Melges 17 Explained
| Melges 17 |
| Insignia: | File:Melges17logo.jpg |
| Insignia Size: | 250px |
| Designer: | Reichel/Pugh |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Builder: | Melges Performance Sailboats |
| Role: | Racer |
| Crew: | two |
| Draft: | 3.96feet with a bilgeboard down |
| Displacement: | 3350NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fiberglass |
| Loa: | 16.65feet |
| Beam: | 5.53feet |
| Keel Type: | twin bilgeboards |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| Sailplan: | fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 154square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 66square feet |
| Sailarea Spin: | 280square feet |
| Sailarea Upwind: | 220square feet |
| Sailarea Downwind: | 500square feet |
The Melges 17 is an American scow-hulled sailing dinghy that was designed by Reichel/Pugh as a one-design racer and first built in 2005.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Production
The design has built by Melges Performance Sailboats in the United States since 2005 and remains in production.[1] [2] [5] [7] [8]
Design
The design was conceived to provide a boat for youth sailors to move up to from the Laser, 420 and the X Boat, as well as for adults couples to sail.[9]
The Melges 17 is a racing sailboat, with the hull built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig with carbon fiber spars; a scow hull; a transom-hung, aluminum extrusion rudder controlled by a tiller with an extension and twin retractable, aluminum extrusion bilgeboards. It displaces 3350NaN0 and is normally sailed by two sailors, with an optimal crew weight of 265to.[1] [2] [5] [9]
The boat has a draft of 3.96feet with a bilgeboard extended. With both bilgeboards retracted it can be operated in shallow water, beached or transported on a boat trailer.[1] [2]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with an asymmetrical spinnaker of 280square feet, flown from a retractable bowsprit.[1] [2]
Operational history
The boat was at one time supported by a class club that organized racing events, the Melges 17 Class Association.[10] [11]
See also
Similar sailboats
Notes and References
- Web site: Melges 17 sailboat . 17 September 2022. McArthur. Bruce. sailboatdata.com. 2022. https://archive.today/20220917124759/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/melges-17. 17 September 2022. live.
- Web site: Melges 17. 17 September 2022. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2022. https://archive.today/20220917124819/https://sailboat.guide/melges/17. 17 September 2022. live.
- Web site: Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design. 17 September 2022. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2021. https://archive.today/20220914141026/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/reichelpugh-yacht-design. 14 September 2022. live.
- Web site: Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design. 17 September 2022. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2022. https://archive.today/20220914224723/https://sailboat.guide/reichel-pugh-yacht-design. 14 September 2022. live.
- Web site: The Melges 17. 17 September 2022. Melges Performance Sailboats. Melges Performance Sailboats. melges.com. 2021. https://archive.today/20220917124715/https://melges.com/melges-17/. 17 September 2022. live.
- Web site: Melges 17 Product Brochure. Melges Performance Sailboats. Melges Performance Sailboats. 17 September 2022. 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130126194422/http://www.melges.com/_pdf/(M17)-Product-Brochure-2012-0908.pdf . 26 January 2013 . dead .
- Web site: Melges Performance Sailboats. 17 September 2022. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2021. https://archive.today/20200908184850/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/melges-performance-sailboats. 8 September 2020. live.
- Web site: Melges Performance Sailboats. 17 September 2022. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2022. https://archive.today/20220914224725/https://sailboat.guide/melges. 14 September 2022. live.
- Web site: Melges 17. 17 September 2022. Sail Magazine. 28 February 2005. https://archive.today/20220917132020/https://www.sailmagazine.com/boats/melges-17. 17 September 2022. live.
- Web site: Melges 17 Class Site. 17 September 2022. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2022. https://archive.today/20220917124802/https://sailboatdata.com/association/melges-17-class-site. 17 September 2022. dead.
- Web site: Melges 17 Class Site. 17 September 2022. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2022. https://archive.today/20220917124828/https://sailboat.guide/melges-17-class-site-class-association. 17 September 2022. live.
