SOFFIO
Class CHeavy displacementCruiser/Racer

SOFFIO — ITA 18019

Model: Dufour 405

DufourUmberto Felci

Updated

SOFFIO (ITA 18019) is a Dufour 405 designed by Umberto Felci and built by Dufour. She has been racing since 2024. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most Dufour 405s. Against a typical Dufour 405 she is quicker on a beam reach and downwind.

SOFFIO ITA 18019 - Umberto Felci - Dufour

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

30

Race starts

0

Wins

33%

Podiums

61

Race Edge

Dufour 405: 17

561.8s/mile

Rating 2026

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn13
10–16 kn91
Over 16 kn62
SOFFIOA typical Dufour 405How Race Edge works
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Length

11.90 m

39′ 1″

Beam

4.00 m

Draft

1.98 m

Displacement

8.1 t

Sail area

80 m²

On the podium

Where SOFFIO finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

33%

of 30 starts · Dufour 405 fleet: 41%

Wins

0%

Wins0%0
Seconds7%2
Thirds27%8
Off the podium66%20

Regattas

Every regatta we found with SOFFIO on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • Italy151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar202695
  • ItalyCampionato Invernale del Ponente2025–26426334
  • ItalyCampionato Invernale del Ponente2024–251173332334310
  • ItalyCampionato Invernale del Ponente2023–24871211108119761210

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Round the buoys, or offshore

A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.

Round the buoys

37%

of these races end on the podium

27 races of 10 NM or less

Offshore & coastal

—

Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

The boats SOFFIO meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

SOFFIO aheadRival ahead
MEDITERRANEA · X-3627%ahead in 2 of 29 meetings
PARTHENOPE · Dufour 35034%ahead in 10 of 29 meetings
CHARAS 2 · Hanse 37069%ahead in 20 of 29 meetings
TORTUGA69 · Sun Odyssey 34979%ahead in 23 of 29 meetings
PICCOLA · Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek)38%ahead in 9 of 24 meetings
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BILBO · Oceanis 33130%ahead in 7 of 23 meetings
OUTLAW · Class 3365%ahead in 15 of 23 meetings
DEA GITANA · Elan 34052%ahead in 12 of 23 meetings
CIRCE · First 36.739%ahead in 7 of 18 meetings
ONDALUNGA · First 40.783%ahead in 15 of 18 meetings
FIORE BLU · First 47.765%ahead in 11 of 17 meetings
VOSCIA · Comet 4576%ahead in 13 of 17 meetings
MANICCHIA · Dufour 3435%ahead in 6 of 17 meetings
E-MOTION · Bavaria Cruiser 3788%ahead in 15 of 17 meetings
DAISY · First 31.767%ahead in 8 of 12 meetings
SORA LELLA · First 34.767%ahead in 8 of 12 meetings
AURICA · First 30 (Kouyoumdjian)83%ahead in 10 of 12 meetings
Other competitors (30)

Met too few times for a figure.

FLU (Solaris 44, 6 meetings), ATTENTI AL LUPO (Moody 38, 6 meetings), ONE WAY (Grand Soleil 40 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), VITAMINA (Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), POLARIS II (Comet 41, 1 meeting), RD3 (First 34.7, 1 meeting), GIUBA (Grand Soleil 46.3, 1 meeting), LULU (Grand Soleil 39 (Jézéquel), 1 meeting), ANTARES (IMX 40, 1 meeting), SOUL (First 40.7, 1 meeting), MO-CUISHLE (Hanse 400, 1 meeting), ANDROMEDA (Elan 400, 1 meeting), ALEGHER (Swan 55 (Frers), 1 meeting), STROLAGA II (Azuree 33, 1 meeting), PEGASUS (Akilaria 950, 1 meeting), FRA' PAOLELE (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), MARIA PAOLA (X-402, 1 meeting), ACCIUGA (Comet 41, 1 meeting), MEDEA (Dufour 40, 1 meeting), MARVEL (Grand Soleil 42 (Lostuzzi), 1 meeting), TWIN SOUL (First 45 (Briand), 1 meeting), FREYA (Schooner, 1 meeting), GALATEA (Genesi 43, 1 meeting), GIOC'ONDA 2 (Dufour 44, 1 meeting), PANTAREI 2 (Grand Soleil 72, 1 meeting), ALEBI II (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 1 meeting), IMPAZZISCO (Rimar 36, 1 meeting), GUIZZO IS BACK (Pogo 36, 1 meeting), GALATEE VA (First 30 (Kouyoumdjian), 1 meeting), AQUARANTA (Archambault 40, 1 meeting)

How SOFFIO compares with a typical Dufour 405

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Dufour 405s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Dufour 405; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.01 kn
Beam reach+0.07 kn
Broad reach+0.17 kn
Downwind+0.12 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Dufour 405 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

SOFFIO in blue, a typical Dufour 405 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

SOFFIO in blue, a typical Dufour 405 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Dufour 405s racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the Dufour 405

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