Melges 17

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

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{{Use American English|date=September 2022}}

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|designer = Reichel/Pugh

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|location = United States

|year = 2005

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|builder = Melges Performance Sailboats

|role = Racer

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|crew = two

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|draft = {{convert|3.96|ft|m|abbr=on}} with a bilgeboard down

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|displacement = {{convert|335|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = monohull

|construction = fiberglass

|loa = {{convert|16.65|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|beam = {{convert|5.53|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|keel type = twin bilgeboards

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|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder

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|rig type = Bermuda rig

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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop

|sailarea main = {{convert|154|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|sailarea headsail = {{convert|66|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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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.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/melges-17|title= Melges 17 sailboat |access-date= 17 September 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220917124759/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/melges-17|archive-date= 17 September 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/melges/17|title= Melges 17|access-date= 17 September 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220917124819/https://sailboat.guide/melges/17|archive-date= 17 September 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/reichelpugh-yacht-design|title= Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design|access-date = 17 September 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220914141026/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/reichelpugh-yacht-design|archive-date= 14 September 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/reichel-pugh-yacht-design|title= Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design|access-date= 17 September 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220914224723/https://sailboat.guide/reichel-pugh-yacht-design|archive-date= 14 September 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://melges.com/melges-17/|title= The Melges 17|access-date= 17 September 2022|author= Melges Performance Sailboats|author-link= Melges Performance Sailboats|work= melges.com|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220917124715/https://melges.com/melges-17/|archive-date= 17 September 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.melges.com/_pdf/%28M17%29-Product-Brochure-2012-0908.pdf |title= Melges 17 Product Brochure|author= Melges Performance Sailboats|author-link= Melges Performance Sailboats|access-date=17 September 2022|year=2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126194422/http://www.melges.com/_pdf/(M17)-Product-Brochure-2012-0908.pdf |archive-date=26 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}