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Melges 32

F4. Recreational Boating, Yachting and Sport

Definition

International one-design sportsboat.

A 32 ft (9.7 m) one-design planing sportboat designed by Reichel/Pugh and built by Melges Performance Sailboats, launched in 2005. A larger sibling to the Melges 24, it carries a fixed bulb keel, a square-top mainsail, a retractable carbon bowsprit, and a big asymmetric spinnaker, crewed by six to seven. Built for grand-prix-style one-design racing with mixed professional and amateur crews, it ran an international circuit through the 2010s. It is a one-design class, not an Olympic boat.

Source: Melges 32 class; Reichel/Pugh design, launched 2005.