FLYING DOLPHIN — NED 7935
Model: Dufour 40
Updated
FLYING DOLPHIN (NED 7935) is a Dufour 40 designed by Umberto Felci and built by Dufour. She has been racing since 2019 and has won three races. Against a typical Dufour 40 she is quicker upwind in light air and on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats35
Race starts
3
Wins
17%
Podiums
47
Race Edge
Dufour 40: 34
539.0s/mile
Rating 2025
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.06 m
39′ 7″
Beam
3.89 m
Draft
2.08 m
Displacement
7.8 t
Sail area
85 m²
On the podium
Where FLYING DOLPHIN finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
17%
of 35 starts · Dufour 40 fleet: 15%
Wins
9%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with FLYING DOLPHIN on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
73° Loro Piana Giraglia202627
Loro Piana Giraglia20261411
ORC European Championship 2025 / 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE2025827112313817617
- ORC World Championship202254869163
- Alexela ORC World Championship20216276352512
- ORC World Championship201959412837
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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
12%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
27%
of these races end on the podium
Better the longer it gets. Boats that settle into a groove and hold it gain ground once the course stops turning.
Who she races against
The boats FLYING DOLPHIN meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (35)
Other competitors (132)
Met too few times for a figure.
BRIGITTA-X (X-34, 7 meetings), ADELANTE (J/112, 7 meetings), NIDA III (X-35, 7 meetings), KETURI VĖJAI (X-35, 7 meetings), ARABELA (Italia 11.98, 7 meetings), SUGAR (Italia 9.98, 7 meetings), CHEYENNE (Farr 30, 7 meetings), BATANGA (Italia 11.98, 7 meetings), SARCHIAPONE (Italia 9.98, 7 meetings), MEERBLICK FUN (J/99, 7 meetings), VELASQUEZ (Ridas 37, 7 meetings), IL PINGONE DI MARE IIII (J/112, 7 meetings), GUARDAMAGO II (Italia 11.98, 7 meetings), SPIRIT OF NERINA (X-35, 7 meetings), VALHALLA (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 7 meetings), SOUTH KENSINGTON (First 35 (Farr), 7 meetings), TEAM PRO4U (First 36.7, 6 meetings), LOW (First 34.7, 6 meetings), TANIT IV (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 6 meetings), NORTHERN LIGHT (Dufour 34, 6 meetings), KATARIINA II (Swan 42, 6 meetings), TROTTOLINA BELLIKOSA (X-35, 6 meetings), BLUE CHIP (Dehler 38 (Judel/Vrolijk), 6 meetings), ANAX (First 34.7, 6 meetings), ANDELA X (X-37, 6 meetings), ONE (Salona 34, 6 meetings), TAMUMM (Farr 30, 6 meetings), ESCANDALO (M 37, 6 meetings), NEOMANIA (Neo 350, 6 meetings), TAKE FIVE JR (Italia 9.98, 6 meetings), SAGOLA 60 (J/109, 6 meetings), MAREUS (First 40.7, 6 meetings), OLD JUG (Melges 32, 6 meetings), FOLGORE (J/99, 6 meetings), LADIES FIRST (First 34.7, 6 meetings), MIA (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 6 meetings), DEMON X (X-35, 6 meetings), STRANAGENTE (First 36.7, 6 meetings), EXTREMA (X-35, 6 meetings), L'OTTAVO PECCATO (M 37, 6 meetings), TEAM ANDELSTANKEN (Farr 30, 6 meetings), CHILI (First 34.7, 6 meetings), X BE (X-35, 6 meetings), TRENT@63 (Farr 30, 6 meetings), RAMONA (X-35, 6 meetings), H.E.A.T (Farr 30, 6 meetings), COSIXTY 8 (IMX 38, 6 meetings), MOXIE (X-35, 6 meetings), HOTSPOT (M 34, 6 meetings), AURORA PIRNAR (X-35, 6 meetings), MAS-QUE-NADA (Farr 30, 6 meetings), ATHENA PIRNAR (X-35, 6 meetings), MIMOSA (X-35, 6 meetings), SOUND OF SILENCE (Bonin 358, 6 meetings), SOLOLEI (Dufour 34, 6 meetings), INTERCEPTOR (M 34, 6 meetings), MUNJEK F (Archambault 34, 6 meetings), BLUE LINE (Bavaria Match 35, 6 meetings), DIRECTO (Italia 9.98, 5 meetings), SILVA (First 36.7, 5 meetings), TE KYLA (X-35, 5 meetings), BLACK PEARL (Finnflyer 36, 5 meetings), CALENA (Farr 30, 5 meetings), JOLLY (J/97, 5 meetings), NOISY OYSTER (J/122, 5 meetings), JEDI (J/112, 5 meetings), JENIS (J/112, 5 meetings), NUAGE II (J/97, 5 meetings), BAGATELLE (J/92, 5 meetings), A MAJOR (J/99, 5 meetings), ALMOGAVER (J/99, 5 meetings), ULTRAVOX (X-332, 5 meetings), CREDIT 24 SAILING (Salona 38, 4 meetings), KATARINA JEE (First 34.7, 4 meetings), DAT WOR ET (X-332, 4 meetings), AMSERV TOYOTA ST (First 36.7, 4 meetings), LUMI (First 34.7, 4 meetings), MIA (Grand Surprise, 4 meetings), HEDAA (Dufour 390, 4 meetings), ANGEL-ROSE II (Ridas 37, 4 meetings), MATILDA 4 (J/112, 4 meetings), STONY VIII (Italia 11.98, 4 meetings), CASSANDRA (First 34.7, 4 meetings), EVELYN III (First 34.7, 4 meetings), RAMDATA (Salona 37, 4 meetings), PENELOPE (First 31.7, 4 meetings), DOMINA (First 34.7, 4 meetings), XANADU (X-37, 3 meetings), MALVA (Finnflyer 34, 3 meetings), TANGO 2 (First 36.7, 3 meetings), TETU 5 (X-34, 3 meetings), MY-CAR (X-35, 3 meetings), JAZZ (First 35 (Farr), 3 meetings), IDEFIX (X-35, 3 meetings), FANATIC (Guyline 355, 3 meetings), WIZARD (Waarschip 36, 2 meetings), XELINA (X-332, 2 meetings), MINNI (X-35, 2 meetings), JOINT VENTURE (Farr 40, 2 meetings), EDELWEISS (T 34, 1 meeting), COMME IL FAUT (Farr 30, 1 meeting), HELIN (Ridas 31, 1 meeting), KIND OF MAGIC (IMX 38, 1 meeting), RTS BALTIC (Fareast 28, 1 meeting), THETIS (First 31.7, 1 meeting), VENTUS (Melges 32, 1 meeting), BLUE MOON (TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), ROCKETNIKKA (Wallyrocket 51, 1 meeting), DJANGO WR (Wallyrocket 51, 1 meeting), SPIRIT OF LORINA II (TP 52 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), AROBAS² (Irc 52, 1 meeting), ATALANTA II (Farr 70, 1 meeting), KUKA 4 (Mat 122, 1 meeting), DOERS ON BOARD (VOR 60, 1 meeting), ALIZEE (TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), JACANDA (Mat 118, 1 meeting), SEARCHER (Ker 46, 1 meeting), CARBONITA (Neo 570, 1 meeting), GLEN ELLEN (Swan 42, 1 meeting), ROSSKO RACER (JPK 11.80, 1 meeting), ALEXA A (JPK 11.80, 1 meeting), DAJENU (Mat 124, 1 meeting), BONNE NOUVELLE (Sly 42, 1 meeting), QUO (Eleva 42, 1 meeting), MILLENIUM CONDOR (Farr 45, 1 meeting), MOONSHINE (Frers 60, 1 meeting), ANDIAMO (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 1 meeting), MERCURY (Swan 42, 1 meeting), MONTRACHET (Swan 60, 1 meeting), RUSSES (First 44.7, 1 meeting), FASTNET (Sun Fast 3600, 1 meeting), KILARA II (Wallyrocket 51, 1 meeting)
How FLYING DOLPHIN compares with a typical Dufour 40
Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Dufour 40s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Dufour 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 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Dufour 40 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
FLYING DOLPHIN in blue, a typical Dufour 40 dashed.
FLYING DOLPHIN in blue, a typical Dufour 40 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Dufour 40s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Dufour 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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