MEA — ITA 15729
Model: Dufour 44
Updated
MEA (ITA 15729) is a Dufour 44 designed by Umberto Felci and built by Dufour. She has been racing since 2023. She sails with a smaller sail plan than most Dufour 44s. Against a typical Dufour 44 she is slower upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats12
Race starts
0
Wins
50%
Podiums
41
Race Edge
Dufour 44: 28
510.6s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
13.33 m
43′ 9″
Beam
4.23 m
Draft
2.31 m
Displacement
10.2 t
Sail area
105 m²
On the podium
Where MEA finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
50%
of 12 starts · Dufour 44 fleet: 27%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with MEA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regate di Primavera Altura20246101167- Regate di Primavera Altura20234222223
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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
50%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats MEA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (19)
Met too few times for a figure.
VOX SEA (Figaro 1, 7 meetings), SMALL MORE (More 40, 7 meetings), ALCAM (First 36.7, 7 meetings), ORO DI LAOR (Ziggurat 995, 7 meetings), AZUL (First 260, 7 meetings), TARANTELLA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 5 meetings), JECO (J/112, 5 meetings), VALHALLA (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 5 meetings), K8 (Vismara 46, 5 meetings), FANTAGHIRO (Swan 42, 5 meetings), SKARP (Landmark 43, 5 meetings), AQUARANTA (Archambault 40, 5 meetings), MARZIANA (Elan 333, 5 meetings), LA CUCCIOLA (Sun Fast 3600, 5 meetings), BAGUA (Farr 30, 5 meetings), TESEO 2000 (Comet 38 (Finot), 5 meetings), TICA (Elan 380, 5 meetings), BINGOBA (Grand Soleil 47, 5 meetings), CALIU (Sintesi 30, 5 meetings)
How MEA compares with a typical Dufour 44
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Dufour 44s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Dufour 44; 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 Dufour 44 across the course.
Speed at every angle
MEA in blue, a typical Dufour 44 dashed.
MEA in blue, a typical Dufour 44 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Dufour 44s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Dufour 44
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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