U.P.VALENCIA — ESP 5121
Model: First 40.7
Updated
U.P.VALENCIA (ESP 5121) is a First 40.7 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2018. Against a typical First 40.7 she is quicker upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats9
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
21
Race Edge
First 40.7: 26
528.0s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
11.92 m
39′ 1″
Beam
3.77 m
Draft
2.42 m
Displacement
7.1 t
Sail area
94 m²
On the podium
Where U.P.VALENCIA finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
9
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 U.P.VALENCIA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Trofeo S.M. La Reina20191010101010- Trofeo S.M. La Reina201810101010
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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: 9 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats U.P.VALENCIA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (7)
Met too few times for a figure.
GUAGUANCO II (First 40.7, 5 meetings), EGOA IV (IMX 40, 5 meetings), GRIMSELPASS V (First 40.7, 5 meetings), MAVERTA (Rodman 42, 4 meetings), L'IMMENS (, 4 meetings), FANDANGO 300 (Archambault 40, 4 meetings), MAJOCHE (First 40.7, 4 meetings)
How U.P.VALENCIA compares with a typical First 40.7
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 40.7s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 40.7; 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 is quicker than a typical First 40.7 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
U.P.VALENCIA in blue, a typical First 40.7 dashed.
U.P.VALENCIA in blue, a typical First 40.7 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 40.7s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 40.7
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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