VESPER
Class BDisplacementCruiser/Racer

VESPER — NED 8427

Model: First 40

BeneteauBruce Farr

Updated

VESPER (NED 8427) is a First 40 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2026. Against a typical First 40 she is quicker upwind in light air and downwind.

VESPER NED 8427 - Bruce Farr - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

9

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

77

Race Edge

First 40: 68

510.9s/mile

Rating 2026

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

Under 10 kn87
10–16 kn22
Over 16 kn35
VESPERA typical First 40How Race Edge works
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Length

12.24 m

40′ 2″

Beam

3.90 m

Draft

2.48 m

Displacement

7.9 t

Sail area

94 m²

On the podium

Where VESPER finishes when she goes racing.

0

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

  • NetherlandsNorth Sea Regatta20266787878466

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Who she races against

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

VESPER aheadRival ahead
OLYMPIX · Landmark 430%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
STELLA17 · Sydney 460%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
CHECKMATE · Mat 1070%ahead in 0 of 9 meetings
JET REBEL · J/11211%ahead in 1 of 9 meetings
EUPHORIA · Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek)22%ahead in 2 of 9 meetings
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VAN UDEN · Ker 4656%ahead in 5 of 9 meetings
Other competitors (6)

Met too few times for a figure.

KREUTZ ASS (Luffe 400, 7 meetings), MOANA (J/122, 4 meetings), BARRACUDA (Dehler 41 (Judel/Vrolijk), 4 meetings), XANTHO (Xp 44, 3 meetings), BOUDRAGON (W 60, 2 meetings), SPITFIRE (J/121, 2 meetings)

How VESPER compares with a typical First 40

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 40s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 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+0.03 kn
Beam reach-0.02 kn
Broad reach+0.18 kn
Downwind+0.12 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical First 40 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

VESPER in blue, a typical First 40 dashed.

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

Other First 40s racing

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

ALMAVIVA · SWE 70 · last raced 2026ANYTHING GOES · TUR 4004 · last raced 2026ANYUTA · TUR 2018 · last raced 2026ANYWAY · TUR 2115 · last raced 2026CALYPSO · ITA 17225 · last raced 2026CAMELOT · NED 8146 · last raced 2026COCHINA · ITA 16240 · last raced 2026CRUMBLES · NOR 15836 · last raced 2026EUFORE · FIN 11844 · last raced 2026FOXY LADY · ITA 77777 · last raced 2026HEDEF YELKEN 40 · TUR 3131 · last raced 2026IMAGINE · TUR 6161 · last raced 2026

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Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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