Melges 15

Class History:

Designed by Reichel-Pugh and built by Melges, the 15’s stable hull shape and ergonomic cockpit make it a suitable layout for adult racing and educational sailing. With the main design goals focused on stability and performance in a variety of conditions, the boat features a narrow overall beam and a flat cross-section shape for stability, righting moment, and ease of planing. For a more forgiving feel upwind and to navigate larger sea states, the Melges 15 has just the right amount of fore and aft rocker.

The asymmetric spinnaker offers an additional performance element while the single-pull launch and retrieval system makes handling the sail easy and fast.

The Melges 15 has rapidly become famous for its multi-event winter series events held in Florida and Cascais, Porug

Boat Specifications

LENGTH 15 ft (4.572 m)
BEAM 5 ft 6 in (1.675 m)
DRAFT 2 ft 7 in (0.8 m)
HULL WEIGHT 230 lbs (104 kg)

SAIL AREA
MAIN 93.6 sq ft (8.7 m2)
JIB 39.8 sq ft (3.7 m2)
ASYMMETRICAL SPINNAKER 156 sq ft (14.5 m2)

CREW 2