MAGIC BUS
Class BDisplacementCruiser/Racer

MAGIC BUS — ITA 15852

Model: Dufour 40

DufourUmberto Felci

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MAGIC BUS (ITA 15852) is a Dufour 40 designed by Umberto Felci and built by Dufour. She has been racing since 2026. Against a typical Dufour 40 she is quicker downwind, and slower on a beam reach.

MAGIC BUS ITA 15852 - Umberto Felci - Dufour

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

8

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

24

Race Edge

Dufour 40: 34

540.2s/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 kn29
10–16 kn52
Over 16 kn43
MAGIC BUSA typical Dufour 40How Race Edge works
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Length

12.06 m

39′ 7″

Beam

3.89 m

Draft

2.08 m

Displacement

7.8 t

Sail area

85 m²

On the podium

Where MAGIC BUS finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

8

Starts

Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.

Regattas

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

  • World championshipORC World Championship20262019191716201116

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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: 6 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.

Who she races against

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

MAGIC BUS aheadRival ahead
TO BE · Italia 11.980%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
WB IX · XR 410%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
TECHNONICOL · X-4113%ahead in 1 of 8 meetings
GUARDAMAGO 3 · Italia 11.9813%ahead in 1 of 8 meetings
FLYING DOLPHIN TOO · X-410%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
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MASCALZONE LATINO · Farr 400%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
CHEYENNE · Rodman 4213%ahead in 1 of 8 meetings
CATTIVA COMPAGNIA · Italia 11.9813%ahead in 1 of 8 meetings
LILI II · Archambault 4063%ahead in 5 of 8 meetings
WE TRY · Italia 11.9813%ahead in 1 of 8 meetings
SIDERACORDIS · X-410%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
NIENTEMALE · First 4013%ahead in 1 of 8 meetings
PALINURO · J/4038%ahead in 3 of 8 meetings
ALEXA A · JPK 11.8013%ahead in 1 of 8 meetings
CAPITANI CORAGGIOSI · X-4175%ahead in 6 of 8 meetings
JOY · J/12238%ahead in 3 of 8 meetings
REBEL · First 4050%ahead in 4 of 8 meetings
CUNI · Canard 41100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings
CODE ZERO · Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek)88%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
PADAWAN · First 40.7100%ahead in 8 of 8 meetings
SAYANN · First 4038%ahead in 3 of 8 meetings

How MAGIC BUS compares with a typical Dufour 40

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Dufour 40s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Dufour 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+0.06 kn
Beam reach-0.05 kn
Broad reach-0.02 kn
Downwind+0.07 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Dufour 40 on the downwind.

Speed at every angle

MAGIC BUS in blue, a typical Dufour 40 dashed.

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MAGIC BUS in blue, a typical Dufour 40 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Dufour 40s racing

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

More about the Dufour 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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