Melges 32

{{Infobox sailboat specifications

|name = Melges 32

|insignia = File:Melges 32 sail logo.JPG

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|designer = Reichel/Pugh

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|location = United States

|year = 2004

|no built = 230

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|builder = Melges Performance Sailboats
SOCA Sailboats

|role = Racer

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|crew = five

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|draft = {{convert|7.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|displacement = {{convert|3774|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = monohull

|construction = composite material

|loa = {{convert|31.83|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|lwl = {{convert|28.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|beam = {{convert|9.83|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|keel type = lifting keel

|ballast = {{convert|1570|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|rudder type = spade-type rudder

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|rig type = Bermuda rig

|I = {{convert|39.90|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|J = {{convert|10.80|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|P = {{convert|44.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop

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|sailarea spin = {{convert|1302|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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The Melges 32 is an American sailboat that was designed by Reichel/Pugh as a one-design racer and first built in 2004.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/melges-32|title= Melges 32 sailboat |access-date= 17 September 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220916235701/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/melges-32|archive-date= 16 September 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/melges/32|title= Melges 32|access-date= 17 September 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220916235748/https://sailboat.guide/melges/32|archive-date= 16 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-32/|title= The Melges 32|access-date= 17 September 2022|author= Melges Performance Sailboats|author-link= Melges Performance Sailboats|work= melges.com|date= 17 September 2022|year= |archive-url= https://archive.today/20220916235548/https://melges.com/melges-32/|archive-date= 16 September 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/melges/melges-32|title = Melges 32|access-date = 17 September 2022|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220917015823/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/melges/melges-32|archive-date= 17 September 2022|url-status= live}}

The design is an accepted World Sailing international class.{{cite web|url= https://www.sailing.org/classes/melges-32|title= Melges 32|access-date= 16 September 2022|author= World Sailing|author-link= World Sailing|work= sailing.org|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220916235551/https://www.sailing.org/classes/melges-32|archive-date= 16 September 2022|url-status= live}}

Production

The design has been built by Melges Performance Sailboats in the United States, since 2004, with 230 boats completed and remains in production. It was also at one time built by SOCA Sailboats of Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/melges-performance-sailboats|title= Melges Performance Sailboats|access-date = 17 September 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200908184850/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/melges-performance-sailboats|archive-date= 8 September 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/melges|title= Melges Performance Sailboats|access-date= 17 September 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220914224725/https://sailboat.guide/melges|archive-date= 14 September 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/soca-sailboats-ltd|title= SOCA Sailboats Ltd. 1996 - 2015 |access-date = 17 September 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220916235706/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/soca-sailboats-ltd|archive-date= 16 September 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/soca|title= SOCA Sailboats Ltd.|access-date= 17 September 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220916235741/https://sailboat.guide/soca|archive-date= 16 September 2022|url-status= live}}

Design

File:Syc usmelges32na 1.jpg]]

The Melges 32 is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of composite material. It has a 7/8 fractional sloop rig with dual swept spreaders, a keel-stepped mast and carbon fiber spars. The hull is built from fiberglass reinforced epoxy and a PVC fiberglass epoxy sandwich. The hull has a nearly-plumb stem, an open reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable carbon fiber lifting keel with a lead bulb weight. It displaces {{convert|3774|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|1570|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of lead ballast.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|7.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the keel extended. With it retracted the boat can be operated in shallow water or transported on a boat trailer.

The boat is normally fitted with a small {{convert|10|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with an asymmetrical spinnaker of {{convert|1302|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}, a reaching gennaker of {{convert|774|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} or a light air reaching asymmetrical spinnaker (VMG) of {{convert|1113|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}.

The design has a hull speed of {{convert|7.15|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.

Operational history

The boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the International Melges 32 Class Association.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/association/melges-32-class-web-site|title= Melges 32 Class Web Site|access-date = 17 September 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220916235705/https://sailboatdata.com/association/melges-32-class-web-site|archive-date= 16 September 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/melges-32-class-web-site-class-association|title= Melges 32 Class Web Site|access-date= 17 September 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220916235751/https://sailboat.guide/melges-32-class-web-site-class-association|archive-date= 16 September 2022|url-status= live}}