Melges & Premier Composite Technologies Melges 40
Sailboat
39′ 4″
Monohull
Since 2016
Overview
- Builder
- Melges & Premier Composite Technologies
- Model
- Melges 40
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 2016 on
- Designer
- Botin Partners Naval Architecture
- Hull material
- Carbon fiber reinforced epoxy: Sandwich carbon fiber epoxy (
- Rig
- Ketch Marconi (square top mainsail) 9/10
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 39′ 4″ (11.99 m)
- Waterline length
- 36′ 5″ (11.10 m)
- Beam
- 11′ 7″ (3.53 m)
- Draft
- 10′ 6″ (3.20 m)
- Displacement
- 7,165 lb (3,250 kg)
- Ballast
- 2,425 lb (1,100 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- 1 inboard engine
- Power
- 20 hp
- Fuel
- 11 gal (42 L)
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 1,302 sq ft (121.0 m²)
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 56.1
- Displacement / length
- 66
- Ballast ratio
- 34%
- Capsize screening
- 2.40
Power from the sails for the boat's weight. Under 16 is modest, 16–20 a typical cruiser, over 20 lively.
How heavy the boat is for its waterline. Under 200 is light, 200–300 moderate, over 300 heavy.
Share of the weight that is ballast. Higher generally means stiffer in a breeze.
Under 2 is generally considered better for offshore use.
More details
- Appendages
- Canting keel : canting T-shaped keel (with bulb) with central daggeboard
- Ballast ratio
- 34 %
- Ballast type
- Carbon fiber fin with lead bulb
- Cockpit
- Open aft cockpit
- Construction
- Carbon fiber reinforced epoxy: Sandwich carbon fiber epoxy (vacuum infusion)
- Country
- United States
- Crew
- 9 (
- EC design category
- B
- Gennaker area
- 2153 ft²
- Helm
- Single tiller
- Jib area
- 527 ft²
- Mast configuration
- Deck stepped mast
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 2
- Rigging type
- Ketch Marconi (square top mainsail) 9/10
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Twin spade rudders
- Spars construction
- Carbon fiber spars
- Spreaders angle
- Swept-back
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- About 565 000 € (2016)
- Standing rigging
- Carbon fiber discontinuous
- Trailerable
- No
- Unsinkable
- No
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.