IRONY — ROU 409
Model: First 40.7
Updated
IRONY (ROU 409) is a First 40.7 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2019 and has won three races. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most First 40.7s. Against a typical First 40.7 she is slower upwind in light air and on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats32
Race starts
3
Wins
19%
Podiums
18
Race Edge
First 40.7: 26
535.2s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
11.92 m
39′ 1″
Beam
3.77 m
Draft
2.42 m
Displacement
7.1 t
Sail area
94 m²
On the podium
Where IRONY finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
19%
of 32 starts · First 40.7 fleet: 11%
Wins
9%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with IRONY on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Corporate Regatta202613214
ORC European Championship 2025 / 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE2025252830313028292829- ORC World Championship2022191216161414
- Seanergya Regatta20215493
- ORC World Championship201942263244293541
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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
4%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
5 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats IRONY meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (32)
Other competitors (69)
Met too few times for a figure.
SELENE (Swan 42, 7 meetings), DIGITAL BRAVO (Swan 42, 7 meetings), NUBE (X-41, 7 meetings), MAN (Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek), 7 meetings), HORUS (M 45, 7 meetings), BLUE SKY (Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek), 7 meetings), KIXX ME (IMX 45, 7 meetings), MP30+10 (Farr 40, 7 meetings), VOLA VOLA ENDEAVOUR (Millenium 40, 7 meetings), PAZZA IDEA (Arya 415, 7 meetings), SETSAIL (Farr 40, 7 meetings), TAIA 2 & WHITE GOOSE (Arya 415, 7 meetings), REBEL (First 40, 7 meetings), DUE R ... NEL VENTO (First 40, 7 meetings), ADRENALINA (Xp 44, 7 meetings), PETE (Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek), 7 meetings), ORCA (First 40.7, 7 meetings), BARBA BRANKO (IMX 45, 7 meetings), MY WAY (Rodman 42, 7 meetings), SAGOLA (Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto), 7 meetings), TASMANIA (First 40.7, 7 meetings), VENTO CADELA (Dc 120, 7 meetings), STRIBOR (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 7 meetings), GRINGO 2 (Archambault 40, 7 meetings), TOTO TRAVEL (Farr 40, 7 meetings), POLAR 2 (First 40, 7 meetings), FURIETTA (Solaris 36, 7 meetings), KARPO (Elan 450, 7 meetings), ENRIBET (First 40.7, 7 meetings), SKY (Elan 450, 7 meetings), JONATHAN III (First 40.7, 7 meetings), RELEASE (Salona 41, 7 meetings), X-CITE (X-41, 7 meetings), CHEBOTTA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 7 meetings), X AMORE (X-40, 7 meetings), KRKA (Elan 410, 7 meetings), KUJAVNIK (Xp 38, 7 meetings), REVE DE VIE (Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto), 7 meetings), NEMO (First 40.7, 7 meetings), ESSENTIA44 (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 7 meetings), SKARP (Landmark 43, 7 meetings), BEWILD (Swan 42, 7 meetings), JOY (J/122, 7 meetings), KATARIINA II (Swan 42, 7 meetings), OTRA VEZ (J/122, 7 meetings), TETTA (IMX 45, 7 meetings), VOLOIRA IV (Swan 42, 7 meetings), NOISY OYSTER (J/122, 7 meetings), FANTAGHIRO (Swan 42, 7 meetings), GINEVRA (Farr 40, 7 meetings), MORGAN V (Swan 42, 7 meetings), CAPITANI CORAGGIOSI (X-41, 7 meetings), SUSPIRIA THE REVENGE (Swan 42, 7 meetings), RAFFICA 3 (Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto), 7 meetings), CATHERINE (X-40, 7 meetings), SCAMP THREE (HH 42, 7 meetings), LADY DIANA (Bavaria Cruiser 45, 5 meetings), FAST FORWARD (First 40.7, 5 meetings), HOPE (Italia 9.98, 4 meetings), INCITATUS II (Farr 40, 4 meetings), DANEZU (X-35, 4 meetings), TETRAKTYS (Figaro 2, 4 meetings), EROS (First 40.7, 4 meetings), SANTA MAGICA (First 40.7, 4 meetings), JOY (Sun Odyssey 49, 4 meetings), SANTA LUCIA (Dufour 412, 4 meetings), MELX (Sinergia 40, 4 meetings), FLYING CLOUD (Milenium 40, 4 meetings), INCOGNITO (First 40.7, 3 meetings)
How IRONY compares with a typical First 40.7
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 40.7s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 40.7; 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 40.7 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
IRONY in blue, a typical First 40.7 dashed.
IRONY in blue, a typical First 40.7 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 40.7s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 40.7
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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