SUNBIRD — GRE 1817
Model: Grand Soleil 43 (Design)
Updated
SUNBIRD (GRE 1817) is a Grand Soleil 43 designed by J&J Design and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2023. Against a typical Grand Soleil 43 she is quicker downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats8
Race starts
0
Wins
50%
Podiums
37
Race Edge
537.8s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.89 m
42′ 3″
Beam
3.99 m
Draft
2.13 m
Displacement
8.5 t
Sail area
90 m²
On the podium
Where SUNBIRD finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
1
Seconds
3
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 SUNBIRD on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Ναο Λαυρεωτικης-Ναο Αναβ.& Π Φωκαιας-Ναο Λεγραινων Αρσιδ20263- Νικος Γκρανιας 2026202562
- Νικος Γκρανιας202468
- " Αιγεας 2024 "20243
- Πατροκλος20243
- Αιγεας20234
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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: 8 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats SUNBIRD meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (20)
Met too few times for a figure.
JENY-MARI (Albin Ballad, 7 meetings), IRENE (Oceanis 331, 7 meetings), KYMOTHOE (Grand Soleil 343, 6 meetings), YUSURI (Sun Odyssey 42.1, 6 meetings), MOUNT KANDILI (Sonata 26, 6 meetings), DORIAN (Yca 29, 6 meetings), MARIE GALANTE (First 35 (Berret), 5 meetings), PELAISIOS (Draco 33, 3 meetings), ISIDORA (Brigand 750, 3 meetings), SE GLA UT (New Gambler 35, 3 meetings), PANAGIA DESPOINA (Rush 31, 3 meetings), THE SAKKS (Bavaria Cruiser 33, 3 meetings), DENIS K (Sun Light 31, 3 meetings), ORION (Bavaria Holiday 36, 2 meetings), YAKINTHI (First Class 8, 2 meetings), AEGEANIX (Elan 33, 2 meetings), EMEIS (Sigma 33, 2 meetings), DAMASKINI (Sun Odyssey 26, 2 meetings), IRENE (Bavaria 44, 1 meeting), CALDERA (Dehler 36 (Stadt), 1 meeting)
How SUNBIRD 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 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 43 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
SUNBIRD in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 43 dashed.
SUNBIRD 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 (Design)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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