HEDEF YELKEN 40 — TUR 3131
Model: First 40
Also raced as HEDEF YELKEN
Updated
HEDEF YELKEN 40 (TUR 3131) is a First 40 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2026 and has won 1 race. Against a typical First 40 she is quicker downwind, and slower on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats4
Race starts
1
Win
75%
Podiums
66
Race Edge
First 40: 68
509.9s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.24 m
40′ 2″
Beam
3.90 m
Draft
2.48 m
Displacement
7.9 t
Sail area
94 m²
On the podium
Where HEDEF YELKEN 40 finishes when she goes racing.
1
Wins
0
Seconds
2
Thirds
4
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Regattas
Every regatta we found with HEDEF YELKEN 40 on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
66. Yil Donanma Kupasi20261- The Presidential 7th International Yacht Races Çanakkale Cup2026533
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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
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Not enough data yet: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
3 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats HEDEF YELKEN 40 meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (12)
Met too few times for a figure.
CHEESE V (Archambault 35, 3 meetings), ZACAPA (Archambault 35, 3 meetings), CODE ZERO (Farr 280, 3 meetings), BLACKWATER (First 40.7, 3 meetings), SENSEI (First 40.7, 3 meetings), ANYTHING GOES (First 40, 3 meetings), LOGO (Mat 107, 3 meetings), ATLAS (X-41, 1 meeting), 7 BELA (Farr 40, 1 meeting), FARRMENTOR (Farr 40, 1 meeting), VHAGAR (J/111, 1 meeting), DHO ARIVA (Mat 11.80, 1 meeting)
How HEDEF YELKEN 40 compares with a typical First 40
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 40s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 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 gives away time to a typical First 40 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
HEDEF YELKEN 40 in blue, a typical First 40 dashed.
HEDEF YELKEN 40 in blue, a typical First 40 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 40s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 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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