SYLVIA — EST 478
Model: Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek)
Cantiere del PardoBotín & Carkeek
Updated
SYLVIA (EST 478) is a Grand Soleil 43 designed by Botín & Carkeek and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2021. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most Grand Soleil 43s. Against a typical Grand Soleil 43 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats10
Race starts
0
Wins
0%
Podiums
20
Race Edge
Grand Soleil 43: 38
525.3s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.95 m
42′ 6″
Beam
3.92 m
Draft
2.38 m
Displacement
9.7 t
Sail area
98 m²
On the podium
Where SYLVIA finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 10 starts · Grand Soleil 43 fleet: 20%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with SYLVIA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
A.Le CoQ 69.Muhu Väina Regatt ja ORC III, ORC IV EMV/ EC2026414344- A.Le CoQ 69.Muhu Väina Regatt 2026 ORC I, ORC II lühirada / W-L races2026434
- A.Le Coq 64. Muhu Vaina Regatt / Moonsund Regatta 2021 - offshore202110111619171221
- A.Le Coq 64. Muhu Vaina Regatt - Parnu lyhirada / inshore20211499
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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: 1 race of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 5 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 SYLVIA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
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How SYLVIA 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 gives away time to a typical Grand Soleil 43 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
SYLVIA in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 43 dashed.
SYLVIA 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 (Carkeek)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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