MELIO — GRE 1303
Model: First 42 (Farr)
With the same sail number: BEETHOVEN IV · First 42 (Farr) · 2018
Updated
MELIO (GRE 1303) is a First 42 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2022. Against a typical First 42 she is slower upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats11
Race starts
0
Wins
0%
Podiums
10
Race Edge
First 42: 9
551.5s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
12.69 m
41′ 8″
Beam
4.13 m
Draft
1.82 m
Displacement
9.1 t
Sail area
90 m²
On the podium
Where MELIO finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 11 starts · First 42 fleet: 43%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with MELIO on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Aegean Regatta2026101058- Pagasitikos Regatta20246
- Trofeo Eolos Liappi20246
- 22th Aegean Regatta202336303228
- Trofeo Laki Zamani20227
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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: 2 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 6 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
3 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats MELIO meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (3)
Other competitors (43)
Met too few times for a figure.
VELA (Bavaria C50, 5 meetings), HAKUNA MATATA (Comet 41, 4 meetings), EXIT (First 34.7, 4 meetings), ASTRAPI (JOD 35, 4 meetings), BLUE SHARK (Grand Surprise, 4 meetings), ISIDOROS (First 28, 4 meetings), DAS BOOT (Optima 101, 4 meetings), ASSANTE (Bavaria 36, 4 meetings), KYMOTHOE (Grand Soleil 343, 4 meetings), ORION (Dufour 3800, 4 meetings), THEODORA (Bavaria 37, 4 meetings), NEMO (Atlantic 31, 4 meetings), SUN FIZZ (Sun Fizz 40, 4 meetings), VENTUS (Sun Fast 37, 4 meetings), SALTY (First 35 (Berret), 4 meetings), AFRODITI- SOLARIS (Bianca 420, 4 meetings), TO KEFI MAS (Elan 410, 4 meetings), FATA MORGANA (Sunrise, 4 meetings), KRAKEN (Mount Gay 30, 4 meetings), ATHOS (Dromor 26, 4 meetings), PHEVOS (Bavaria 340, 4 meetings), APOLLON (Dufour 350, 4 meetings), HANG LOOSE (Dufour 40, 4 meetings), EUPLOIA (Contest 33, 4 meetings), SEVEN SEAS (First 45 (Farr), 4 meetings), GELLAMAGIA (Discovery 300, 4 meetings), COURRIER DU COEUR (First 44.7, 4 meetings), FIDELIO (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 4 meetings), ALMIRA (First 38, 4 meetings), FILIRA (Grand Soleil 37 (Design), 4 meetings), MANOULI TOO (Sun Odyssey 45.1, 4 meetings), DOGARESSA (Baltic 37, 4 meetings), EQUINOXE (X-442, 4 meetings), MAXIMA (Platu 25, 3 meetings), ANDROMEDA (Platu 25, 3 meetings), PROTEAS (Oceanis 321, 3 meetings), PARASKEVI (Atlantic 31, 3 meetings), ORFEAS (Sadler 32, 3 meetings), HAKUNA MATATA (Bonin 358, 2 meetings), DAMSON (Sunrise 35, 2 meetings), MYTHOS (Sun Odyssey 35, 1 meeting), ANEMOS (Oceanis 46.1, 1 meeting), ESCAPE (Albin Ballad, 1 meeting)
How MELIO compares with a typical First 42
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 42s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 42; 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 gives away time to a typical First 42 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
MELIO in blue, a typical First 42 dashed.
MELIO in blue, a typical First 42 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 42s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 42 (Farr)
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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