SOLAR — ESP 4307_C
Model: First 41
Updated
SOLAR (ESP 4307_C) is a First 41 designed by Jean Berret and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2023 and has won two races. Against a typical First 41 she is quicker upwind in light air and on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats60
Race starts
2
Wins
12%
Podiums
11
Race Edge
First 41: 64
547.2s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.30 m
40′ 4″
Beam
3.90 m
Draft
1.97 m
Displacement
7.5 t
Sail area
85 m²
On the podium
Where SOLAR finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
12%
of 60 starts · First 41 fleet: 10%
Wins
3%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with SOLAR on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Lliga Creuers2026575783866646- XXX Lliga Social CMPO2026567744
- Lliga Creuers2025556685566843
- XXIX Lliga Social CMPO202557784866
- Lliga Creuers20246769895643
- Lliga Creuers2023455435555112
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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
8%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 8 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
4 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats SOLAR meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
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How SOLAR compares with a typical First 41
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 41s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 41; 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 41 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
SOLAR in blue, a typical First 41 dashed.
SOLAR in blue, a typical First 41 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 41s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 41
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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