Melges & Devoti Sailing Melges 24
Sailboat
24′
Monohull
Since 1993
Overview
- Builder
- Melges & Devoti Sailing
- Model
- Melges 24
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 1993 on
- Designer
- Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design
- Hull material
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): Sandwich foam fiberglass p
- Rig
- Sloop Marconi 7/8
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 24′ (7.32 m)
- Waterline length
- 22′ (6.71 m)
- Beam
- 8′ 2″ (2.49 m)
- Draft
- 5′ (1.52 m)
- Displacement
- 1,784 lb (809 kg)
- Ballast
- 650 lb (295 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- 1 outboard engine
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 355 sq ft (33.0 m²)
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 38.6
- Displacement / length
- 75
- Ballast ratio
- 36%
- Capsize screening
- 2.69
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
- 602 ft²
- Ballast ratio
- 36 %
- Ballast type
- Lead
- Cockpit
- Open aft cockpit
- Construction
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): Sandwich foam fiberglass polyester
- Country
- United States
- Crew
- 4 – 5 (
- HN (French rating)
- 27.0
- Helm
- Single tiller
- Jib area
- 129 ft²
- Mast configuration
- Deck stepped mast
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 1
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi 7/8
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Single transom hung rudder
- Sailboat collection
- ISAF
- Spars construction
- Carbon fiber mast and aluminum boom
- Spreaders angle
- Swept-back
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- About 65 500 € (2020)
- Standing rigging
- 1x19 strand wire continuous
- Trailerable
- Yes
- Unsinkable
- No
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.