WINDWHISPER44 — POL 1044
Model: Grand Soleil 44 (Polli)
Cantiere del PardoMatteo Polli
Updated
WINDWHISPER44 (POL 1044) is a Grand Soleil 44 designed by Matteo Polli and built by Cantiere del Pardo. She has been racing since 2023 and has won 11 races. She sails with a larger sail plan and a shallower keel than most Grand Soleil 44s. Against a typical Grand Soleil 44 she is quicker upwind in light air and downwind, and slower on a beam reach.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats25
Race starts
11
Wins
56%
Podiums
92
Race Edge
Grand Soleil 44: 50
490.4s/mile
Rating 2025
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
13.39 m
43′ 11″
Beam
4.26 m
Draft
2.64 m
Displacement
10.7 t
Sail area
115 m²
On the podium
Where WINDWHISPER44 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
56%
of 25 starts · Grand Soleil 44 fleet: 20%
Wins
44%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with WINDWHISPER44 on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
- Garmin ORC World Championship202542214416
- ORC World Championship2024512151114
Giraglia2024114
ORC European Championship202311441131
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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
62%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 9 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats WINDWHISPER44 meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (9)
Other competitors (57)
Met too few times for a figure.
BEWILD (Swan 42, 7 meetings), KATARIINA II (Swan 42, 7 meetings), REVE DE VIE (Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto), 7 meetings), MORGAN V (Swan 42, 7 meetings), LILI II (Archambault 40, 7 meetings), CODE ZERO (Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek), 7 meetings), TETTA (IMX 45, 7 meetings), ELLINIX FARR AWAY (Farr 40, 7 meetings), UNICA (One 42, 7 meetings), SETSAIL (Swan 42, 7 meetings), ARROUTADO (Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek), 7 meetings), KIBOKO TATU (Arcona 380, 7 meetings), BAIT (Elan 410, 7 meetings), COSTA DEL SALENTO (Dufour 40, 7 meetings), TONTON (Dufour 44, 7 meetings), FORMULA X (XR 41, 7 meetings), DIXI 5 (XR 41, 7 meetings), EXCITER (XR 41, 7 meetings), XINI FREEDOM (X-41, 7 meetings), ARABELA (Italia 11.98, 7 meetings), RHINO (Italia 11.98, 7 meetings), SHADOW (J/112, 7 meetings), FANATIC 2 (Italia 11.98, 7 meetings), FORTE (X-41, 7 meetings), XBOX (XR 41, 7 meetings), OLYMPIC (X-41, 7 meetings), KETURI VĖJAI (J/112, 7 meetings), THORA (J/112, 7 meetings), NEXUS (X-41, 7 meetings), STORMTROOPER (Farr 40, 7 meetings), JOINT VENTURE 4.0 (X-41, 7 meetings), ALMAVIVA (First 40, 7 meetings), AJA (X-41, 7 meetings), SLEEPER (J/11, 7 meetings), RUSH (Sydney 40, 7 meetings), THETIS (Swan 45, 3 meetings), SUSPIRIA THE REVENGE (Swan 42, 3 meetings), FROM NOW ON (Swan 45, 3 meetings), DRIFTER SAIL (Swan 50, 3 meetings), ANGE TRASPARENT II (Swan 45, 3 meetings), LADY (Dufour 40, 3 meetings), JENIS (J/112, 3 meetings), TARANTELLA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 3 meetings), SOLANO (Swan 44 (Stephens), 3 meetings), AURORA (Canard 41, 3 meetings), RAFFICA (X-41, 3 meetings), CRAB (Solaris 44, 3 meetings), XPERIUM (Xc 45, 3 meetings), PROSPETTICA (Comet 41, 3 meetings), ZIGGY (Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto), 3 meetings), BLUES (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 3 meetings), BOABUNDA (Wally 60, 2 meetings), ALL TOGETHER II (Comet 51, 2 meetings), GIUBA (Grand Soleil 46.3, 2 meetings), IREAL (Comet 45, 2 meetings), TWIN SOUL (First 45 (Briand), 2 meetings), BINGOBA (Grand Soleil 47, 2 meetings)
How WINDWHISPER44 compares with a typical Grand Soleil 44
Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Grand Soleil 44s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 44; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Grand Soleil 44 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
WINDWHISPER44 in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 44 dashed.
WINDWHISPER44 in blue, a typical Grand Soleil 44 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Grand Soleil 44s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Grand Soleil 44 (Polli)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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