Azuree 40
Sirena Marine · Giovanni Ceccarelli · 2007
Updated
The Azuree 40 is a 12.04 m planing racing yacht designed by Giovanni Ceccarelli and built by Sirena Marine, first launched in 2007. It races in Class B.
Length
12.04 m
39′ 6″
Beam
4.16 m
Draft
2.57 m
Displacement
7.1 t
Sail area
86 m²
On the podium
Where a Azuree 40 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
2
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 2 starts by 2 boats between 2018 and 2021, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Azuree 40 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Aegean 6002021
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2018
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
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: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Azuree 40 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
X-41 (2 meetings), Farr 52 (1 meeting), J/111 (1 meeting), X4.6 (1 meeting), Xp 44 (3 meetings), Swan 42 (1 meeting), Farr 45 (1 meeting), Hanse 508 (1 meeting), J/11 (1 meeting), Figaro 2 (1 meeting), Pogo 50 (1 meeting), First 40.7 (1 meeting), Dehler 30 OD (1 meeting), Hanse 320 (1 meeting), Dufour 405 (1 meeting), Pogo 30 (1 meeting), Dufour 45 (1 meeting), Rodman 42 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto) (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), IMX 38 (1 meeting), Tripp 40 (1 meeting), Elan 450 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 46.3 (2 meetings), Dufour 36 (1 meeting), First 42 (Farr) (1 meeting), Hanse 350 (1 meeting), IMX 40 (1 meeting), Dufour 41 (1 meeting), Genesi 43 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto) (1 meeting), Cobra 33 (1 meeting)
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
5.58
39°
Beam reach
9.61
90°
Broad reach
11.43
135°
Downwind VMG
8.65
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
The stronger it blows, the better this design looks. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is cracked off in a strong breeze, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on the beam as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on the beat when the breeze is soft, giving away time it never gets back. A planing hull rarely rewards a drifter: there is not enough pressure to get anything out of it.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 1.0 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Azuree 40
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.30 | 4.70 | 5.40 | 5.58 |
| 52° | 5.12 | 6.97 | 7.80 | 8.04 |
| 60° | 5.46 | 7.27 | 8.10 | 8.36 |
| 75° | 5.67 | 7.52 | 8.43 | 8.99 |
| 90° | 5.91 | 7.95 | 8.54 | 9.61 |
| 110° | 6.10 | 8.22 | 9.41 | 10.47 |
| 120° | 5.98 | 8.11 | 9.51 | 11.18 |
| 135° | 5.30 | 7.65 | 8.98 | 11.43 |
| 150° | 4.45 | 6.74 | 8.21 | 9.99 |
| Run VMG | 3.85 | 5.84 | 7.13 | 8.65 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 560 kg.
Rigging
Azuree 40 rig and sail dimensions
A Azuree 40 carries 15.39 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.20 m boom, a forestay 16.15 m above the deck and a 6.21 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 113 to 152 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.