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Melges 17

Sailboat class

Summary

Sailboat class

Field	Value
name	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	3.96 ft with a bilgeboard down
displacement	335 lb
hull type	monohull
construction	fiberglass
loa	16.65 ft
beam	5.53 ft
keel type	twin bilgeboards
rudder type	transom-mounted rudder
rig type	Bermuda rig
sailplan	fractional rigged sloop
sailarea main	154 sqft
sailarea headsail	66 sqft
sailarea spin	280 sqft
sailarea upwind	220 sqft
sailarea downwind	500 sqft

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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.

Production

The design has built by Melges Performance Sailboats in the United States since 2005 and remains in production.

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.

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 335 lb and is normally sailed by two sailors, with an optimal crew weight of 265 to.

The boat has a draft of 3.96 ft with a bilgeboard extended. With both bilgeboards retracted it can be operated in shallow water, beached or transported on a boat trailer.

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with an asymmetrical spinnaker of 280 sqft, flown from a retractable bowsprit.

Operational history

The boat was at one time supported by a class club that organized racing events, the Melges 17 Class Association.

References

McArthur, Bruce. (2022). "Melges 17 sailboat". sailboatdata.com.
Sea Time Tech, LLC. (2022). "Melges 17". sailboat.guide.
McArthur, Bruce. (2021). "Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design". sailboatdata.com.
Sea Time Tech, LLC. (2022). "Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design". sailboat.guide.
Melges Performance Sailboats. (2021). "The Melges 17". melges.com.
Melges Performance Sailboats. (2012). "Melges 17 Product Brochure".
McArthur, Bruce. (2021). "Melges Performance Sailboats". sailboatdata.com.
Sea Time Tech, LLC. (2022). "Melges Performance Sailboats". sailboat.guide.
(28 February 2005). "Melges 17". Sail Magazine.
McArthur, Bruce. (2022). "Melges 17 Class Site". sailboatdata.com.
Sea Time Tech, LLC. (2022). "Melges 17 Class Site". sailboat.guide.

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