FLORESA
Class BDisplacementCruiser/Racer

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.

FLORESA ITA 18179 - Claudio Maletto - Cantiere del Pardo

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

32

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.

Under 10 kn59
10–16 kn50
Over 16 kn32
FLORESAA typical Grand Soleil 39How Race Edge works
Compare with another boat

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%

Wins13%4
Seconds0%0
Thirds0%0
Off the podium87%28

Regattas

Every regatta we found with FLORESA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyVento de l'Alguer202644111
  • ItalyRiva per Uno, Due e Tutti202615
  • ItalyCampionato Invernale di Roma, 45a edizione2025–26761117155161146
  • ItalyVento de l'Alguer20256614445
  • ItalyCampionato Invernale di Roma, 44a edizione2024–2512161210101115

Is there a race missing?Send us the results and we will add them here.

Report a regatta

Round 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

11 races of 10 NM or less

Offshore & coastal

—

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.

FLORESA aheadRival ahead
LYSITHEA · Saffier Sc 812%ahead in 2 of 17 meetings
BIJOU · Dufour 4050%ahead in 0 of 17 meetings
ISTRIA · X-37247%ahead in 8 of 17 meetings
UMMAGUMMA · Grand Soleil 37 (Design)29%ahead in 5 of 17 meetings
LEMME LEMME · Oceanis 4165%ahead in 11 of 17 meetings
Show more rivals (16)
FIFTY · First 31.765%ahead in 11 of 17 meetings
GAIA · Comet 3612%ahead in 2 of 17 meetings
MILONGA · First 36.753%ahead in 9 of 17 meetings
LUNA STORTA · Salona 3743%ahead in 6 of 14 meetings
PERGENTINA · Canados 3750%ahead in 7 of 14 meetings
GUIZZO IS BACK · Pogo 3650%ahead in 6 of 12 meetings
GIA' AMELIE · Hanse 38533%ahead in 4 of 12 meetings
KIKA 2 · Elan 4109%ahead in 1 of 11 meetings
ZUCCHERO E CANNELLA · Sun Odyssey 3755%ahead in 6 of 11 meetings
PIPPOPIPPO · Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini)30%ahead in 3 of 10 meetings
FLY AWAY 2 · Dufour 4060%ahead in 6 of 10 meetings
ELENA II · First 36.760%ahead in 6 of 10 meetings
CICCI VII · Comet 910 (Stadt)50%ahead in 5 of 10 meetings
AKELA · First 31.70%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
HONEY BADGER · IMX 3825%ahead in 2 of 8 meetings
SKILL · Bavaria Cruiser 5063%ahead in 5 of 8 meetings
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.

True wind
Upwind-0.09 kn
Beam reach+0.10 kn
Broad reach-0.02 kn
Downwind-0.04 kn

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.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

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.

Explore the design

Something wrong in FLORESA's data? A regatta, a result, her design or her sail number.

Tell us →