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Melges 24

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General specification
Type	Monotype
Ship Yard	Melges (USA)
Designer	Reichel Pugh Yacht Design (USA)
Launching year	1994

Dimensions
Length Over All (LOA)	7.52 m	24.67 ft
Length of Water Line (LWL)	6.71 m	22.01 ft
Hull Beam (BH)	2.50 m	8.20 ft
Draft	1.52 m	4.99 ft

Sail Area
Rigging	Splited sloop
Upwind sail area	47.03 m²	506.23 sq ft
Downwind sail area	97.31 m²	1,047.44 sq ft
Mainsail area	35.31 m²	380.07 sq ft
Genoa area	11.72 m²	126.15 sq ft
Asymmetrical spinnaker area	62.00 m²	667.36 sq ft

Performance
Upwind sail area / Light displacement	60.29 m² / Tonne	659.4 sq ft / ton
Downwind sail area / Light displacement	124.76 m² / Tonne	1,364.3 sq ft / ton
Upwind sail area / Beam	18.81 m² / m	61.7 sq ft / ft
Downwind sail area / Beam	38.92 m² / m	127.7 sq ft / ft
Ballast percentage	38.5 %

Rigging
Mast's material	Carbon
Mast's type	Classical mast put on the keel
Mast's holding	One stair of spreader with diagonals
Spreader mast type	Pushing

Hull and appendices
Hull's material	Glass/polyester stratified
Light displacement	780 kg	1,720 lb
Anti leeway devices	Retractable keel with bulb
Keel ballast	300 kg	661 lb
Ballast's material	Lead
Kell's material	Carbon
Helm's type	Tiller with stick
Rudder	One rudder fixed at transom

Securtity and regulation
Maximum crew member	2 à 5
CE certification	C

General specification