FORTISSIMO — NOR 400
Model: Melges 24
ROWENReichel/Pugh
Updated
FORTISSIMO (NOR 400) is a Melges 24 designed by Reichel/Pugh and built by ROWEN. She has been racing since 2026. She sails close to a typical Melges 24 at every angle.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats14
Race starts
0
Wins
36%
Podiums
71
Race Edge
Melges 24: 70
553.1s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
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.
Length
7.51 m
24′ 8″
Beam
2.49 m
Draft
1.52 m
Displacement
0.8 t
Sail area
34 m²
On the podium
Where FORTISSIMO finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
36%
of 14 starts · Melges 24 fleet: 26%
Wins
0%
In one-design racing: 0 podiums in 8 starts, counted apart: against identical boats a podium means something else.
Regattas
Every regatta we found with FORTISSIMO on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Bundefjorden Onsdagsseilaser202635467284329434- Nordic Championship MelgesOne-design20262221212422212125
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Report a regattaWho she races against
The boats FORTISSIMO meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (11)
Other competitors (20)
Met too few times for a figure.
ARGO VIII (Sun Fast 3300, 7 meetings), RÅTASS (Hanse 430, 7 meetings), SY SPRAY (First 40.7, 7 meetings), INSOMNIA (Melges 24, 7 meetings), JUST 4 FUN (Salona 34, 6 meetings), SAGITTA V (Elan 310, 6 meetings), FIFTY FIFTY (XR 41, 6 meetings), SHENLONG (Fareast 28, 6 meetings), WOODY (Humphreys 30, 6 meetings), NENA (Aphrodite 101, 5 meetings), JAKOBINE (J/92, 5 meetings), EXPENSER (Express, 4 meetings), MYSTIQUE (First 40, 4 meetings), BIANCA (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 3 meetings), ALBINCHEN (Cumulus, 3 meetings), WATERGATE (11 Metre, 2 meetings), BRUNHILDUR (X-79, 2 meetings), HOTSHOT (Melges 32, 2 meetings), HELENE (J/80, 1 meeting), DAGNY (Hr 24, 1 meeting)
How FORTISSIMO compares with a typical Melges 24
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Melges 24s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Melges 24; 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 Melges 24 across the course.
Speed at every angle
FORTISSIMO in blue, a typical Melges 24 dashed.
FORTISSIMO in blue, a typical Melges 24 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Melges 24s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Melges 24
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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