PRINCESSE — ITA 17224
Model: First 42 (Farr)
Updated
PRINCESSE (ITA 17224) is a First 42 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2021. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most First 42s. Against a typical First 42 she is quicker downwind, and slower upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats2
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
68
Race Edge
First 42: 9
554.4s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.69 m
41′ 8″
Beam
4.13 m
Draft
1.82 m
Displacement
9.1 t
Sail area
90 m²
On the podium
Where PRINCESSE finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
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 PRINCESSE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
La Duecento202519- La Cinquecento20231
- La Duecento202144
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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 PRINCESSE meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (27)
Met too few times for a figure.
BUTTERFLY (Archambault 40, 2 meetings), MOXIE (X-35, 1 meeting), OSIRA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), AMA (Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), PANGAEA (Dufour 405, 1 meeting), C'E' L'ESTE (Este 39, 1 meeting), JOD "C (JOD 35, 1 meeting), MANDI (First 40.7, 1 meeting), ANEMOS (Pogo 36, 1 meeting), SWANDERFUL (Swan 45, 1 meeting), SO BEAUTIFUL (Elan 410, 1 meeting), ACTINIAS (Marchi 39, 1 meeting), VERTIGO (Elan 350, 1 meeting), ORSOBRILLO (More 55, 1 meeting), MECUBE (Farr 400, 1 meeting), ANDREBORA (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), NORZH (Dehler 36 (Stadt), 1 meeting), POKEKIAKKIERE (Elan 340, 1 meeting), SPICA BLU (Viko S 35, 1 meeting), GRANPESTO (Sintesi 45, 1 meeting), PANIK (Barberis 421, 1 meeting), GIORGIA NOW OR (Genesi 43, 1 meeting), KUMATOS ANTHOS (Hanse 400e, 1 meeting), CANOPUS (Seascape 27, 1 meeting), TUTTE' POSSIBILE (Sintesi 45, 1 meeting), BLACK ANGEL (IMX 38, 1 meeting), IAIAI (Elan 37, 1 meeting)
How PRINCESSE compares with a typical First 42
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 42s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 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 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical First 42 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
PRINCESSE in blue, a typical First 42 dashed.
PRINCESSE in blue, a typical First 42 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 42s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 42 (Farr)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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