VALKIRIA — ESP 5801
Model: First 40.7
Updated
VALKIRIA (ESP 5801) is a First 40.7 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2023. Against a typical First 40.7 she is quicker upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats38
Race starts
0
Wins
3%
Podiums
38
Race Edge
First 40.7: 26
530.1s/mile
Rating 2025
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
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 VALKIRIA finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
3%
of 38 starts · First 40.7 fleet: 11%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with VALKIRIA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Campionato Invernale di Roma, 45a edizione2025–2616151516151715141716- Campionato Invernale di Roma, 44a edizione2024–258565452187
- Campionato Invernale di Roma, 43a edizione202431021131315291021
- Campionato Invernale di Roma, 42a edizione2022–23141013141512111499
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The boats VALKIRIA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
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How VALKIRIA compares with a typical First 40.7
Her main 2025 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
VALKIRIA in blue, a typical First 40.7 dashed.
VALKIRIA 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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