LIBERA
Class CHeavy displacementCruiser/Racer

LIBERA — ITA 13967

Model: Grand Soleil 343

Cantiere del PardoAlain Jézéquel

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LIBERA (ITA 13967) is a Grand Soleil 343 designed by Alain Jézéquel and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2022 and has won 1 race. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most Grand Soleil 343s. Against a typical Grand Soleil 343 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.

LIBERA ITA 13967 - Alain Jézéquel - Cantiere del Pardo

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

11

Race starts

1

Win

36%

Podiums

11

Race Edge

Grand Soleil 343: 33

606.4s/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 kn14
10–16 kn36
Over 16 kn33
LIBERAA typical Grand Soleil 343How Race Edge works
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Length

10.41 m

34′ 2″

Beam

3.40 m

Draft

1.78 m

Displacement

5.2 t

Sail area

61 m²

On the podium

Where LIBERA finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

36%

of 11 starts · Grand Soleil 343 fleet: 25%

Wins

9%

Wins9%1
Seconds18%2
Thirds9%1
Off the podium64%7

Regattas

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

  • ItalyRegata dell'Amicizia20259
  • ItalyRegata dell'Amicizia20244
  • ItalyCampionato Invernale Vela d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli20232
  • ItalyCampionato Invernale Vela d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli2021–2225576351

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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

40%

of these races end on the podium

10 races of 10 NM or less

Offshore & coastal

—

Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

The boats LIBERA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

LIBERA aheadRival ahead
VAGAMONDO · Comet 10555%ahead in 6 of 11 meetings
BLUE SPIRIT · First 31.791%ahead in 10 of 11 meetings
FAROUCHE · First 30 (Berret)60%ahead in 6 of 10 meetings
ALCOR V · First 47.780%ahead in 8 of 10 meetings
FAAMU-SAMI · First 36.780%ahead in 8 of 10 meetings
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DIECITRENTUNO · First 44.763%ahead in 5 of 8 meetings
CHIARA · Sun Fast 3238%ahead in 3 of 8 meetings
ARMADA NUEVA · Sun Fast 35100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings
Other competitors (35)

Met too few times for a figure.

ZEN 2 (First 45 (Briand), 6 meetings), TINA (Sun Odyssey 34.2, 6 meetings), ISLA FELIZ (Hanse 470e, 6 meetings), SLY FOX 3 (Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek), 6 meetings), LIBER (Comet 910 (Finot), 2 meetings), LALTRA (Bavaria Cruiser 42, 2 meetings), ITACA (Ecume De Mer, 2 meetings), BELLABLU (First 32, 2 meetings), VIS IOVIS (First 31.7, 2 meetings), MALVASIA (First 31.7, 2 meetings), LUCY IN THE SKY (First 260, 2 meetings), CASSIOPEA (Stag 32, 2 meetings), FRITTATINA ANCORA (Hanse 350, 2 meetings), AGLAIA (Sun Legende 41, 2 meetings), GOOD VIBES (Dufour 34, 1 meeting), FANCY (Dufour 365, 1 meeting), LA DARDOLA (Ziggurat 995, 1 meeting), COSIXTY 8 (IMX 38, 1 meeting), SOULAIMA (X-35, 1 meeting), GAIA (First 45 (Briand), 1 meeting), BLUES (Comet 36, 1 meeting), LAURA (Salona 34, 1 meeting), BIX (X-332, 1 meeting), TROPICANA (Ba 30, 1 meeting), STROPOLO (Elan 333, 1 meeting), SHANTARAM (Comet 770, 1 meeting), BRAINSTORM (First 31.7, 1 meeting), PATRICIA (First 34.7, 1 meeting), I 4 MORI (Comet 333, 1 meeting), ASTRA (Elan 340, 1 meeting), MARO (Sun Fast 32, 1 meeting), VELABIANCA (Sun Fast 32, 1 meeting), WHICH WAY (Sun Odyssey 40, 1 meeting), PULCINELLA (Dehler 36 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), SFERIKA (First 31.7, 1 meeting)

How LIBERA compares with a typical Grand Soleil 343

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Grand Soleil 343s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 343; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.06 kn
Beam reach-0.11 kn
Broad reach-0.17 kn
Downwind-0.07 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Grand Soleil 343 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

LIBERA in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 343 dashed.

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LIBERA in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 343 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Grand Soleil 343s racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the Grand Soleil 343

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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