Melges IC37

{{Sources exist|date=July 2024}}

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}

{{Use South African English|date=May 2023}}

{{Infobox sailboat specifications

|name = Melges IC37

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|designer = Mark Mills
and SDK Structures

|architect =

|location = America

|year = 2018

|no built = Approx. 40

|design =

|class =

|brand = Melges Performance Sailboats

|builder = Westerly Marine (USA)&
Fibre Mechanics (GBR)

|role = One design racer

|boats =

|crew =

|trapeze =

|draft = {{convert|2.50|m|ft|abbr=on}}

|air draft =

|displacement = {{convert|3535|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

|hulls =

|hull type = monohull

|construction = glassfibre

|loa =

|loh = {{convert|11.30|m|ft|abbr=on}}

|lwl = {{convert|10.60|m|ft|abbr=on}}

|beam = {{convert|3.65|m|ft|abbr=on}}

|hull draft =

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|engine = Yanmar 3YM {{convert|20|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine with saildrive

|appendages =

|keel type = T Keel

|ballast = {{convert|1530|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

|rudder type = Spade-type rudder

|rigs =

|rig type = Bermuda rig

|I = {{convert|15.45|m|ft|abbr=on}}

|J = {{convert|4.39|m|ft|abbr=on}}

|P = {{convert|14.79|m|ft|abbr=on}}

|E = {{convert|5.00|m|ft|abbr=on}}

|mast length =

|rig other =

|sails =

|sailplan = Fractional rigged sloop

|sailarea main = {{convert|25|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}

|sailarea headsail = {{convert|48.5|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}

|sailarea spin =

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

|sails other =

|sailarea upwind = {{convert|85.9|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}

|sailarea downwind = {{convert|194.5|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}

|sailarea total =

|rating = 1.175 IRC

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|previous = ClubSwan 42

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The Melges IC37 is an American planing sailboat that was designed by Mark Mills as a one design racer and first built in 2017.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/cape-31/|title= Cape 31|access-date= 25 May 2023|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230525150442/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/cape-31/|archive-date= 25 May 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mills-mark/|title= Mark Mills|access-date= 25 May 2023|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230525154357/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mills-mark/|archive-date= 25 May 2023|url-status= live}}https://ic37class.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/MelgesIC37ClassSpecifications-20200218.pdf