MELA
Class ASemi-displacementCruiser/Racer

MELA — ITA 4220

Model: Swan 42

Nautor SwanGerman Frers

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MELA (ITA 4220) is a Swan 42 designed by German Frers and built by Nautor Swan. She has been racing since 2016 and has won 11 races, four of them in a row in 2019.

MELA ITA 4220 - German Frers - Nautor Swan

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

27

Race starts

11

Wins

74%

Podiums

482.5s/mile

Rating 2023

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Length

12.96 m

42′ 6″

Beam

3.91 m

Draft

2.74 m

Displacement

7.6 t

Sail area

111 m²

On the podium

Where MELA finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

74%

of 27 starts · Swan 42 fleet: 35%

Wins

41%

Wins41%11
Seconds19%5
Thirds15%4
Off the podium25%7

Regattas

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

  • ItalyRegate di Primavera Altura2023111121116
  • World championshipORC World Championship202231173143
  • World championshipORC World Championship201911111122
  • ItalyCampionato d'Autunno20175
  • ItalyCampionato d'Autunno2016232

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Round the buoys, or offshore

A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.

Round the buoys

83%

of these races end on the podium

18 races of 10 NM or less

Offshore & coastal

—

Not enough data yet: 5 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 MELA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

MELA aheadRival ahead
SKARP · Landmark 4380%ahead in 12 of 15 meetings
KATARIINA II · Swan 4267%ahead in 10 of 15 meetings
FANTAGHIRO · Swan 4280%ahead in 12 of 15 meetings
DARING SISTERS · Swan 42100%ahead in 14 of 14 meetings
GIVE ME FIVE · Arya 415100%ahead in 14 of 14 meetings
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MORGAN IV · Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto)100%ahead in 14 of 14 meetings
TECHNONICOL · X-4179%ahead in 11 of 14 meetings
IRONY · First 40.786%ahead in 12 of 14 meetings
CHESTRESS 3 · J/12291%ahead in 10 of 11 meetings
DIGITAL BRAVO · Swan 4275%ahead in 6 of 8 meetings
TENGHER · Swan 4588%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
BLUE SKY · Swan 4588%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
MELAGODO · First 34.788%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
JECO · J/11288%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
K8 · Vismara 4688%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
BAGUA · Farr 3088%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
FOMALHAUT · First 36.788%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
IOCUS 3.0 · M 3488%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
AQUARANTA · Archambault 4088%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
MERAK · Dolphin 8188%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
TICA · Elan 38088%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
DUBHE · Dolphin 8188%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
GIUMAT+2 · Millenium 4588%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
NO REGRET · Ice 5288%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
VALHALLA · Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek)88%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
Other competitors (76)

Met too few times for a figure.

SELENE (Swan 42, 7 meetings), CODE ZERO (Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek), 7 meetings), NUBE (X-41, 7 meetings), MAN (Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek), 7 meetings), HORUS (M 45, 7 meetings), BLUE SKY (Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek), 7 meetings), KIXX ME (IMX 45, 7 meetings), MP30+10 (Farr 40, 7 meetings), VOLA VOLA ENDEAVOUR (Millenium 40, 7 meetings), PAZZA IDEA (Arya 415, 7 meetings), SETSAIL (Farr 40, 7 meetings), TAIA 2 & WHITE GOOSE (Arya 415, 7 meetings), REBEL (First 40, 7 meetings), DUE R ... NEL VENTO (First 40, 7 meetings), ADRENALINA (Xp 44, 7 meetings), PETE (Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek), 7 meetings), ORCA (First 40.7, 7 meetings), BARBA BRANKO (IMX 45, 7 meetings), MY WAY (Rodman 42, 7 meetings), SAGOLA (Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto), 7 meetings), TASMANIA (First 40.7, 7 meetings), VENTO CADELA (Dc 120, 7 meetings), STRIBOR (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 7 meetings), GRINGO 2 (Archambault 40, 7 meetings), TOTO TRAVEL (Farr 40, 7 meetings), POLAR 2 (First 40, 7 meetings), FURIETTA (Solaris 36, 7 meetings), KARPO (Elan 450, 7 meetings), ENRIBET (First 40.7, 7 meetings), SKY (Elan 450, 7 meetings), JONATHAN III (First 40.7, 7 meetings), RELEASE (Salona 41, 7 meetings), X-CITE (X-41, 7 meetings), CHEBOTTA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 7 meetings), X AMORE (X-40, 7 meetings), KRKA (Elan 410, 7 meetings), KUJAVNIK (Xp 38, 7 meetings), REVE DE VIE (Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto), 7 meetings), ESSENTIA44 (Grand Soleil 44 (Polli), 7 meetings), BEWILD (Swan 42, 7 meetings), JOY (J/122, 7 meetings), OTRA VEZ (J/122, 7 meetings), KIM (First 40.7, 7 meetings), TETTA (IMX 45, 7 meetings), SETSAIL (Swan 42, 7 meetings), VOLOIRA IV (Swan 42, 7 meetings), NOISY OYSTER (J/122, 7 meetings), GINEVRA (Farr 40, 7 meetings), MORGAN V (Swan 42, 7 meetings), CAPITANI CORAGGIOSI (X-41, 7 meetings), SUSPIRIA THE REVENGE (Swan 42, 7 meetings), RAFFICA 3 (Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto), 7 meetings), CATHERINE (X-40, 7 meetings), SIDERACORDIS (X-41, 7 meetings), MAGICA (X-41, 7 meetings), SCAMP THREE (HH 42, 7 meetings), STELLA (Sydney 46, 4 meetings), NAMASTE (Comet 41, 4 meetings), ORBIT (Swan 42, 3 meetings), ZAHIR (Elan 410, 3 meetings), WAWA (Akilaria 40, 3 meetings), GIUMAT +2 (IMX 45, 3 meetings), QQ7 (Farr 53, 3 meetings), VAI MO (J/122, 1 meeting), EUGENIA (X-442, 1 meeting), ZABRISKIE POINT II (Figaro 2, 1 meeting), TAITEN (First 44.7, 1 meeting), TAGORA (Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), STREGA ROSSA (Evolution 10, 1 meeting), ARCADIA I (Sun Odyssey 49, 1 meeting), ALDABRA (Swan 68, 1 meeting), MAGOO (Stern 42, 1 meeting), ONDEROSA (Grand Soleil 50 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), CRISTIANA.TI (Grand Soleil 44 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), STREGATTA (Hanse 630e, 1 meeting), MIRANDA VI (Impala 52, 1 meeting)

Speed at every angle

MELA's speed at every angle, wind by wind.

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At 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

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

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