SPLASH — ITA 4040
Model: Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini)
Cantiere del PardoMassimo Paperini
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SPLASH (ITA 4040) is a Grand Soleil 40 designed by Massimo Paperini and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2013. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Grand Soleil 40s. Against a typical Grand Soleil 40 she is quicker upwind in light air and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats3
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
50
Race Edge
Grand Soleil 40: 20
530.1s/mile
Rating 2025
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.02 m
39′ 5″
Beam
3.79 m
Draft
2.38 m
Displacement
7.6 t
Sail area
89 m²
On the podium
Where SPLASH finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
3
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 SPLASH on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regata Brindisi-Corfù201520- Regata Brindisi-Corfù20144
- Regata Brindisi-Corfù201329
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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: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats SPLASH meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (36)
Met too few times for a figure.
EXCELLENT (Bavaria Match 38, 2 meetings), X-LION (X-35, 2 meetings), ORIONE (Grand Soleil 47, 2 meetings), MARIA LUDOVICA (Salona 37, 2 meetings), MIROS (Bavaria 46, 2 meetings), MY BEST LOVE (Bavaria Match 42, 2 meetings), EDERAN (First 36.7, 2 meetings), HIGH 5 (Farr 47, 1 meeting), BUENA VISTA (Fy 61, 1 meeting), MIZAR X BLU (X-362, 1 meeting), VERVE - CAMER (Comet 50, 1 meeting), DEVA (Grand Soleil 54, 1 meeting), KARMA DELTA SALOTTI (X-35, 1 meeting), VENTUS (Sun Fast 37, 1 meeting), SHAULA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), FLY AWAY 2 (Dufour 40, 1 meeting), ARIA (Comet 41, 1 meeting), 2 ALFA 2 (Grand Soleil 341, 1 meeting), GRANDE CESARE (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), ROTEVISTA' 2.0 (Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto), 1 meeting), FREYJA (Elan 40, 1 meeting), SHANGRI-LA II (Comet 105, 1 meeting), FOLLE IDEE (Sun Odyssey 49, 1 meeting), YEMANJA' II (Elan 410, 1 meeting), BLACK CAT (Elan 310, 1 meeting), B-SIDE (First 36.7, 1 meeting), X MAS (Millenium 40, 1 meeting), LE COCO (Dufour 40, 1 meeting), BLU FANTA'SIA (First 40.7, 1 meeting), RUBENS (First 34.7, 1 meeting), KIRAN (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), PAVANE (Sun Odyssey 40, 1 meeting), BURGUNDY (Sigma 33, 1 meeting), AQUARIUS (Hanse 540, 1 meeting), HYDRA (Comet 36, 1 meeting), DREAM MACHINE (First 34.7, 1 meeting)
How SPLASH compares with a typical Grand Soleil 40
Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Grand Soleil 40s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 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 is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 40 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
SPLASH in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 40 dashed.
SPLASH in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 40 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Grand Soleil 40s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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