MELISANDE — FIN 10468
Model: First 31.7
Updated
MELISANDE (FIN 10468) is a First 31.7 designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2025. She sails with a larger sail plan than most First 31.7s. Against a typical First 31.7 she is quicker upwind in light air.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats3
Race starts
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Wins
0%
Podiums
46
Race Edge
First 31.7: 21
600.6s/mile
Rating 2025
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
9.61 m
31′ 6″
Beam
3.21 m
Draft
1.93 m
Displacement
3.8 t
Sail area
53 m²
On the podium
Where MELISANDE finishes when she goes racing.
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Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
3
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Regattas
Every regatta we found with MELISANDE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Garmin ORC DH European Championship20251613- Double-Handed Finnish Championship 2025 - Espoo-Naissaari Race20257
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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: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The boats MELISANDE meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (23)
Met too few times for a figure.
PENELOPE (First 31.7, 3 meetings), MISS BEHAVE (First 36.7, 3 meetings), TEAM PRO4U (First 36.7, 2 meetings), MASU (X-34, 2 meetings), LACHAPELLE (First 35 (Farr), 2 meetings), LETHE (First 34.7, 2 meetings), SAMSARA (, 2 meetings), FIRST LADY (First 36.7, 2 meetings), INFERNA (Inferno 31, 2 meetings), SENJA (Bavaria 35, 2 meetings), GRANSEGEL (Fareast 28, 2 meetings), VICTORIA (Ridas 35, 2 meetings), MOANA X (X-362, 2 meetings), ATAO (Archambault 31, 2 meetings), SERENITY (Linjett 33, 2 meetings), BIANCO (First 35 (Farr), 2 meetings), MEISTER HORA (First 31.7, 2 meetings), POLARIS (Seascape 27, 2 meetings), GOODIO (Mat 101, 1 meeting), ANGELA (Dehler 34 (Judel/Vrolijk), 1 meeting), VINDUNGEN (Finnflyer 36, 1 meeting), MOXIE (X-332, 1 meeting), HUPINA (Sweden Yachts 370, 1 meeting)
How MELISANDE compares with a typical First 31.7
Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, First 31.7s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical First 31.7; 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 First 31.7 across the course.
Speed at every angle
MELISANDE in blue, a typical First 31.7 dashed.
MELISANDE in blue, a typical First 31.7 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other First 31.7s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the First 31.7
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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