Melges 20

In September 2007 Melges confirmed that Melges Performance Sailboats will release a 20-foot keel boat named Melges 20. The release is a group effort as the boat has been designed by Reichel Pugh Yacht Design and Melges Performance Sailboats/Melges USA.

The Melges 20 is a one-design class sailboat with a lifting keel and is designed for racing.^[1] In November 2012 the class was recognised by the World Sailing allowing recognised World Championships to be held.

World Championships[]

Year v t	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2013 52 Boats	John Taylor (USA) Bill Hardesty (USA) Joey Mello (USA)
2014 Garda 57 Boats	John KILROY (USA) Paul Goodison (GBR) (USA)	Achille ONORATO (ITA) Malcolm Page (AUS) Stefano CIAMPALINI (ITA)	Guido MIANI (ITA) Gabriele BENUSSI (ITA) Massimo GHERARDUCCI (ITA)
2015 Tiburon	John Kilroy (USA) Bill Hardesty (USA) (USA)	Cesar Gomes Neto (BRA)	Liam Kilroy (USA)
2016 Scarlino	Michael Illbruck (GER) John Kostecki (USA) Federico Michetti (ITA)	Drew Freides (USA)	Krzysztof Krempec (POL)
2017 Newport 38 Boats	Drew Freides (USA) Morgan Reeser (USA) Charlie Smythe (USA)	Vladimir Prosikhin (RUS)	John Kilroy (USA)
2018 Cagliari 36 Boats^[2]	USA 300 - PACIFIC YANKEE Drew Freides Morgan Reeser Charlie Smythe	ITA 667 - BRONTOLO Federico Michetti (ITA) Filippo Pacinotti (ITA) Manu Weiller (ESP) Silvia Morini	RUS 296 - Russian Bogatyrs Igor Rytov (RUS) Anton Sergeev (RUS) Kostantin Besputin (RUS)
2019 Miami 22 Boats^[3]	ITA 65 - STIG Alessandro Rombelli (ITA) Francesco Bruni (ITA) Giorgio Tortarolo (ITA) Tea Faoro	USA 88 - Heartbreaker Robert Hughes Manu Weiller Federico Michetti (ITA)	RUS 898 - Russian Bogatyrs Igor Rytov (RUS) Anton Sergeev (RUS) Kostantin Besputin (RUS)
2021 Miami 18 Boats^[4]	Kuai (USA) Lucas Calabrese (USA) (USA) (USA)	Russian Bogatyrs Michele Ivaldi (USA) (RUS) (USA)	Honeybadger (USA) (USA) (USA) (USA)

References[]

^ Reed, Dave; Streuli, Stuart (September 19, 2008). "The Melges 20: A First Look Times Two/ Two-thirds of Sailing World's editorial staff take a ride on the new Melges 20 and find it to be a peppy, rewarding sportboat that shares some of the characteristics of its more famous siblings, but not all. (And that's a good thing)". . Retrieved October 7, 2019.
^ https://yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=6013
^ https://www.yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=6048
^ https://yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=14622

External links[]

Melges Performance Sailboats - Manufacturer's homepage
Melges 20 - International Class Association
Reichel/Pugh Website - Designer

[1] Reed, Dave; Streuli, Stuart (September 19, 2008). "The Melges 20: A First Look Times Two/ Two-thirds of Sailing World's editorial staff take a ride on the new Melges 20 and find it to be a peppy, rewarding sportboat that shares some of the characteristics of its more famous siblings, but not all. (And that's a good thing)". . Retrieved October 7, 2019.

[2] ttps://yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=6013

[3] ttps://www.yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=6048

[4] ttps://yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=14622

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v t Melges Performance Sailboats
Dinghies	A Scow C Scow E Scow Melges 17 M Scow MC Scow X Boat
Keelboats	Melges 20 Melges 24 Melges 32

v t Classes of World Sailing
Current Olympic classes	470 49er 49er FX Finn Laser Standard Laser Radial RS:X Nacra 17
World Sailing centreboard classes	29er 420 505 B14 Byte Cadet Contender Enterprise Europe Fireball Flying Dutchman Flying Junior GP14 Int. 14 Laser 2 Laser 4.7 Lightning Mirror Moth Musto Performance Skiff O'pen BIC OK Dinghy Optimist RS Feva RS Tera RS100 RS500 Snipe Splash Sunfish Tasar Topper Vaurien Zoom 8
World Sailing keelboat classes	12 mR 2.4 mR 5.5 m 6 mR 8 mR Dragon Etchells Flying Fifteen Hansa 2.3 Hansa 303 Hansa Liberty H-boat International One Design J/22 J/24 J/70 J/80 Melges 20 Melges 24 Melges 32 Platu 25 RC44 SB20 Shark 24 Soling Sonar Star Tempest Viper 640 Yngling
World Sailing yacht classes	Class40 Farr 40 IMOCA 60 J/111 International Maxi Association Soto 40 Swan 45 Swan 60 TP 52 X-35 X-41
World Sailing multihull classes	A-Class Dart 18 Formula 16 Formula 18 Hobie 14 Hobie 16 Hobie 17 Hobie Dragoon Hobie Tiger Hobie Wildcat Nacra 15 Nacra 17 Nacra F18 Infusion Nacra 20 Carbon M32 SL 16 Topcat K1 Tornado Viper F16
World Sailing windsurfer classes	Formula Windsurfing Mistral Speed Windsurfing Techno 293 IQFoil
World Sailing kiteboarding classes
IRSA remote-control classes	10 rater A Class Marblehead One Metre
Former World Sailing classes	11:Metre One Design 29erXX Buzz C-Class Division II Elliott 6m Farr 30 (Mumm 30) Farr 45 Farr Maxi One Design Hobie 17 Hobie 18 IOD ISO Laser Vago Lechner A-390 Mumm 36 Open 50 ORMA 60 Sydney 40 Ultimate 20 Windglider X-99

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