SEA PEARL — GER 8435
Model: First 40
Updated
SEA PEARL (GER 8435) is a First 40 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2026 and has won 1 race. She sails with a shallower keel than most First 40s. Against a typical First 40 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats1
Race start
1
Win
100%
Podiums
67
Race Edge
First 40: 68
528.9s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.24 m
40′ 2″
Beam
3.90 m
Draft
2.48 m
Displacement
7.9 t
Sail area
94 m²
On the podium
Where SEA PEARL finishes when she goes racing.
1
Wins
0
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 SEA PEARL on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
76. Glückstadt Regatta202611- 116. Flensburger Fördewoche20261
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Report a regattaWho she races against
The boats SEA PEARL meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
How SEA PEARL compares with a typical First 40
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 40s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 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 gives away time to a typical First 40 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
SEA PEARL in blue, a typical First 40 dashed.
SEA PEARL in blue, a typical First 40 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 40s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 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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