PHOENIX LIMIT
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PHOENIX LIMIT — ESP 50051

Model: Farr 40

Carroll MarineBruce Farr

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PHOENIX LIMIT (ESP 50051) is a Farr 40 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Carroll Marine. She has been racing since 2023. Against a typical Farr 40 she is slower on a beam reach and downwind.

PHOENIX LIMIT ESP 50051 - Bruce Farr - Carroll Marine

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

35

Race starts

0

Wins

6%

Podiums

95

Race Edge

Farr 40: 91

479.6s/mile

Rating 2025

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn95
10–16 kn92
Over 16 kn89
PHOENIX LIMITA typical Farr 40How Race Edge works
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Length

12.41 m

40′ 9″

Beam

3.96 m

Draft

2.60 m

Displacement

5.0 t

Sail area

105 m²

On the podium

Where PHOENIX LIMIT finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

6%

of 35 starts · Farr 40 fleet: 27%

Wins

0%

Wins0%0
Seconds3%1
Thirds3%1
Off the podium94%33

Regattas

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

  • SpainLliga Creuers2025585677768968
  • SpainLliga Creuers202477910811118884
  • SpainLliga Creuers2023686436254655

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Round the buoys, or offshore

A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.

Round the buoys

4%

of these races end on the podium

26 races of 10 NM or less

Offshore & coastal

—

Not enough data yet: 6 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

3 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.

Who she races against

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

PHOENIX LIMIT aheadRival ahead
DRAC TEAM · Sinergia 403%ahead in 1 of 35 meetings
ESCANDOL · Hanse 44531%ahead in 11 of 35 meetings
YEY OMO EJA · Lightwave 4829%ahead in 10 of 35 meetings
CHICA · Dufour 4531%ahead in 11 of 35 meetings
GODSPEED · X-4117%ahead in 4 of 23 meetings
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MAGICA · X-419%ahead in 2 of 23 meetings
ZAMPA CORTA · Grand Soleil 40 (Carkeek)43%ahead in 10 of 23 meetings
SAIOLA XIV · TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk)35%ahead in 8 of 23 meetings
MIRGIN · Dufour 4535%ahead in 8 of 23 meetings
MIAJA X · X-419%ahead in 2 of 23 meetings
MAXIMO · X-414%ahead in 1 of 23 meetings
JUGUESCA · Grand Soleil 5417%ahead in 2 of 12 meetings
BLUE CARBON · TP 52 (Carkeek)8%ahead in 1 of 12 meetings
MISSUS B · Sun Odyssey 44 (Briand)50%ahead in 6 of 12 meetings
BIMBA · Bavaria 4650%ahead in 6 of 12 meetings
L'IMMENS · 0%ahead in 0 of 11 meetings
LUNA IV · Sun Odyssey 44 (Briand)27%ahead in 3 of 11 meetings

How PHOENIX LIMIT compares with a typical Farr 40

Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Farr 40s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Farr 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-0.03 kn
Beam reach-0.06 kn
Broad reach-0.13 kn
Downwind-0.09 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Farr 40 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

PHOENIX LIMIT in blue, a typical Farr 40 dashed.

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PHOENIX LIMIT in blue, a typical Farr 40 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Farr 40s racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the Farr 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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