FUNBEL — POR 4508
Model: First 45 (Briand)
Updated
FUNBEL (POR 4508) is a First 45 designed by Philippe Briand and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a deeper keel than most First 45s. Against a typical First 45 she is quicker upwind in light air and on a beam reach, and slower downwind.
Racing record
16
Race Edge
First 45: 18
505.2s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
13.66 m
44′ 10″
Beam
4.20 m
Draft
2.41 m
Displacement
11.0 t
Sail area
112 m²
On the podium
Where FUNBEL finishes when she goes racing.
Not enough data yet for her podiums: we have not found her in a race with six boats or more, measured on handicap.
Regattas
Every regatta we found with FUNBEL on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regata D. Pedro V20253
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Report a regattaHow FUNBEL compares with a typical First 45
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 45s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 45; 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 gives away time to a typical First 45 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
FUNBEL in blue, a typical First 45 dashed.
FUNBEL in blue, a typical First 45 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 45s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 45 (Briand)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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