HEDGEHOG
USA MELGES 32Sail number USA/BER1
GPH
533.4
OSN
521.7
LOA
9.685 m
Displacement
1710 kg
Triple-Number Ratings
Lower is fasterTriple Inshore
Low
0.7967
Medium
1.0033
High
1.1746
Triple Offshore
Low
1.0158
Medium
1.2439
High
1.4272
Boat Specifications
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 9.685 m
- Beam
- 2.94 m
- Draft
- 2.14 m
- Displacement
- 1710 kg
- Crew weight
- 629 kg
- Wetted surface
- 18.16 m²
Sails
- Mainsail
- 41.77 m²
- Genoa
- 21.83 m²
- Spinnaker
- 0 m²
- Asymmetric spinnaker
- 125.62 m²
Design
- Type
- MELGES 32
- Builder
- Melges Performance
- Designer
- Reichel/Pugh
- Year built
- 2005
- Stability index
- 118.8
Velocity Prediction
Each row is TWS followed by TWA and boat-speed pairs. Paste it directly into WX Navigator or compatible navigation software.
| Wind Speed | 52° | 60° | 75° | 90° | 110° | 120° | 135° | 150° |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 6.42 | 6.69 | 6.87 | 7.13 | 7.07 | 6.83 | 6.14 | 5.17 |
| 8 | 7.12 | 7.35 | 7.57 | 7.71 | 7.96 | 7.78 | 7.37 | 6.44 |
| 10 | 7.38 | 7.68 | 8.1 | 8.23 | 8.69 | 8.72 | 8.37 | 7.33 |
| 12 | 7.55 | 7.89 | 8.42 | 8.87 | 9.29 | 9.63 | 9.51 | 8.32 |
| 14 | 7.67 | 8.04 | 8.67 | 9.31 | 9.86 | 10.36 | 10.62 | 9.48 |
| 16 | 7.76 | 8.15 | 8.86 | 9.67 | 10.34 | 11.08 | 11.6 | 10.82 |
| 20 | 7.8 | 8.25 | 9.13 | 10.17 | 11.67 | 12.35 | 14.2 | 14.43 |
| Wind Speed | Beat Angle | Beat VMG | Run Angle | Run VMG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 42° | 4.28 | 142.6° | 4.48 |
| 8 | 38.4° | 4.99 | 147.8° | 5.58 |
| 10 | 37.2° | 5.25 | 152.3° | 6.36 |
| 12 | 36.9° | 5.37 | 148.7° | 7.21 |
| 14 | 36.6° | 5.44 | 146° | 8.21 |
| 16 | 36.6° | 5.47 | 144.4° | 9.37 |
| 20 | 37.6° | 5.45 | 148.9° | 12.5 |
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