MERSIN YELKEN AKADEMISI — TUR 1635
Model: First 40
With the same sail number: LOBSTER ST · First 40 · 2025–2026
Updated
MERSIN YELKEN AKADEMISI (TUR 1635) is a First 40 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2026. Against a typical First 40 she is quicker on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats13
Race starts
0
Wins
8%
Podiums
61
Race Edge
First 40: 68
510.0s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.24 m
40′ 2″
Beam
3.90 m
Draft
2.48 m
Displacement
7.9 t
Sail area
94 m²
On the podium
Where MERSIN YELKEN AKADEMISI finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
8%
of 13 starts · First 40 fleet: 27%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with MERSIN YELKEN AKADEMISI on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
EAYK-TAYK Dogu Ege Yat Sampiyonasi202616152012161712- Nurolbank Loryma Cup202653474
- MIYC Winter Trophy 2026 - Act 620264
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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: 6 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
7 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats MERSIN YELKEN AKADEMISI meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (25)
Met too few times for a figure.
EKER 40 (Ker 40, 7 meetings), ORIENT EXPRESS (Farr 55, 7 meetings), ALIZE M12 (Mat 12, 7 meetings), NORTH AND SOUTH (Ker 40, 7 meetings), ANYWAYS (Cape 31, 7 meetings), MAGIC TWELVE (Vismara 46, 7 meetings), CARINA (Archambault 35, 7 meetings), ATLAS (X-41, 7 meetings), BLUE MOON (Mat 122, 7 meetings), FENERBAHCE 5 (Mat 101, 7 meetings), MERSIN YELKEN AKADEMISI (Jv 56, 7 meetings), DHO ARIVA (Mat 11.80, 7 meetings), VAMOS (Bavaria Match 42, 7 meetings), PUPA (First 34.7, 7 meetings), BURAN (J/122, 6 meetings), MAUI (Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk), 6 meetings), JASON (First 40, 5 meetings), ST ANNA (Skif 42, 5 meetings), YOU TOO (Rm 126, 5 meetings), TECHNONICOL (X-41, 1 meeting), JOLLY BABA (J/122, 1 meeting), SANTA ANASTASIA (Salona 44, 1 meeting), STREKOZA (Salona 41, 1 meeting), RUNNER (12m Mod, 1 meeting), WIND RIDER (First 40, 1 meeting)
How MERSIN YELKEN AKADEMISI compares with a typical First 40
Her main 2026 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
MERSIN YELKEN AKADEMISI in blue, a typical First 40 dashed.
MERSIN YELKEN AKADEMISI 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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