SPRINGBOK — FRA 9783
Model: Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto)
Cantiere del PardoClaudio Maletto
Updated
SPRINGBOK (FRA 9783) is a Grand Soleil 43 designed by Claudio Maletto and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2026 and has won 1 race. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Grand Soleil 43s. Against a typical Grand Soleil 43 she is quicker upwind in light air and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats8
Race starts
1
Win
12%
Podiums
31
Race Edge
Grand Soleil 43: 64
496.5s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.89 m
42′ 3″
Beam
3.98 m
Draft
2.41 m
Displacement
9.1 t
Sail area
100 m²
On the podium
Where SPRINGBOK finishes when she goes racing.
1
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
8
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 SPRINGBOK on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
- ORC World Championship20261320152141613
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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: 6 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats SPRINGBOK meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
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How SPRINGBOK compares with a typical Grand Soleil 43
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Grand Soleil 43s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 43; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 43 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
SPRINGBOK in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 43 dashed.
SPRINGBOK in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 43 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Grand Soleil 43s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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