ABSOLUT MELISSA — SWE 11
Model: Bavaria 40 Cruiser
Updated
ABSOLUT MELISSA (SWE 11) is a Bavaria 40 Cruiser designed by Bruce Farr and built by Bavaria. She has been racing since 2022. She sails close to a typical Bavaria 40 Cruiser at every angle.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats24
Race starts
0
Wins
0%
Podiums
54
Race Edge
Bavaria 40 Cruiser: 36
565.2s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.00 m
39′ 4″
Beam
3.98 m
Draft
2.02 m
Displacement
8.7 t
Sail area
77 m²
On the podium
Where ABSOLUT MELISSA finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 24 starts · Bavaria 40 Cruiser fleet: 0%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with ABSOLUT MELISSA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Aegean Regatta20265989- 42ος Ιστιοπλοικος Αγωνας Α/θ ¨Πορος ΄26¨20261213
- 31st Cyclades Regatta202516251518
- Aegean Regatta20241218192121
- 22th Aegean Regatta202323352514
- Aegean Regatta20223936192221
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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
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Not enough data yet: 4 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
0%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The boats ABSOLUT MELISSA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (38)
Other competitors (60)
Met too few times for a figure.
FLORANNA III (Hanse 315, 6 meetings), ANTELOPE (Xp 44, 5 meetings), KOURSAROS (X-372, 5 meetings), ARMIDA (Hanse 370, 5 meetings), HAPPYHOUR (Oceanis 50, 5 meetings), KALIMERA (Yca 29, 5 meetings), KALLISTO (Olympic Sea 42, 5 meetings), NEARCHOS (Yca 29, 5 meetings), O PANORMITIS (Sea Mini, 5 meetings), PANAGIA DESPOINA (Rush 31, 5 meetings), SARANAIA V (Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk), 5 meetings), TOLMI (First 32, 5 meetings), DIMITRA (Oceanis 390, 5 meetings), NELLI (Jouet 920, 5 meetings), KAMAYA V (Sun Odyssey 34.2, 5 meetings), KATSARIDA (Dufour 29, 5 meetings), KOUZINI (Atlantic 31, 5 meetings), ALBATROS (Olympic 42, 5 meetings), EXIT (First 34.7, 4 meetings), ISIDOROS (First 28, 4 meetings), KYMOTHOE (Grand Soleil 343, 4 meetings), ATHOS (Dromor 26, 4 meetings), SEVEN SEAS (First 45 (Farr), 4 meetings), COURRIER DU COEUR (First 44.7, 4 meetings), FIDELIO (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 4 meetings), FILIRA (Grand Soleil 37 (Design), 4 meetings), MANOULI TOO (Sun Odyssey 45.1, 4 meetings), VELA (Bavaria C50, 4 meetings), HARA TON ANGELON IV (Elan 45, 4 meetings), ESCAPE (X-332, 4 meetings), VOLTAIRE (Sun Magic 44, 4 meetings), APNEA (Oceanis 393, 4 meetings), ARGO (Oceanis 423, 4 meetings), RUTHIE (Oceanis 41, 4 meetings), SIM CAT (Carter 37, 4 meetings), IKAROS (Dufour 35, 4 meetings), FOXTROT (Dufour 390, 4 meetings), GIORGIO (Elan 40, 4 meetings), SARAVA (Alpa 34, 4 meetings), HOY HOY (North Wind 435, 4 meetings), ERODIOS (Dromor 26, 4 meetings), ALKYON (Conway 36, 4 meetings), AURA (Dufour 325, 4 meetings), SKY (Atlantic 44, 4 meetings), IVANOIS (C&C 383, 4 meetings), PANIC (Sun Odyssey 40, 4 meetings), ANEMOLIA (Vilm 106, 4 meetings), GIALABOUKOS (Westerly Renown, 4 meetings), NATASSA (Feeling 920, 2 meetings), STELLA (Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard), 2 meetings), ALEKA (Sun Odyssey 33.1, 2 meetings), SEMPREVIVA (Yca 29, 2 meetings), YPOLIVOS III (Grand Soleil 50 (Peterson), 2 meetings), AGIA PARASKEVI (Oceanis 381, 2 meetings), OKYALOS (Oceanis 393, 2 meetings), ONE LIFE (Oceanis 361 (Berret/Racoupeau), 2 meetings), NIRIIDA (Voyage 11.2, 2 meetings), ANNA MARIA II (Atlantic 31, 2 meetings), OLYMPIA (Dufour 30, 2 meetings), NAIADA (Elan 384 Impression, 2 meetings)
How ABSOLUT MELISSA compares with a typical Bavaria 40 Cruiser
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Bavaria 40 Cruisers measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Bavaria 40 Cruiser; 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 sails level with a typical Bavaria 40 Cruiser across the course.
Speed at every angle
ABSOLUT MELISSA in blue, a typical Bavaria 40 Cruiser dashed.
ABSOLUT MELISSA in blue, a typical Bavaria 40 Cruiser dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Bavaria 40 Cruisers racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Bavaria 40 Cruiser
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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