VAVIA — ITA 17234
Model: Grand Soleil 343
Cantiere del PardoAlain Jézéquel
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VAVIA (ITA 17234) is a Grand Soleil 343 designed by Alain Jézéquel and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2018. She sails with a larger sail plan and a deeper keel than most Grand Soleil 343s. Against a typical Grand Soleil 343 she is quicker upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats3
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
67
Race Edge
Grand Soleil 343: 33
579.9s/mile
Rating 2025
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
10.41 m
34′ 2″
Beam
3.40 m
Draft
1.78 m
Displacement
5.2 t
Sail area
61 m²
On the podium
Where VAVIA finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
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Seconds
0
Thirds
3
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 VAVIA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2025106- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2019117
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2018102
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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: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats VAVIA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (71)
Met too few times for a figure.
BE HAPPY (Sun Odyssey 36, 2 meetings), YELLOW (Ziggurat 916, 2 meetings), AQUARIUS (Sun Fast 37, 2 meetings), BORA FAST (Sun Fast 3600, 2 meetings), PIERROT LUNAIRE (Pierrot 9.16, 1 meeting), HATHA MARIS (Dufour 40, 1 meeting), MAIPENRAI (Comet 910 (Finot), 1 meeting), BRICIOLA (First 305, 1 meeting), ALEX (X-332, 1 meeting), MIZAR X BLU (X-362, 1 meeting), ZAHIR (Elan 410, 1 meeting), NIM (Dehler 34 (Voogd), 1 meeting), PAPEROGA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), MY WAY (First 35 (Farr), 1 meeting), FRA' DIAVOLO (Mylius 18, 1 meeting), ANGELICA (Oceanis 323, 1 meeting), KRILL (Genesi 43, 1 meeting), X-BIONIC OCEANS (Moody 54, 1 meeting), JOY (Ice 60, 1 meeting), DOLCENERA (X-35, 1 meeting), SOLARIS (Solaris 36, 1 meeting), ROCCABELLA (Xp 44, 1 meeting), MABELLE II (Grand Soleil 47, 1 meeting), JEUNESSE (Dufour 412, 1 meeting), WIND RIDER (First 40, 1 meeting), MATITU (Solaris 48, 1 meeting), ULYSSES PORTOFINO (Swan 60, 1 meeting), HANUNIA (More 40, 1 meeting), GIPSEA (Sun Odyssey 52.2, 1 meeting), MANICCHIA (Dufour 34, 1 meeting), ATHIRAT (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 1 meeting), ACCIUGA (Comet 41, 1 meeting), MIZAR COCCODRILLO (Impala 36, 1 meeting), ID&A (Comet 36, 1 meeting), MISTER CRAB (Elan 350, 1 meeting), TATTOO (Dufour 405, 1 meeting), BIRA (Pogo 40, 1 meeting), FREYA (Schooner, 1 meeting), REWIND (Grand Soleil 46 (Lostuzzi), 1 meeting), MARIA PAOLA (X-402, 1 meeting), GALATEE VA (First 30 (Kouyoumdjian), 1 meeting), ANTARES (IMX 40, 1 meeting), BIBA (Elan 410, 1 meeting), ZIGGY (Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto), 1 meeting), GALATEA (Genesi 43, 1 meeting), FOTITIENG (Swan 482, 1 meeting), FLAPPO (First 36.7, 1 meeting), LULU (Grand Soleil 39 (Jézéquel), 1 meeting), MY FIN (Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), MAKEBA (Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto), 1 meeting), MY WAY (Grand Soleil 47, 1 meeting), GIOC'ONDA 2 (Dufour 44, 1 meeting), PEPERITA (Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto), 1 meeting), POSEIDON (Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto), 1 meeting), XAMAN EK (Dehler 44, 1 meeting), STARFLY (Rimar 44.3, 1 meeting), HAKUNA MATATA (Hanse 430, 1 meeting), MALANDRINA (Match 30, 1 meeting), AQUARANTA (Archambault 40, 1 meeting), QALFAT 3 (Baltic 48, 1 meeting), WINDCATCHER (X-452, 1 meeting), AYAME (Grand Soleil 46.3, 1 meeting), PIKI (Hanse 400e, 1 meeting), SVENTOLA (Rm 126, 1 meeting), PARTHENOPE (Dufour 350, 1 meeting), MAGIA (Pogo 12.50, 1 meeting), MOHBARAK 5 (Swan 54, 1 meeting), MIZAR (First 31.7, 1 meeting), PICCOLA (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), OUTLAW (Class 33, 1 meeting), PURA VIDA III (Delphia 37, 1 meeting)
How VAVIA compares with a typical Grand Soleil 343
Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Grand Soleil 343s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 343; 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 Grand Soleil 343 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
VAVIA in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 343 dashed.
VAVIA in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 343 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Grand Soleil 343s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Grand Soleil 343
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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