OUT OF THE BLUE — ITA 14635
Model: Sun Fast 40
Updated
OUT OF THE BLUE (ITA 14635) is a Sun Fast 40 designed by Daniel Andrieu and built by Jeanneau. She has been racing since 2026. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Sun Fast 40s. Against a typical Sun Fast 40 she is quicker upwind in light air, and slower on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats2
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
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Race Edge
Sun Fast 40: 7
543.1s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
11.71 m
38′ 5″
Beam
3.94 m
Draft
2.42 m
Displacement
7.5 t
Sail area
87 m²
On the podium
Where OUT OF THE BLUE finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
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Seconds
0
Thirds
2
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 OUT OF THE BLUE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
REGATA DELLA GALLINARA - Trofeo della Cappelletta202697
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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: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats OUT OF THE BLUE meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (8)
Met too few times for a figure.
J BLU (J/92, 2 meetings), T2 (Dehler 36 (Stadt), 2 meetings), YUME (Solaris 44.1, 2 meetings), ULIXES VI (Grand Soleil 39 (Jézéquel), 2 meetings), ALEBI II (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 2 meetings), FIRST...ISSIMA (First 34.7, 2 meetings), MIRTILLA (Grand Soleil 343, 2 meetings), AQUILANTE (Comet 383, 2 meetings)
How OUT OF THE BLUE compares with a typical Sun Fast 40
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Sun Fast 40s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Sun Fast 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 Sun Fast 40 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
OUT OF THE BLUE in blue, a typical Sun Fast 40 dashed.
OUT OF THE BLUE in blue, a typical Sun Fast 40 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Sun Fast 40s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Sun Fast 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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