VAHINE' 7 — ESP 45140
Model: First 45 (Briand)
Updated
VAHINE' 7 (ESP 45140) is a First 45 designed by Philippe Briand and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a larger sail plan than most First 45s. Against a typical First 45 she is slower on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats9
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
9
Race Edge
First 45: 18
508.1s/mile
Rating 2025
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
13.66 m
44′ 10″
Beam
4.20 m
Draft
2.41 m
Displacement
11.0 t
Sail area
112 m²
On the podium
Where VAHINE' 7 finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
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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 VAHINE' 7 on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
ORC European Championship 2025 / 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE2025333032323033333231
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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: 8 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 VAHINE' 7 meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
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How VAHINE' 7 compares with a typical First 45
Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 45s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 45; 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 gives away time to a typical First 45 on the beam reach.
Speed at every angle
VAHINE' 7 in blue, a typical First 45 dashed.
VAHINE' 7 in blue, a typical First 45 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 45s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 45 (Briand)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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