Reichel/Pugh

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Reichel/Pugh
IndustryYacht Design
Founder
    • Jim Pugh
    • John Reichel
Headquarters,
Websitereichel-pugh.com

Reichel/Pugh is a yacht design company based in San Diego, California, United States. It is led by and .

Since the late 1990s, Reichel/Pugh-designed yachts have successfully competed in many major races, including the America's Cup. Their designs currently hold the course records for a number of the best-known yacht races, such as the Sydney-Hobart race.

Several Reichel/Pugh-designed yachts are in series production, including modern Melges boats such as the Melges 17, Melges 20, Melges 24, (currently out of production), and the Melges 32.

America's Cup 2007[]

John Reichel and Jim Pugh were closely involved in the design of the IACC yacht ESP-88 and ESP-97 for the Desafío Español 2007 syndicate who reached the semi-final stage of the Louis Vuitton Cup 2007 used to select the challenger for the 2007 America's Cup.

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