FLYER
Class BDisplacementCruiser/Racer

FLYER — TUR 2707

Model: First 44.7

BeneteauBruce Farr

Updated

FLYER (TUR 2707) is a First 44.7 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2025 and has won 1 race. Against a typical First 44.7 she is quicker downwind.

FLYER TUR 2707 - Bruce Farr - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

26

Race starts

1

Win

23%

Podiums

79

Race Edge

First 44.7: 78

499.1s/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 kn87
10–16 kn26
Over 16 kn10
FLYERA typical First 44.7How Race Edge works
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Length

13.35 m

43′ 10″

Beam

3.97 m

Draft

2.62 m

Displacement

9.6 t

Sail area

110 m²

On the podium

Where FLYER finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

23%

of 26 starts · First 44.7 fleet: 17%

Wins

4%

Wins4%1
Seconds12%3
Thirds8%2
Off the podium76%20

Regattas

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

  • TürkiyeEAYK-TAYK Dogu Ege Yat Sampiyonasi20261365981015
  • TürkiyeNurolbank Loryma Cup202689892
  • TürkiyeMIYC Winter Trophy 2026 - Act 620265
  • TürkiyeMIYC Winter Trophy 2026 - Act 5202637
  • TürkiyeCampus Cup202637212

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Round the buoys, or offshore

A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.

Round the buoys

20%

of these races end on the podium

15 races of 10 NM or less

Offshore & coastal

—

Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

9 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.

Who she races against

The boats FLYER meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

FLYER aheadRival ahead
FOX L · X-4131%ahead in 5 of 16 meetings
ANYWAY · First 4093%ahead in 14 of 15 meetings
ROSSKO RACER · JPK 11.809%ahead in 1 of 11 meetings
BUYAN · Grand Soleil 44 (Polli)9%ahead in 1 of 11 meetings
COURRIER DU COEUR · First 44.79%ahead in 1 of 11 meetings
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X PRIME · Xp 449%ahead in 1 of 11 meetings
MAD X · X-4127%ahead in 3 of 11 meetings
PARMA · Dufour 4545%ahead in 5 of 11 meetings
MR WHITE · First 45 (Briand)27%ahead in 3 of 11 meetings
JOLLY BABA · J/12238%ahead in 3 of 8 meetings
MERSIN YELKEN AKADEMISI · First 4075%ahead in 6 of 8 meetings
RUNNER · 12m Mod88%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
Other competitors (27)

Met too few times for a figure.

TECHNONICOL (X-41, 7 meetings), SANTA ANASTASIA (Salona 44, 7 meetings), LOBSTER ST (First 40, 7 meetings), HIT X (IMX 40, 7 meetings), EKER 40 (Ker 40, 7 meetings), ORIENT EXPRESS (Farr 55, 7 meetings), ALIZE M12 (Mat 12, 7 meetings), NORTH AND SOUTH (Ker 40, 7 meetings), ANYWAYS (Cape 31, 7 meetings), MAGIC TWELVE (Vismara 46, 7 meetings), CARINA (Archambault 35, 7 meetings), ATLAS (X-41, 7 meetings), BLUE MOON (Mat 122, 7 meetings), FENERBAHCE 5 (Mat 101, 7 meetings), MERSIN YELKEN AKADEMISI (Jv 56, 7 meetings), DHO ARIVA (Mat 11.80, 7 meetings), VAMOS (Bavaria Match 42, 7 meetings), PUPA (First 34.7, 7 meetings), X-MEN (Xp 44, 6 meetings), JASON (First 40, 6 meetings), AXIOMA (XR 41, 5 meetings), DXARMA (XR 41, 5 meetings), BURAN (J/122, 3 meetings), STREKOZA (Salona 41, 3 meetings), MAX JR (First 40, 2 meetings), MAUI (Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), WIND RIDER (First 40, 1 meeting)

How FLYER compares with a typical First 44.7

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 44.7s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 44.7; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.02 kn
Beam reach-0.02 kn
Broad reach+0.19 kn
Downwind+0.17 kn

Full width is 0.6 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical First 44.7 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

FLYER in blue, a typical First 44.7 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

FLYER in blue, a typical First 44.7 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other First 44.7s racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the First 44.7

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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