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MELGES 24 TUNING GUIDE | North Sails

The following tuning guide is meant to be a good starting point when setting up your Melges 24. Depending on total crew weight, ...

Melges 24 Racing Guide - Ullman Sails

Melges 24 Sailing Guide. Upwind Sailing. The Melges 24 is most efficient when sailed as flat as possible. Excessive heel causes leeway, which is slow. The ...

Infographic-Insider-Tips-from-the-Top-in-the-Melges-24-Class.pdf

The Melges 24 class boasts some of the top sailors in the world. Quantum reached out to a number of them to get their insider tips on Melges 24 racing to help ...

Melges 24 - close to making the purchase - any tips?

Any tips and tricks to share on sailing a Melges 24? The plan may be to join Charleston Race Week and possibly Worlds this year and then next year do the Miami ...

How To Guides and Expertise | International Melges 24 Class ...

What are the top 3 ingredients to compete successfully in the Melges 24? · Practice mark roundings—good sets and douses are key. · Practice light-air downspeed ...

MELGES 24 SPEED GUIDE | North Sails

To rig the Melges 24, first attach the shrouds, spreaders and backstay, then pull the halyards down from the top of mast. Because the mast is ...

Tips and Tricks: Melges 24 | NTNUI Seiling

Tips and Tricks: Melges 24. Rigging: To set up the base, use the North Sails tuning guide for Melges 24. Here are the most important excerpts translated into ...

Melges 24 Tuning Guide | UK Sailmaker Experts - Westaway Sails

For maximum speed it is important to aggressively adjust the tension on the upper and lower shrouds depending on wind and sea conditions.

Let's Talk Melges 24 | Optimizing Downwind Speed - YouTube

... Wind (25+ knots) Find more information on Melges 24 sails, tips and regatta results here: https://www.northsails.com/sailing/en/od/melges-24.

Ullman Sails - Melges 24 Tuning Guide

Melges 24 Tuning Guide. Tuning the Rig. Tie the main halyard to a 50-foot tape measure with a figure eight knot through the tape end. Raise the halyard all ...

Melges 24 tips : r/sailing - Reddit

Stay on your toes the boat sails like a small dinghy. If the wind is heavy, get your ass on the rail and hike. If the wind is light, be one step ahead of the ...

Talking Tuning with North's Nigel Young

NY: In a big breeze the Melges 24 rig has quite a large amount of forestay sag so in the lighter breezes we set the rig up super soft to help re ...

Let's Talk Melges 24 | Upwind Trim with Special Guest Mike Buckley

... on the Melges 24 - More information on Melges 24 sails https://www.northsails.com/sailing/en/od/melges-24 - North Sails Melges 24 Tuning Guide ...

Insider Tips From the Top in the Melges 24 Class - Quantum Sails

The Melges 24 class boasts some of the top sailors in the world. For the third part in our Campaign to the World series leading up to the ...

Melges 24 Upgrades & Options

Melges 24 Upgrades & Options · Cockpit Race Foam Non-Skid The brushed SeaDek foam non-skid is an essential upgrade for your Melges 24 sailing and ...

Tips & Tools for Proper Pings | Melges

Ping from the Bow: This may seem obvious, but it is amazing how many sailors ping the line with their bows 10 feet over or under the line ...

Melges 24 - Changing Modes Downwind - Quantum Sails

Sailing downwind is unpredictable and requires you to be on your feet ready to change modes quickly. Quantum Melges 24 class expert Chris ...

Sail22 Tips & Tricks: Melges 24 Custom Parts

We'd feature some of the custom parts we have available for the Melges 24. All three make life on the Melges 24 easier!

Melges 24 Tips. What to fix on your old boat - YouTube

These are just some quick things that I had to do to my boat. Some require good fiberglass and sanding skills.

My Next Boat… Melges 24? - Cruisers & Sailing Forums

It didn't sail especially well in anything over about 12 knots. Some advice. 1) See if your docking/slip situation will allow the use of a ...