JASON
Class BDisplacementCruiser/Racer

JASON — ITA 17707

Model: First 40

BeneteauBruce Farr

Updated

JASON (ITA 17707) is a First 40 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a larger sail plan and a deeper keel than most First 40s. Against a typical First 40 she is quicker upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.

JASON ITA 17707 - Bruce Farr - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

11

Race starts

0

Wins

18%

Podiums

66

Race Edge

First 40: 68

505.3s/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 kn80
10–16 kn9
Over 16 kn54
JASONA typical First 40How Race Edge works
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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 JASON finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

18%

of 11 starts · First 40 fleet: 27%

Wins

0%

Wins0%0
Seconds18%2
Thirds0%0
Off the podium82%9

Regattas

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

  • TürkiyeNurolbank Loryma Cup202622647
  • Türkiye36th Marmaris International Race Week20259898119
  • GreeceRodos Cup20254121

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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

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Not enough data yet: 4 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 2 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 JASON meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

JASON aheadRival ahead
FOX L · X-4127%ahead in 3 of 11 meetings
Other competitors (17)

Met too few times for a figure.

TECHNONICOL (X-41, 6 meetings), ROSSKO RACER (JPK 11.80, 6 meetings), BUYAN (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 6 meetings), COURRIER DU COEUR (First 44.7, 6 meetings), X PRIME (Xp 44, 6 meetings), MAD X (X-41, 6 meetings), X-MEN (Xp 44, 6 meetings), PARMA (Dufour 45, 6 meetings), MR WHITE (First 45 (Briand), 6 meetings), FLYER (First 44.7, 6 meetings), SANTA ANASTASIA (Salona 44, 6 meetings), BURAN (J/122, 5 meetings), ST ANNA (Skif 42, 5 meetings), MAUI (Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk), 5 meetings), MERSIN YELKEN AKADEMISI (First 40, 5 meetings), ANYWAY (First 40, 5 meetings), YOU TOO (Rm 126, 5 meetings)

How JASON 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.

True wind
Upwind+0.11 kn
Beam reach+0.08 kn
Broad reach+0.22 kn
Downwind+0.15 kn

Full width is 0.6 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical First 40 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

JASON in blue, a typical First 40 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

JASON 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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