PETRA — BUL 441
Model: Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek)
Cantiere del PardoBotín & Carkeek
Updated
PETRA (BUL 441) is a Grand Soleil 42 designed by Botín & Carkeek and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2020 and has won 16 races, five of them in a row in 2022. She sails with a shallower keel than most Grand Soleil 42s. Against a typical Grand Soleil 42 she is quicker on a beam reach and downwind, and slower upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats64
Race starts
16
Wins
50%
Podiums
84
Race Edge
Grand Soleil 42: 50
492.2s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.67 m
41′ 7″
Beam
3.21 m
Draft
2.55 m
Displacement
6.4 t
Sail area
100 m²
On the podium
Where PETRA finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
50%
of 64 starts · Grand Soleil 42 fleet: 25%
Wins
25%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with PETRA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
National Championship ORC & IRC2024951476323- Regatta Port Varna - General Broker Cup202445242545
- Regata Varna Channel Cup2024651147301227122812291228112712
- Regatta Cor Caroli Next Consult2022111114113342
- Regatta Varna Channel Cup202223314311131463432444
- 20th Regatta Cor Caroli Icard202011111
- Regatta "Kaliakria Cup - 2020"20201742121
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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
42%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
50%
of these races end on the podium
Better the longer it gets. Boats that settle into a groove and hold it gain ground once the course stops turning.
23 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats PETRA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (39)
Other competitors (28)
Met too few times for a figure.
HISPANIOLA (Evento 42, 6 meetings), LIBERTY (Liberty 47, 6 meetings), ALINA (Pogo 30, 6 meetings), CHOCOLATE 3 (Farr 52, 6 meetings), ALGOL (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), MUSON (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), LODOZ (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), IMPALA (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), AKSHAENA (Conrad 25, 4 meetings), OXYGEN (Melges 24, 3 meetings), PROXIMA (Conrad 24, 3 meetings), SMOKE (Conrad 25, 3 meetings), ELINA (Bavaria Cruiser 34, 3 meetings), ELYSEA (Hanse 320, 3 meetings), MINT MILK (Peterson 25, 3 meetings), ADRIA (Grand Soleil 37 (Design), 3 meetings), SUNDOWNER (Conrad 25, 3 meetings), WHITE WING (First 211, 3 meetings), METCH (Conrad 25, 3 meetings), BLUE MAGIC (First 40.7, 3 meetings), NITRO (Saffier 36, 3 meetings), ELEANOR (Bavaria Cruiser 40 S, 3 meetings), SETSAIL (Swan 42, 3 meetings), COSA NOSTRA (Grand Surprise, 3 meetings), ESPERANTA (Oceanis 393, 3 meetings), BLOSSOM (Dufour 35, 3 meetings), BUL KISS (Conrad 25, 3 meetings), EMMA (Dufour 2800, 3 meetings)
How PETRA compares with a typical Grand Soleil 42
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Grand Soleil 42s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 42; 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 is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 42 on the downwind.
Speed at every angle
PETRA in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 42 dashed.
PETRA in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 42 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Grand Soleil 42s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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