LOBSTER ST — TUR 1635
Model: First 40
With the same sail number: MERSIN YELKEN AKADEMISI · First 40 · 2026
Updated
LOBSTER ST (TUR 1635) is a First 40 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2025. Against a typical First 40 she is quicker upwind in light air and on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats13
Race starts
0
Wins
31%
Podiums
63
Race Edge
First 40: 68
509.5s/mile
Rating 2025
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 LOBSTER ST finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
31%
of 13 starts · First 40 fleet: 27%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with LOBSTER ST on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
MIYC Winter Trophy 2026 - Act 5202624- Campus Cup202622573
- 36th Marmaris International Race Week202589651213
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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: 9 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.
2 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats LOBSTER ST meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (13)
Met too few times for a figure.
FLYER (First 44.7, 7 meetings), JOLLY BABA (J/122, 7 meetings), RUNNER (12m Mod, 7 meetings), ST ANNA (Skif 42, 6 meetings), WIZARD (Waarschip 36, 6 meetings), MY OLGA (First 40, 6 meetings), ARTFUL (Archambault 40, 6 meetings), MAUI (Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk), 6 meetings), JOLOU (J/122, 6 meetings), TAKE WIND (Bavaria Match 42, 6 meetings), WIND RIDER (First 40, 6 meetings), MAD X (X-41, 5 meetings), FOX L (X-41, 2 meetings)
How LOBSTER ST compares with a typical First 40
Her main 2025 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 is quicker than a typical First 40 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
LOBSTER ST in blue, a typical First 40 dashed.
LOBSTER ST 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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