MYSTIQUE
Class BDisplacementCruiser/Racer

MYSTIQUE — NOR 14500

Model: First 40

BeneteauBruce Farr

Updated

MYSTIQUE (NOR 14500) 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, and slower upwind in light air and downwind.

MYSTIQUE NOR 14500 - Bruce Farr - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

13

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

71

Race Edge

First 40: 68

516.2s/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 kn61
10–16 kn72
Over 16 kn43
MYSTIQUEA typical First 40How Race Edge works
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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 MYSTIQUE finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

0%

of 13 starts · First 40 fleet: 27%

Wins

0%

Wins0%0
Seconds0%0
Thirds0%0
Off the podium100%13

Regattas

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

  • NorwayBundefjorden Onsdagsseilaser202616162339393939393939393939

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Who she races against

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

MYSTIQUE aheadRival ahead
SY SPRAY · First 40.779%ahead in 11 of 14 meetings
JAKOBINE · J/928%ahead in 1 of 13 meetings
WOODY · Humphreys 308%ahead in 1 of 12 meetings
ALBINCHEN · Cumulus91%ahead in 10 of 11 meetings
DAGNY · Hr 24100%ahead in 10 of 10 meetings
Other competitors (30)

Met too few times for a figure.

PULS (Express, 4 meetings), KULING (Melges 24, 4 meetings), THUNDERCHICKEN (Express, 4 meetings), FORTISSIMO (Melges 24, 4 meetings), LARSSON (Dehler 34 (Judel/Vrolijk), 4 meetings), SNØLØS (Hanse 370, 4 meetings), MS. MELLETT (Sun Fast 3600, 4 meetings), XANTHIPPE III (Hanse 371, 4 meetings), BRIS (Arcona 370, 4 meetings), BISSIE LISSIE (X-35, 3 meetings), PSYCHO (Sinergia 40, 3 meetings), MASITO (Hanse 430, 3 meetings), SONS OF HURRICANES (Sinergia 40, 3 meetings), EXCEL (Express, 3 meetings), SAXA (X-37, 3 meetings), JILBO (J/80, 3 meetings), PAKALOLO II (Farr 30, 3 meetings), JUST 4 FUN (Salona 34, 3 meetings), SHENLONG (Fareast 28, 2 meetings), ARGO VIII (Sun Fast 3300, 2 meetings), RÅTASS (Hanse 430, 2 meetings), NENA (Aphrodite 101, 2 meetings), SAGITTA V (Elan 310, 2 meetings), FIFTY FIFTY (XR 41, 1 meeting), HOTSHOT (Melges 32, 1 meeting), EXPENSER (Express, 1 meeting), BIANCA (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), HELENE (J/80, 1 meeting), WATERGATE (11 Metre, 1 meeting), BRUNHILDUR (X-79, 1 meeting)

How MYSTIQUE 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.

True wind
Upwind-0.04 kn
Beam reach+0.15 kn
Broad reach-0.09 kn
Downwind-0.06 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical First 40 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

MYSTIQUE in blue, a typical First 40 dashed.

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MYSTIQUE 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

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