PIPE DREAM — NOR 10002
Model: Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini)
Cantiere del PardoMassimo Paperini
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PIPE DREAM (NOR 10002) is a Grand Soleil 40 designed by Massimo Paperini and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2024. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Grand Soleil 40s. Against a typical Grand Soleil 40 she is quicker upwind in light air and on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats1
Race start
0
Wins
100%
Podiums
57
Race Edge
Grand Soleil 40: 20
534.9s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.02 m
39′ 5″
Beam
3.79 m
Draft
2.38 m
Displacement
7.6 t
Sail area
89 m²
On the podium
Where PIPE DREAM finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
1
Thirds
1
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 PIPE DREAM on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
InterCity20243
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Report a regattaWho she races against
The boats PIPE DREAM meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (5)
Met too few times for a figure.
PUTTE (Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), CAT BALLOU (Figaro 2, 1 meeting), OTER'N (Bavaria Match 38, 1 meeting), ØSE (Hanse 400, 1 meeting), LURIE (Scampi 30, 1 meeting)
How PIPE DREAM compares with a typical Grand Soleil 40
Her main 2026 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 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 40 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
PIPE DREAM in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 40 dashed.
PIPE DREAM 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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