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VAIANA — NOR 13472

Model: Grand Soleil 40 (Carkeek)

Cantiere del PardoBotín & Carkeek

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VAIANA (NOR 13472) is a Grand Soleil 40 designed by Botín & Carkeek and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a shallower keel than most Grand Soleil 40s. Against a typical Grand Soleil 40 she is quicker on a beam reach, and slower downwind.

VAIANA NOR 13472 - Botín & Carkeek - Cantiere del Pardo

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

1

Race start

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Wins

0%

Podiums

11

Race Edge

Grand Soleil 40: 41

536.5s/mile

Rating 2025

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn30
10–16 kn1
Over 16 kn3
VAIANAA typical Grand Soleil 40How Race Edge works
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Length

12.15 m

39′ 10″

Beam

3.84 m

Draft

2.46 m

Displacement

9.1 t

Sail area

84 m²

On the podium

Where VAIANA finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

1

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 VAIANA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • NorwayHollænderseilasen202523

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Who she races against

The boats VAIANA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

Other competitors (27)

Met too few times for a figure.

PAKALOLO II (Farr 30, 1 meeting), AKHILLEVS-X (X-35, 1 meeting), VORTEX (X-35, 1 meeting), IBB (Arcona 385, 1 meeting), LYNX (Xp 38, 1 meeting), BELLATRIX (X-35, 1 meeting), FIRST TRACKS (First 40.7, 1 meeting), MILLIWAYS (Seaquest 36, 1 meeting), MOMENTUM (Elan 350, 1 meeting), LIVLIG (Arcona 345, 1 meeting), AURORA (Neo 350, 1 meeting), HEXAGON (X-35, 1 meeting), PURAVIDA (Bavaria Match 38, 1 meeting), COCO JR (J/109, 1 meeting), JONNA (Elan 40, 1 meeting), BREEZIN (X-40, 1 meeting), FRITT FRAM (First 40.7, 1 meeting), FAST BORN (Performance 35, 1 meeting), ELSA (X-35, 1 meeting), CEBINA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), MARIALENE (Elan 350, 1 meeting), FRI (Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), MUSIKANA (Dehler 30 OD, 1 meeting), FARRARI (Farr 30, 1 meeting), LYKKE (First 40.7, 1 meeting), STELLA ROSSO (C&C 115, 1 meeting), ESCAPE (Hanse 400, 1 meeting)

How VAIANA compares with a typical Grand Soleil 40

Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Grand Soleil 40s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 40; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.04 kn
Beam reach+0.06 kn
Broad reach-0.05 kn
Downwind-0.06 kn

Full width is 0.6 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 40 on the beam reach.

Speed at every angle

VAIANA in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 40 dashed.

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VAIANA in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 40 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Grand Soleil 40s racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the Grand Soleil 40 (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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