Melges 32
Sailboat
31′ 10″
Monohull
Since 2005
Overview
- Builder
- Melges
- Model
- 32
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 2005 on
- Designer
- Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design
- Hull material
- Fiberglass reinforced epoxy: Sandwich PVC fiberglass epoxy
- Rig
- Sloop Marconi 7/8
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 31′ 10″ (9.70 m)
- Waterline length
- 29′ 10″ (9.09 m)
- Beam
- 9′ 10″ (3.00 m)
- Draft
- 7′ (2.13 m)
- Displacement
- 3,774 lb (1,712 kg)
- Ballast
- 1,709 lb (775 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- 1 outboard engine
- Power
- 10 hp
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 699 sq ft (64.9 m²)
Accommodation
- Berths
- 2
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 46.1
- Displacement / length
- 63
- Ballast ratio
- 45%
- Capsize screening
- 2.53
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
- Lifting keel : fin with bulb, lifting
- Asymmetric spinnaker area
- 1302 ft²
- Ballast ratio
- 45 %
- Ballast type
- Carbon fiber fin with lead bulb
- Cockpit
- Open aft cockpit
- Code 0 area
- 774 ft²
- Construction
- Fiberglass reinforced epoxy: Sandwich PVC fiberglass epoxy
- Country
- United States
- Crew
- > 5,
- EC design category
- A
- Genoa area
- 254 ft²
- HN (French rating)
- 36.5
- Helm
- Single tiller
- Mast configuration
- Keel stepped mast
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 2
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi 7/8
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Single spade rudder
- Sailboat collection
- ISAF
- Spars construction
- Carbon fiber spars
- Spreaders angle
- Swept-back
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- About 174 000 € (2016)
- Standing rigging
- PBO, forestay in Dyform discontinuous
- Trailerable
- Yes
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.