SAETTA III — ESP 8323
Model: Grand Soleil 40 (Carkeek)
Cantiere del PardoBotín & Carkeek
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SAETTA III (ESP 8323) is a Grand Soleil 40 designed by Botín & Carkeek and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2025. 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 downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats9
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
51
Race Edge
Grand Soleil 40: 41
525.0s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.15 m
39′ 10″
Beam
3.84 m
Draft
2.46 m
Displacement
9.1 t
Sail area
84 m²
On the podium
Where SAETTA III finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
9
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 SAETTA III on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
ORC European Championship 2025 / 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE2025301719182418241032
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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: 8 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 SAETTA III meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
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How SAETTA III 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 upwind.
Speed at every angle
SAETTA III in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 40 dashed.
SAETTA III 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 (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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