MELISSA — ITA 14135
Model: Baltic 50
Updated
MELISSA (ITA 14135) is a Baltic 50 designed by Bill Tripp and built by Baltic Yachts. She has been racing since 2024. She sails with a larger sail plan than most Baltic 50s. Against a typical Baltic 50 she is quicker upwind in light air and on a beam reach, and slower downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats5
Race starts
0
Wins
20%
Podiums
464.4s/mile
Rating 2024
Length
15.41 m
50′ 7″
Beam
4.21 m
Draft
2.94 m
Displacement
10.3 t
Sail area
133 m²
On the podium
Where MELISSA finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
1
Thirds
5
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 MELISSA on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Campionato Invernale West Liguria2024223
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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: 3 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
1 more race without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats MELISSA meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Other competitors (31)
Met too few times for a figure.
MATADOR (First 44.7, 5 meetings), MISS K CHECKMATE (Swan 45, 5 meetings), CRAB (Solaris 44, 5 meetings), DAL VERDE AL BLU (First 35 (Farr), 4 meetings), MISTRAL GAGNANT (Solaris 50, 4 meetings), FURIBONDA (Sly 53, 4 meetings), SHE IS THE ONE (Solaris 48, 4 meetings), GORILLA GANG XL (Comet 45, 3 meetings), BONNIE (Impala 36, 3 meetings), IL PINGONE DI MARE IIII (J/112, 3 meetings), BIG BANG (Melges 32, 3 meetings), AURORA (Canard 41, 3 meetings), BEATRICE (Ro 330, 2 meetings), SHARDANA (T 34, 2 meetings), VEGA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 2 meetings), BELANA (First 40.7, 2 meetings), VELASQUEZ (Ridas 37, 2 meetings), FLIPPER ONE (Mylius 11, 2 meetings), FREE SPIRIT (First 44.7, 2 meetings), PROSPETTICA (Comet 41, 2 meetings), CHAPLIN (Sangermani, 2 meetings), IREAL (Comet 45, 2 meetings), ANGE TRASPARENT II (Swan 45, 1 meeting), SUSPIRIA THE REVENGE (Swan 42, 1 meeting), BLACK SAMURAI (Eleva 50, 1 meeting), FAREWELL IV (Solaris 44, 1 meeting), SCRICCA (Comet 38 (Vallicelli), 1 meeting), VELA X1 (Nytec 23, 1 meeting), K'MENA (J/99, 1 meeting), SARCHIAPONE (Italia 9.98, 1 meeting), HARU (Comet 41, 1 meeting)
How MELISSA compares with a typical Baltic 50
Her main 2024 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Baltic 50s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Baltic 50; 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 Baltic 50 on the broad reach.
Speed at every angle
MELISSA in blue, a typical Baltic 50 dashed.
MELISSA in blue, a typical Baltic 50 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Baltic 50s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Baltic 50
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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