MELINA
Class CSemi-displacementCruiser/Racer

MELINA — GRE 1864

Model: First 27.7

BeneteauJean-Marie Finot

With the same sail number: SKIRON · First 27.7 · 2021

Updated

MELINA (GRE 1864) is a First 27.7 designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2022 and has won six races, three of them in a row in 2025. Against a typical First 27.7 she is quicker downwind.

MELINA GRE 1864 - Jean-Marie Finot - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

59

Race starts

6

Wins

39%

Podiums

64

Race Edge

First 27.7: 27

611.2s/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 kn78
10–16 kn22
Over 16 kn76
MELINAA typical First 27.7How Race Edge works
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Length

8.30 m

27′ 3″

Beam

3.02 m

Draft

2.13 m

Displacement

2.8 t

Sail area

47 m²

On the podium

Where MELINA finishes when she goes racing.

On the podium

39%

of 59 starts · First 27.7 fleet: 34%

Wins

10%

Wins10%6
Seconds17%10
Thirds12%7
Off the podium61%36

Regattas

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

  • GreeceΤρίγωνο Καλλιθέας20262
  • Greece¨16ο Athens Trophy 2026¨2026235
  • Greece"Αιγινα202613
  • Greece'Σαββα Γεωργιου 2026' (Α+γ)20266
  • Greece3ος Ιστιοπλοϊκός Αγώνας Α/Θ ¨Πέρδικα 2026¨202625

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Round the buoys, or offshore

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

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Not enough data yet: 4 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

40%

of these races end on the podium

55 races over 10 NM

Who she races against

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

MELINA aheadRival ahead
AFROESSA · Sun Fast 320046%ahead in 13 of 28 meetings
FILIRA · Grand Soleil 37 (Design)39%ahead in 9 of 23 meetings
ANDROMEDA · Moody 3960%ahead in 12 of 20 meetings
KRAKER · J/2418%ahead in 3 of 17 meetings
LAVORO III · Dehler 30 OD53%ahead in 9 of 17 meetings
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ALBIREO · X-3569%ahead in 11 of 16 meetings
ERYTOS II · Jv 4413%ahead in 2 of 15 meetings
EST EMAR · X-3569%ahead in 9 of 13 meetings
UTOPIA · First 4038%ahead in 5 of 13 meetings
VESSY · Bavaria Cruiser 40 S92%ahead in 12 of 13 meetings
KYMATOLIGI · Mount Gay 3036%ahead in 4 of 11 meetings
AETHER · Dehler 30 OD50%ahead in 5 of 10 meetings
AEOLUS II · First 36.720%ahead in 2 of 10 meetings
OPTIMUM 4 · Dehler 30 OD33%ahead in 3 of 9 meetings
IONIA · X-4333%ahead in 3 of 9 meetings
NALU · Dehler 30 OD88%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
EVRIALI · Dehler 38 (Stadt)25%ahead in 2 of 8 meetings
CARPE DIEM · Caribbean 4088%ahead in 7 of 8 meetings
MUSUKO · First 35 (Farr)38%ahead in 3 of 8 meetings
CHIMERA · X-36238%ahead in 3 of 8 meetings
ERINNI · X-56225%ahead in 2 of 8 meetings
IXIS-AFIXIS · X-45263%ahead in 5 of 8 meetings
ANDARIN · J/10525%ahead in 2 of 8 meetings
MAJO · Sweden Yachts 4563%ahead in 5 of 8 meetings
NEOROS · IMX 3825%ahead in 2 of 8 meetings
Other competitors (72)

Met too few times for a figure.

AIOLIA (J/11, 7 meetings), MIMOSA (Dehler 35 (Voogd), 7 meetings), SUGAR (X-40, 7 meetings), A MAJOR (J/99, 7 meetings), ALLEGORIA (Bavaria Match 35, 6 meetings), PIX-LAX III (Bh 36, 5 meetings), ARMAGEDDON (Farr 40, 5 meetings), JUNIOR (J/80, 5 meetings), NOTOS (South 35, 5 meetings), FARSIDE XL (X-412, 5 meetings), DUENDE (Platu 25, 4 meetings), AETHOS (First 36, 4 meetings), TILE 3 (IMX 38, 4 meetings), TO KEFI MAS (Elan 410, 4 meetings), NAFPARIS (Oceanis 38 (Finot-Conq), 4 meetings), ALISACHNI (Italia 9.98, 4 meetings), DE MALO (X-119, 3 meetings), PARALOS (Elan 340, 3 meetings), PEGA (X-362, 3 meetings), ANAX (First 34.7, 3 meetings), BANKS SAILS (Platu 25, 3 meetings), FAINOMENO (Formula 28, 3 meetings), STAR POINT (Bh 36, 3 meetings), JOLLY (Platu 25, 3 meetings), BANA BIOLETTA 4 (ILC 40, 3 meetings), OXYGONO (First Class 8, 3 meetings), EROMENI (Oceanis 351, 3 meetings), DENNIS DUE (Oceanis 38.1, 3 meetings), AMFITRITI (Bavaria 31, 3 meetings), PILEFS (Hallberg Rassy 352, 3 meetings), OKYALOS (Oceanis 393, 3 meetings), FLUTTERBY (Maxi 108, 3 meetings), YPSIPYLI (Atlantic 31, 3 meetings), AGIA PARASKEVI (Oceanis 381, 3 meetings), METATRON II (First 44.7, 3 meetings), SARAH (J/44, 3 meetings), NAUTILUS VI (Dufour 38, 3 meetings), SERENDIPITY (First 47.7, 3 meetings), GORGO (Nek 26, 2 meetings), NOSTOS (Kelt 5.50, 2 meetings), SIMOUN (Platu 25, 2 meetings), BIDOURIK (JPK 960, 2 meetings), BANA BIOLETTA 5 (Sun Odyssey 469, 2 meetings), TIAMAT (First 36, 2 meetings), ALKYON (Platu 25, 2 meetings), EL PRINE (Caribbean 40, 2 meetings), BRAVA (Feeling 109, 2 meetings), FOXY LADY (Xp 44, 1 meeting), GRACE (Grand Soleil 42 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), APIDALOS NAFS (IMX 40, 1 meeting), IKAROS (Dufour 35, 1 meeting), NEPHELE (First 30 (Berret), 1 meeting), ILIADA (Sun Odyssey 33.1, 1 meeting), HARA (Oceanis 37, 1 meeting), NEUSIS (Condor, 1 meeting), KAMAYA V (Sun Odyssey 34.2, 1 meeting), CISSI (Maxi 84, 1 meeting), SUENO (Grand Soleil 39 (Jézéquel), 1 meeting), AGERI (Triton 48, 1 meeting), FILIRA (Contest 250, 1 meeting), VENTUS (Sun Fast 37, 1 meeting), MARSO (Dufour 34 (Dufour), 1 meeting), BLACK PEARL (Italia 12.98 (Cossutti), 1 meeting), SIMOUN (Platu 25, 1 meeting), EUPLOIA (First 211, 1 meeting), APOLLO (Pogo 44, 1 meeting), GRAFEIO (Platu 25, 1 meeting), VELOS (TP 52 (Carkeek), 1 meeting), ERYTOS JR (Platu 25, 1 meeting), NO1 (Rc 44, 1 meeting), XIPHOS (XR 41, 1 meeting), SUSANO'O (Italia 11.98, 1 meeting)

How MELINA compares with a typical First 27.7

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 27.7s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 27.7; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.00 kn
Beam reach+0.01 kn
Broad reach+0.09 kn
Downwind+0.08 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical First 27.7 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

MELINA in blue, a typical First 27.7 dashed.

30°60°90°120°150°WIND

MELINA in blue, a typical First 27.7 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other First 27.7s racing

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

ANKA MOTZ · ESP 11374_C · last raced 2026ESPADARTE NOVO · GER 6357 · last raced 2026LUNA · NOR 10766 · last raced 2026MARIG · BEL 1766 · last raced 2026FIXIUS · ESP 6639 · last raced 2025STAKKATO · NOR 10580 · last raced 2025SKIRON · GRE 1864 · last raced 2021BRITO · ESP 7190 · last raced 2018TORTOOGA · ESP 6648_C · last raced 2017VEGARES DOS · ESP 8614 · last raced 2016

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