ATOMIC BLUE
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ATOMIC BLUE — DEN 150

Model: Melges 20

MELGESReichel/Pugh

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ATOMIC BLUE (DEN 150) is a Melges 20 designed by Reichel/Pugh and built by MELGES. She has been racing since 2024. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most Melges 20s. Against a typical Melges 20 she is slower upwind in light air and downwind.

ATOMIC BLUE DEN 150 - Reichel/Pugh - MELGES

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

12

Race starts

0

Wins

8%

Podiums

68

Race Edge

608.1s/mile

Rating 2026

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn25
10–16 kn86
Over 16 kn93

Not verified. On planing hulls this score has no match in the race results we hold. Read it as what the measurements say, not as a ranking.

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Length

6.13 m

20′ 1″

Beam

2.13 m

Draft

1.39 m

Displacement

0.5 t

Sail area

25 m²

On the podium

Where ATOMIC BLUE finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

8%

of 12 starts · Melges 20 fleet: 6%

Wins

0%

Wins0%0
Seconds0%0
Thirds8%1
Off the podium92%11

Regattas

Every regatta we found with ATOMIC BLUE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • DenmarkHotel Melfarhus DH-DM202623414
  • DenmarkDH-Dm202485676
  • GermanyDeutsche Bestenermittlung Seesegeln Inshore2024111331314610

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Who she races against

The boats ATOMIC BLUE meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

Other competitors (11)

Met too few times for a figure.

PATENT 4 (Italia 9.98, 7 meetings), VARUNA X PRESS (X-332, 7 meetings), ELLI (Corby 29, 7 meetings), XENIA (Xp 44, 7 meetings), NEMO (J/88, 7 meetings), HALBTROCKEN (Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk), 7 meetings), LOEWE VON BREMEN (Sun Fast 3600, 7 meetings), DIVA (Sun Fast 36, 6 meetings), FARMOR'S DRENG (Melges 20, 5 meetings), ADAMAS (Luffe 43, 4 meetings), RELAX (X-41, 4 meetings)

How ATOMIC BLUE compares with a typical Melges 20

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Melges 20s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Melges 20; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.06 kn
Beam reach-0.03 kn
Broad reach-0.07 kn
Downwind-0.08 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Melges 20 on the downwind.

Speed at every angle

ATOMIC BLUE in blue, a typical Melges 20 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

ATOMIC BLUE in blue, a typical Melges 20 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Melges 20s racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the Melges 20

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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