SHADOWFAX — LAT 729
Model: First 40.7
Updated
SHADOWFAX (LAT 729) is a First 40.7 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2026. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most First 40.7s. Against a typical First 40.7 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats7
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
21
Race Edge
First 40.7: 26
542.8s/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 SHADOWFAX finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
7
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 SHADOWFAX on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Burāšanas treniņš Rīga 28 JUL20266- Burāšanas treniņš Rīga 14 JUL20268
- Ķīpsalas kauss2026556
- Burāšanas treniņš Rīga 21 JUL20269
- Burāšanas treniņš Rīga 09 JUL20265
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Report a regattaWho she races against
The boats SHADOWFAX meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (14)
Met too few times for a figure.
LADYBIRD (Lady Helmsman, 7 meetings), BLUE JADE (X-362, 6 meetings), GORILLA (Ionic 39, 4 meetings), DE LUNA (First 36.7, 4 meetings), IRISHA (Oceanis 323, 4 meetings), THORA (J/112, 3 meetings), FLYING WITCH (Hanse 315, 3 meetings), GABRIEL (Lion 414, 3 meetings), SLAM (First 35 (Farr), 2 meetings), PROJECT A1 (Marina 36, 1 meeting), HOBBES (Platu 25, 1 meeting), BAILARINA (Platu 25, 1 meeting), FRÖKEN YR (Omega 28, 1 meeting), UDACHA (First 34.7, 1 meeting)
How SHADOWFAX 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 gives away time to a typical First 40.7 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
SHADOWFAX in blue, a typical First 40.7 dashed.
SHADOWFAX 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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