SVELTINA — ITA 14748
Model: First 44.7
Updated
SVELTINA (ITA 14748) is a First 44.7 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2018 and has won two races. She sails with a smaller sail plan and a shallower keel than most First 44.7s. Against a typical First 44.7 she is slower upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats39
Race starts
2
Wins
21%
Podiums
65
Race Edge
First 44.7: 78
503.4s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
13.35 m
43′ 10″
Beam
3.97 m
Draft
2.62 m
Displacement
9.6 t
Sail area
110 m²
On the podium
Where SVELTINA finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
21%
of 39 starts · First 44.7 fleet: 17%
Wins
5%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with SVELTINA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Friendship Regatta20266688544- Aegean Regatta20259981411
- Friendship Regatta20256656687
- Apostole Paul2024311
- Friendship Regatta2024566766
- Friendship Regatta20233246533
- North Aegean Cup & National Offshore Championship2018107311
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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
27%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
17%
of these races end on the podium
Sharper round the buoys. Short courses reward acceleration and manoeuvring, and that is where this design makes its money.
Who she races against
The boats SVELTINA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (18)
Other competitors (39)
Met too few times for a figure.
KALLISTO (Olympic Sea 42, 7 meetings), STELLA (Bavaria Cruiser 38, 7 meetings), KONDOR (Dufour 51, 7 meetings), BLUE DOG V (X-99, 7 meetings), OKYALOS V (X-3, 7 meetings), AEOLIAN TOO (Oceanis 393, 7 meetings), NELA (Oceanis 370, 7 meetings), PIPIT (Bavaria 36, 7 meetings), DANAE (Bavaria 44, 7 meetings), SARANAIA V (Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk), 6 meetings), NESSUN DORMA (First 40.7, 6 meetings), DIVA (Sun Light 30, 6 meetings), ALEXA A (JPK 11.80, 6 meetings), BAXIMUS (X-35, 5 meetings), INVICTUS (IMX 40, 5 meetings), VORRAS (IMX 38, 5 meetings), ORANGE (Bavaria Match 35, 5 meetings), MARAKI (Elan 40, 5 meetings), MATRAK 2 (Dubois 37, 5 meetings), FIDELIO (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 5 meetings), METATRON II (First 44.7, 5 meetings), HOBART (Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk), 5 meetings), FAIRYTALE (Elan 40, 5 meetings), ADONIS (Idylle 155, 5 meetings), MELTEMI (Rm 126, 5 meetings), EQUINOXE (X-442, 5 meetings), VELA (Bavaria C50, 5 meetings), KOURSAROS (X-372, 4 meetings), ENALLAX (X-99, 4 meetings), ASSANTE (Bavaria 36, 4 meetings), CHRISTINA (First 42 (Farr), 4 meetings), MOLOTOW (Skippi 650, 4 meetings), NIRIIDA (Elan 37, 4 meetings), FRINGALE (Dufour 44, 4 meetings), TAXIDEFTIS (Gib Sea 33, 4 meetings), LA DOSE (Platu 25, 3 meetings), BLACK SHEEP (Platu 25, 3 meetings), INSOMNIA (Platu 25, 3 meetings), STONE AGE (Melges 24, 3 meetings)
How SVELTINA compares with a typical First 44.7
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 44.7s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 44.7; 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 sails level with a typical First 44.7 across the course.
Speed at every angle
SVELTINA in blue, a typical First 44.7 dashed.
SVELTINA in blue, a typical First 44.7 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 44.7s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 44.7
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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