ZEN 2 — ITA 16478
Model: First 45 (Briand)
Updated
ZEN 2 (ITA 16478) is a First 45 designed by Philippe Briand and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2022 and has won 1 race. She sails with a deeper keel than most First 45s. Against a typical First 45 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats28
Race starts
1
Win
50%
Podiums
4
Race Edge
First 45: 18
512.9s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
13.66 m
44′ 10″
Beam
4.20 m
Draft
2.41 m
Displacement
11.0 t
Sail area
112 m²
On the podium
Where ZEN 2 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
50%
of 28 starts · First 45 fleet: 25%
Wins
4%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with ZEN 2 on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
54° Campionato Invernale Vela d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli20265236- Vesuvio Race202512
- 53° Campionato Invernale d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli20253111661037
- Campionato Invernale Vela d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli2022–23223224228
- Campionato Invernale Vela d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli2021–22385772
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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
57%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats ZEN 2 meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (18)
Other competitors (48)
Met too few times for a figure.
ALCOR V (First 47.7, 7 meetings), LIBERA (Grand Soleil 343, 6 meetings), ARMADA NUEVA (Sun Fast 35, 6 meetings), TINA (Sun Odyssey 34.2, 6 meetings), ISLA FELIZ (Hanse 470e, 6 meetings), SLY FOX 3 (Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek), 6 meetings), VOLVER (Dufour 350, 5 meetings), BLUES (Comet 36, 4 meetings), PAPERISSIMA (Duck 31, 4 meetings), BLUE MARLIN II LE PRINC (Feeling 446, 4 meetings), MC.KERON (Comet 285, 4 meetings), SFERIKA (First 31.7, 2 meetings), LAURA (Salona 34, 1 meeting), LA DARDOLA (Ziggurat 995, 1 meeting), FRITTATINA ANCORA (Hanse 350, 1 meeting), GABA (J/70, 1 meeting), GULLIVER (J/22, 1 meeting), JEKO 3 (J/70, 1 meeting), PESTIFERA (J/22, 1 meeting), LAMU (J/22, 1 meeting), ARTIGLIO (J/22, 1 meeting), TEESPERA (First Class 8, 1 meeting), MAHARABBA (J/22, 1 meeting), FRITTATINA (Meteor, 1 meeting), LES ALIZES (J/22, 1 meeting), MARGOT (J/22, 1 meeting), ZODIACO (Este 24, 1 meeting), H2O (Blusail 24, 1 meeting), SPARVIERO (J/24, 1 meeting), ALBEN (Meteor, 1 meeting), PULCINELLA (Dehler 36 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), FARR 'E NIGHT (Farr 30, 1 meeting), SOULAIMA (X-35, 1 meeting), DENEB (First 36.7, 1 meeting), GLOBULO ROSSO (Este 31, 1 meeting), DUFFY (Dufour 34, 1 meeting), NIENTEMALE (First 40, 1 meeting), DONNA BEATRICE III (J/99, 1 meeting), LOUCURA 3 (Comet 38 (Vallicelli), 1 meeting), CELESTINA (Xp 44, 1 meeting), DOLCEREZZA (Comet 36, 1 meeting), PATRICIA (First 50, 1 meeting), ERGO (Grand Soleil 48, 1 meeting), EMY TOO (Solaris 36, 1 meeting), CHEBOTTA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), X-TENSION (X-332, 1 meeting), VETARA (Pogo 36, 1 meeting), SELVAGGIA (Elan 333, 1 meeting)
How ZEN 2 compares with a typical First 45
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 45s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 45; 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 gives away time to a typical First 45 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
ZEN 2 in blue, a typical First 45 dashed.
ZEN 2 in blue, a typical First 45 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 45s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 45 (Briand)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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