 48, 1 meeting), ANEMOS (First 40.7, 1 meeting), SWIFT 2 (Pogo 44, 1 meeting), ID&A (Comet 36, 1 meeting), GASTONE (Bavaria 36, 1 meeting), CYGNUS (First 36.7, 1 meeting), DIVERSAMENTE (Rimar 41, 1 meeting), CASTA DIVA (Grand Soleil 50 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), FAHRENHEIT (Comet 38 (Vallicelli), 1 meeting)
How FLORESA compares with a typical Grand Soleil 39
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Grand Soleil 39s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 39; 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 Grand Soleil 39 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
FLORESA in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 39 dashed.
FLORESA in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 39 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Grand Soleil 39s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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