MOTUS — ITA 17846
Model: Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini)
Cantiere del PardoMassimo Paperini
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MOTUS (ITA 17846) is a Grand Soleil 40 designed by Massimo Paperini and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2022. She sails with a smaller sail plan and a shallower keel than most Grand Soleil 40s. Against a typical Grand Soleil 40 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats4
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
18
Race Edge
Grand Soleil 40: 20
554.9s/mile
Rating 2025
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.02 m
39′ 5″
Beam
3.79 m
Draft
2.38 m
Displacement
7.6 t
Sail area
89 m²
On the podium
Where MOTUS finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
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Seconds
0
Thirds
4
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 MOTUS on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Riva per Tutti202512- Riva per Due202410
- 1000 Vele per Garibaldi XVI Edizione202355
- Riva per Due20235
- 1000 Vele per Garibaldi XV Edizione20225
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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: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats MOTUS meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (30)
Met too few times for a figure.
GASTONE (Bavaria 36, 3 meetings), CYGNUS (First 36.7, 3 meetings), FAHRENHEIT (Comet 38 (Vallicelli), 3 meetings), KIKA 2 (Elan 410, 3 meetings), BLOWIN IN THE WIND (Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto), 3 meetings), FASTLIGHT (Pogo 50, 2 meetings), MADEJA (JOD 35, 2 meetings), LANCILLOTTO (First 40, 2 meetings), ATENA (Este 39, 2 meetings), JOLIE (First 45 (Briand), 2 meetings), AGLAIA (Genesi 43, 1 meeting), KALIMA (Blue Whale, 1 meeting), PAPERISSIMA (Duck 31, 1 meeting), FAIR LADY BLUE (Comfortina 42, 1 meeting), CICCI VII (Comet 910 (Stadt), 1 meeting), DAGOBAH 2 (Elan 310, 1 meeting), ATAHUALPA (Sun Odyssey 45.2, 1 meeting), ASELL (Vismara 34, 1 meeting), MARIA SOFIA (Solaris 55, 1 meeting), KALA NAG 2 (Dufour 455, 1 meeting), ARYA (First 36.7, 1 meeting), TWELVE (Sun Odyssey 45, 1 meeting), SWIFT (First 36, 1 meeting), NIMBUS 2000 (, 1 meeting), ARIA (Comet 41, 1 meeting), BLACK SWAN (First 30 (Kouyoumdjian), 1 meeting), LOLI FAST (Sun Fast 3600, 1 meeting), FREE EMOTIONS (Sun Fast 3200, 1 meeting), DREAM AWAY (First 36.7, 1 meeting), HONEY BADGER (IMX 38, 1 meeting)
How MOTUS compares with a typical Grand Soleil 40
Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Grand Soleil 40s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 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 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Grand Soleil 40 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
MOTUS in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 40 dashed.
MOTUS in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 40 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Grand Soleil 40s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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