Review of Melody

Basic specs.

The Melody is a sailboat designed by the French maritime architect André Mauric. The Melody is built by the French yard Jeanneau.

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Keel

Unknown keel type

The keel is made of iron. Many people prefer lead keel in favour of iron. The main argument is that lead is much heavier than iron and a lead keel can therefore be made smaller which again result in less wet surface, i.e. less drag. In fact iron is quite heavy, just 30% less heavy than lead, so the advantage of a lead keel is often overstated.

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 1.90 - 2.00 meter (6.23 - 6.53 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

Stability and Safety

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Melody is 1.81, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Melody is about 229 kg/cm, alternatively 1285 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 229 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1285 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Melody is 3.00.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 69% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.

Ballast Ratio

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Melody is 48%.

This ballast ratio shows a righting moment that is higher than 82% of all similar sailboat designs. A righting moment (ability to resist heeling) significantly above average.

RSP (Relative Speed Performance)

What is Relative Speed Performance?

The Relative Speed Performance for Melody is 24

The relative speed performance is 24 which means that a it is faster than 24% of all similar sailboat designs.

Maintenance

Rig

If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.

**Guiding dimensions of running rig**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Jib sheet	10.1 m	(33.3 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Genoa sheet	10.1 m	(33.3 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Mainsheet	25.4 m	(83.2 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	22.3 m	(73.2 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.