The First 40.7
Production boat
Deep-draft keel figures; a 1.9 m shoal keel was also offered.
- Designer
- Farr Yacht Design
- Builder
- Beneteau
- First built
- 1997
- Length
- 11.92m
- Waterline
- 10.62m
- Beam
- 3.78m
- Draft
- 2.4m
- Displacement
- 6,970kg
- Ballast
- 2,707kg
- Sail area upwind
- 94.87m²
- Keel
- bulb
The design's published figures; this boat may have been changed since. Sources: boat-specs.com
Skippers and owners
Season by season
2026
1 races · 1 wins · 1 podiumsAverage toughness30| Date | Race | Division | Place | Skipper / owner | Boats | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Apr | TAYK Captain Haddock Cup | IRC GO | 1st | 33 | Results |
2025
1 races · 1 wins · 1 podiumsAverage toughness37| Date | Race | Division | Place | Skipper / owner | Boats | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jul | Presidential International Yacht Races – Cyprus Cup (Marmaris–Kyrenia) | Gezgin | 1st | Mehmet Ali Şahin | — | Results |
2024
1 races · 0 wins · 1 podiumsAverage toughness21| Date | Race | Division | Place | Skipper / owner | Boats | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct | Presidential International Yacht Races – Republic Cup | Gezgin A | 3rd | Şahin Korkmaz | 86 | Results |