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The Melges 15 is a versatile double-handed racing dinghy that was added to the Sailing Pavilion fleet during summer 2025. It has an asymmetric spinnaker but is more stable than a skiff.
Requirements to Sail
- Must have full membership (Normal Sailing Card)
- Must have Helmsman Rating OR Laser: Advanced OR 420: Advanced
Rigging the Melges 15
The boat should be mostly rigged under the cover Melges 15 Sail Rigging Video[1]
- Remove cover and secure to dock so it can't blow away and sink
- Attach black jib hanks to forestay from bottom to top
- Shackle on jib halyard to head of the jib- make sure jib halyard isn't twisted!
- The jib halyard is on the starboard side of the mast- haul up until splice comes out of bottom of the mast
