PREFERISCO
Class BPlaningCruiser/Racer

PREFERISCO — ITA 17540

Model: Azuree 40

Sirena MarineGiovanni Ceccarelli

Updated

PREFERISCO (ITA 17540) is a Azuree 40 designed by Giovanni Ceccarelli and built by Sirena Marine. She has been racing since 2021. She sails with a larger sail plan and a deeper keel than most Azuree 40s. Against a typical Azuree 40 she is quicker upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.

PREFERISCO ITA 17540 - Giovanni Ceccarelli - Sirena Marine

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

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Race start

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Wins

0%

Podiums

14

Race Edge

494.7s/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 kn27
10–16 kn42
Over 16 kn88

Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.

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Length

12.04 m

39′ 6″

Beam

4.16 m

Draft

2.57 m

Displacement

7.1 t

Sail area

86 m²

On the podium

Where PREFERISCO finishes when she goes racing.

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Wins

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Seconds

0

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 PREFERISCO on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • GreeceAegean 600202119

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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

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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: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

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

Other competitors (21)

Met too few times for a figure.

OPTIMUM 3 (Farr 52, 1 meeting), BLUR (J/111, 1 meeting), ARTEMIS (X4.6, 1 meeting), ANTELOPE (Xp 44, 1 meeting), SETSAIL (Swan 42, 1 meeting), ESPRESSO MARTINI (Farr 45, 1 meeting), PHAEDRA (Hanse 508, 1 meeting), AIOLIA (J/11, 1 meeting), TETRAKTYS (Figaro 2, 1 meeting), EROS (Pogo 50, 1 meeting), FOXY LADY (Xp 44, 1 meeting), BLUE MAGIC (First 40.7, 1 meeting), ALEXA X (X-41, 1 meeting), ATLAS (Dehler 30 OD, 1 meeting), ELYSEA (Hanse 320, 1 meeting), TATTOO (Dufour 405, 1 meeting), EIXURIT (Pogo 30, 1 meeting), COMRADE (Dufour 45, 1 meeting), MY WAY (Rodman 42, 1 meeting), VENTO CADELA (Dc 120, 1 meeting), ZITTA ZITTA (Xp 44, 1 meeting)

How PREFERISCO compares with a typical Azuree 40

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Azuree 40s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Azuree 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+0.49 kn
Beam reach+0.37 kn
Broad reach+0.11 kn
Downwind+0.10 kn

Full width is 0.8 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Azuree 40 on the upwind.

Speed at every angle

PREFERISCO in blue, a typical Azuree 40 dashed.

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

Other Azuree 40s racing

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

More about the Azuree 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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