SAIL LA VIE — CRO 1213
Model: First 40.7
Updated
SAIL LA VIE (CRO 1213) is a First 40.7 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2023 and has won three races. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most First 40.7s. Against a typical First 40.7 she is quicker downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats14
Race starts
3
Wins
50%
Podiums
53
Race Edge
First 40.7: 26
526.5s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
11.92 m
39′ 1″
Beam
3.77 m
Draft
2.42 m
Displacement
7.1 t
Sail area
94 m²
On the podium
Where SAIL LA VIE finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
50%
of 14 starts · First 40.7 fleet: 11%
Wins
21%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with SAIL LA VIE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Rodos Cup20263222
36th Marmaris International Race Week202513191513154- Rodos Cup20253321
- Rodos Cup20235113
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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: 4 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
70%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The boats SAIL LA VIE meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (25)
Met too few times for a figure.
VALENTINA (Salona 38, 6 meetings), SYMFONY (X-35, 6 meetings), MARMARISA (Hanse 400e, 6 meetings), NIMANA (, 6 meetings), BLACK EAGLE (First 40.7, 6 meetings), CHEESE VI (Archambault 35, 6 meetings), SINVERGUENZA 2 (First 40.7, 6 meetings), ANYUTA (First 40, 6 meetings), LA LOBA (X-412, 6 meetings), ATIYE (IMX 38, 6 meetings), AURORA X (X-35, 6 meetings), AVOLARE (First 40.7, 6 meetings), ADA SAILOR (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 6 meetings), ARNES (First 40.7, 6 meetings), IVANA (Salona 380, 6 meetings), IMAGINE (First 40, 6 meetings), OMANI (X-412, 6 meetings), WIND MASTER (First 40.7, 6 meetings), RUSSES (First 44.7, 4 meetings), YEDICERILER (J/99, 4 meetings), LAGERTHA (Swan 42, 4 meetings), HOTTER (First 47.7, 4 meetings), FARRAWAY (Farr 40, 4 meetings), CALLISTA (Bavaria C45, 4 meetings), OKAMI (First 36, 4 meetings)
How SAIL LA VIE compares with a typical First 40.7
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 40.7s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 40.7; 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 First 40.7 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
SAIL LA VIE in blue, a typical First 40.7 dashed.
SAIL LA VIE in blue, a typical First 40.7 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 40.7s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 40.7
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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