MERILANE — EST 959
Model: Express
Updated
MERILANE (EST 959) is a Express designed by Peter Norlin and built by Albin. She has been racing since 2021. Against a typical Express she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats20
Race starts
0
Wins
20%
Podiums
29
Race Edge
Express: 30
656.8s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
7.79 m
25′ 7″
Beam
2.52 m
Draft
1.44 m
Displacement
1.8 t
Sail area
34 m²
On the podium
Where MERILANE finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
20%
of 20 starts · Express fleet: 38%
Wins
0%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with MERILANE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
E4 Championship W/L20245633445- Tallinn Championship W/L20233534
- A.Le Coq 64. Muhu Vaina Regatt / Moonsund Regatta 2021 - offshore2021914102277
- A.Le Coq 64. Muhu Vaina Regatt - Parnu lyhirada / inshore20216913
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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: 7 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
8 more races without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.
Who she races against
The boats MERILANE meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
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How MERILANE compares with a typical Express
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Expresss measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Express; 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 Express on the downwind.
Speed at every angle
MERILANE in blue, a typical Express dashed.
MERILANE in blue, a typical Express dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Expresss racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Express
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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