MATADOR — ITA 14603
Model: First 44.7
Updated
MATADOR (ITA 14603) is a First 44.7 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2023. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most First 44.7s. Against a typical First 44.7 she is slower on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats16
Race starts
0
Wins
12%
Podiums
43
Race Edge
First 44.7: 78
510.8s/mile
Rating 2025
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
13.35 m
43′ 10″
Beam
3.97 m
Draft
2.62 m
Displacement
9.6 t
Sail area
110 m²
On the podium
Where MATADOR finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
12%
of 16 starts · First 44.7 fleet: 17%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with MATADOR on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Campionato Invernale West Liguria2025–26873- Campionato Invernale West Liguria2024–25138888763
- Campionato Invernale West Liguria2023–2410964
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar202348
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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
10%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
1 more race without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats MATADOR meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (2)
Other competitors (68)
Met too few times for a figure.
GORILLA GANG XL (Comet 45, 7 meetings), FLIPPER ONE (Mylius 11, 7 meetings), VEGA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 6 meetings), BEATRICE (Ro 330, 5 meetings), DAL VERDE AL BLU (First 35 (Farr), 5 meetings), MELISSA (Baltic 50, 5 meetings), ATHENA (Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk), 5 meetings), MISTRAL GAGNANT (Solaris 50, 4 meetings), FURIBONDA (Sly 53, 4 meetings), SUSPIRIA THE REVENGE (Swan 42, 4 meetings), SPANTEGATA (Dehler 38 (Judel/Vrolijk), 4 meetings), MELISSA II (Swan 42, 4 meetings), BIG BANG (Melges 32, 4 meetings), BONNIE (Impala 36, 3 meetings), PROSPETTICA (Comet 41, 3 meetings), BLUE SCORPION (Eleva 50, 3 meetings), SEABIT (Grand Soleil 35, 3 meetings), OBI-WAN (Este 24, 3 meetings), FAREWELL IV (Solaris 44, 3 meetings), IREAL (Comet 45, 3 meetings), SHARDANA (T 34, 2 meetings), BELANA (First 40.7, 2 meetings), VELASQUEZ (Ridas 37, 2 meetings), CHAPLIN (Sangermani, 2 meetings), ALCYON 3 (Sun Fast 37, 2 meetings), VELA X1 (Nytec 23, 2 meetings), CHANGE TRASPARENT (Swan 45, 2 meetings), K'MENA (J/99, 2 meetings), ANGE TRASPARENT II (Swan 45, 1 meeting), RAYA (Italia 12.98 (Cossutti), 1 meeting), NOTTE DI STELLE (Italia 12.98 (Cossutti), 1 meeting), EMOTIONS (Grand Soleil 56, 1 meeting), ACCIUGA (Comet 41, 1 meeting), ASPRA (Uldb 65, 1 meeting), BIBA (Elan 410, 1 meeting), BELLATRIX (Italia 11.98, 1 meeting), HAKUNA MATATA (Bavaria 36, 1 meeting), MOON (Cobra 33, 1 meeting), BLACK SAMURAI (Eleva 50, 1 meeting), SCRICCA (Comet 38 (Vallicelli), 1 meeting), SARCHIAPONE (Italia 9.98, 1 meeting), MY WAY (Grand Soleil 47, 1 meeting), PODRACER (Grand Soleil 34 (Skyron), 1 meeting), JECO (J/112, 1 meeting), TARANTELLA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), TRICHECO (JOD 35, 1 meeting), MUTTLEY (Figaro 3, 1 meeting), OGYGIA 2 (Pogo 36, 1 meeting), PADAWAN (First 40.7, 1 meeting), IL COLORE DEL VENTO (X-55, 1 meeting), TIMERIESCI (Comet 45, 1 meeting), GIOC'ONDA 2 (Dufour 44, 1 meeting), ANOUK (Solaris 47, 1 meeting), BINGOBA (Grand Soleil 47, 1 meeting), GINGER_O (Marten 49, 1 meeting), GALATEA DUE (X-43, 1 meeting), ALEBI (Advanced A 44, 1 meeting), AUDACE (First 47.7, 1 meeting), NESSUNO (Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), ANTARES (IMX 40, 1 meeting), MIRA (Grand Soleil 52, 1 meeting), SAKURA (Iy 13.98, 1 meeting), PAPAZULU (Rm 136, 1 meeting), MARI (Deher 46, 1 meeting), BELLATRIX III (Grand Soleil 48, 1 meeting), YEMAYA (Solaris 44, 1 meeting), EL SOLETE (Sinergia 40, 1 meeting), BLACK PEKOE II (Grand Soleil 48, 1 meeting)
How MATADOR compares with a typical First 44.7
Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 44.7s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 44.7; 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 First 44.7 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
MATADOR in blue, a typical First 44.7 dashed.
MATADOR in blue, a typical First 44.7 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 44.7s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 44.7
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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