HOTSHOT — NOR 487
Model: Melges 32
Updated
HOTSHOT (NOR 487) is a Melges 32 designed by Reichel/Pugh and built by MELGES. She has been racing since 2022. She sails close to a typical Melges 32 at every angle.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats12
Race starts
0
Wins
8%
Podiums
99
Race Edge
Melges 32: 99
481.9s/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
9.69 m
31′ 9″
Beam
2.94 m
Draft
2.14 m
Displacement
1.7 t
Sail area
65 m²
On the podium
Where HOTSHOT finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
8%
of 12 starts · Melges 32 fleet: 29%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with HOTSHOT on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Bundefjorden Onsdagsseilaser202629730- ORCi European Championship2022152818181717208
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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: 6 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.
4 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats HOTSHOT meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (22)
Other competitors (33)
Met too few times for a figure.
PULS (Express, 4 meetings), KULING (Melges 24, 4 meetings), THUNDERCHICKEN (Express, 4 meetings), LARSSON (Dehler 34 (Judel/Vrolijk), 4 meetings), MASITO (Hanse 430, 4 meetings), SNØLØS (Hanse 370, 3 meetings), BISSIE LISSIE (X-35, 3 meetings), PSYCHO (Sinergia 40, 3 meetings), SONS OF HURRICANES (Sinergia 40, 3 meetings), EXCEL (Express, 3 meetings), JILBO (J/80, 3 meetings), ARGO VIII (Sun Fast 3300, 3 meetings), RÅTASS (Hanse 430, 3 meetings), FORTISSIMO (Melges 24, 2 meetings), SAXA (X-37, 2 meetings), XANTHIPPE III (Hanse 371, 2 meetings), FIFTY FIFTY (XR 41, 2 meetings), JUST 4 FUN (Salona 34, 2 meetings), NENA (Aphrodite 101, 2 meetings), SY SPRAY (First 40.7, 2 meetings), HELENE (J/80, 2 meetings), MS. MELLETT (Sun Fast 3600, 1 meeting), SHENLONG (Fareast 28, 1 meeting), SAGITTA V (Elan 310, 1 meeting), EXPENSER (Express, 1 meeting), BIANCA (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), WATERGATE (11 Metre, 1 meeting), BRUNHILDUR (X-79, 1 meeting), WOODY (Humphreys 30, 1 meeting), JAKOBINE (J/92, 1 meeting), MYSTIQUE (First 40, 1 meeting), ALBINCHEN (Cumulus, 1 meeting), DAGNY (Hr 24, 1 meeting)
How HOTSHOT compares with a typical Melges 32
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Melges 32s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Melges 32; 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 is quicker than a typical Melges 32 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
HOTSHOT in blue, a typical Melges 32 dashed.
HOTSHOT in blue, a typical Melges 32 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Melges 32s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Melges 32
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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