Melges 20
Sailboat
19′ 11″
Monohull
Since 2009
Overview
- Builder
- Melges
- Model
- 20
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 2009 on
- Designer
- Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design
- Hull material
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): Sandwich fiberglass polyes
- Rig
- Sloop Marconi (square top mainsail) 7/8
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 19′ 11″ (6.07 m)
- Beam
- 7′ (2.13 m)
- Draft
- 4′ 6″ (1.37 m)
- Displacement
- 1,146 lb (520 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- No engine
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 260 sq ft (24.2 m²)
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 38.0
- Capsize screening
- 2.68
Power from the sails for the boat's weight. Under 16 is modest, 16–20 a typical cruiser, over 20 lively.
Under 2 is generally considered better for offshore use.
More details
- Appendages
- Lifting keel : fin with bulb, lifting
- Asymmetric spinnaker area
- 431 ft²
- Cockpit
- Open aft cockpit
- Construction
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): Sandwich fiberglass polyester (vacuum infusion)
- Country
- United States
- Crew
- 3-4
- Helm
- Single tiller
- Jib area
- 88 ft²
- Mast configuration
- Deck stepped mast
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 2
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi (square top mainsail) 7/8
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Single transom hung rudder
- Spars construction
- Carbon fiber mast and aluminum boom
- Spreaders angle
- Swept-back
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- About 49 100 € (2020)
- Standing rigging
- Discontinuous
- Trailerable
- Yes
- Unsinkable
- No
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.