TUSITALA — ITA-TSTL26
Model: Dufour 430
Updated
TUSITALA (ITA-TSTL26) is a Dufour 430 designed by Umberto Felci and built by Dufour. She has been racing since 2026 and has won three races. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Dufour 430s. Against a typical Dufour 430 she is quicker upwind in light air, and slower downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats8
Race starts
3
Wins
75%
Podiums
18
Race Edge
548.1s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.50 m
41′ 0″
Beam
4.30 m
Draft
2.10 m
Displacement
9.7 t
Sail area
75 m²
On the podium
Where TUSITALA finishes when she goes racing.
3
Wins
3
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 TUSITALA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Vento de l'Alguer202641422112
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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: 7 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats TUSITALA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (2)
Met too few times for a figure.
JOSEPHA II (Hanse 370, 7 meetings), FLORESA (Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto), 5 meetings)
How TUSITALA compares with a typical Dufour 430
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Dufour 430s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Dufour 430; 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 Dufour 430 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
TUSITALA in blue, a typical Dufour 430 dashed.
TUSITALA in blue, a typical Dufour 430 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Dufour 430s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Dufour 430
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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