KEONDA III — GER 8578
Model: Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini)
Cantiere del PardoMassimo Paperini
Updated
KEONDA III (GER 8578) is a Grand Soleil 40 designed by Massimo Paperini and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a shallower keel than most Grand Soleil 40s. Against a typical Grand Soleil 40 she is slower upwind in light air and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats18
Race starts
0
Wins
0%
Podiums
14
Race Edge
Grand Soleil 40: 20
542.4s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.02 m
39′ 5″
Beam
3.79 m
Draft
2.38 m
Displacement
7.6 t
Sail area
89 m²
On the podium
Where KEONDA III finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 18 starts · Grand Soleil 40 fleet: 14%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with KEONDA III on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Genova Sailing Week20261210121298- Campionato Invernale del Ponente2024–25131214141210999101011
Is there a race missing?Send us the results and we will add them here.
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
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats KEONDA III meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (9)
Other competitors (13)
Met too few times for a figure.
LISA R (Ker 46, 6 meetings), WB IX (XR 41, 6 meetings), BLUE SKY (Swan 45, 6 meetings), SPIRIT OF NERINA (Swan 42, 6 meetings), CHESTRESS 3 (J/122, 6 meetings), TO BE (Italia 11.98, 6 meetings), CHEYENNE (Rodman 42, 6 meetings), TENGHER (Swan 45, 6 meetings), BLUE MOON (TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk), 6 meetings), MISS K CHECKMATE (Swan 45, 6 meetings), AURORA (Canard 41, 6 meetings), BLACK SAMURAI (Eleva 50, 6 meetings), BLUES (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 6 meetings)
How KEONDA III compares with a typical Grand Soleil 40
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Grand Soleil 40s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 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 Grand Soleil 40 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
KEONDA III in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 40 dashed.
KEONDA III in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 40 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Grand Soleil 40s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
Something wrong in KEONDA III's data? A regatta, a result, her design or her sail number.
Tell us →