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Above: another success for Melges Boatworks is the Melges 20, which like many Melges products first found its feet in Europe in Italy. Italians like attractive, fast boats, and respect a good product that works well. Latest off the line is the Melges 14 (bottom left) – a return to dinghy design for Reichel-Pugh. The Melges 32 (left) is thriving in its latest guise as a grand prix class that fits beneath and feeds classes like the TP52 and IRC 72. It is a happy hunting ground for pro sailors squeezed out of the America’s Cup
downwind it’s true too. You go round the windward mark and usually you double your speed within 100m. The AC cats look much the same deal. SH: Fastest top speed you’ve each managed under sail? Harry Melges III: They clocked us at 130mph here in the late 1980s. SH: What about iceboating and the next generation?
Harry Melges IV: The ice has been pretty poor the last few winters. But in the Moth I’ve seen maybe 25kt. Harry Melges III: How about the scow? Harry Melges IV: 22kt SH: What’s your goal in the scow for next year?
Harry Melges IV: To beat Brian Porter! SH: There are some big stories in the scow fleets…
Buddy Melges: I remember sailing with DC [Dennis Conner]. I was on the jib, the rest of the crew was Melges family. Luck was rolling our way but the third race, it was honking, the jib came on too fast and we flipped her. We got the boat up and gradually recovered various crew who were floating away. Took a while but we still beat a few… Later the fun thing was Mr AC coming in to the finish on port with plenty of pressure. I look over and here comes this black one which I know will be a big lift. Tommy Schweitzer was rolling in on starboard and I look back at DC and there was ner- vousness all over his face… I told Dennis, ‘It’s OK, we’re gonna get a big lift,’ which we did and we won. To have DC go and do all the great things he’s done. That’s been fun to talk about together, at least in our backyards during cocktails. SH: Buddy, multiple world titles, Olympic medals, the America’s Cup, what’s been the most gratifying achievement.
Buddy Melges: Marrying Gloria. Gloria’s been the whole reason I got here. She supported me during Olympics, with all the training. The family was growing but she just hung in there and encouraged us. SH: Early days… Buddy Melges: Back then the Melges name was just getting out there; and when you travelled people always talked about these funny scow boats that we sail. Now Harry is doing such a fantastic job since taking over; go back to when I was out playing with Bill Koch, he should have been in college but instead dropped out with his brother and they came back and put them- selves through Zenda U. Now they have created a business that stands tall in all areas. I doubt they could have gotten any better education than at Zenda U. That just made Gloria and me the proudest people. SH: Another note and what changes would you like to see in Seahorse… Buddy Melges: More scow coverage!!! SH: It’s been a pretty amazing relationship between our businesses… Buddy Melges: Yip. I remember Peter [Harken] coming round with his first little black blocks and those little white balls. I put them in my boat, pulled the sheet and nearly went right out of the back of the boat… everything was so light. From then on we were together for ever. One less appreciated thing about what Peter and Olaf did was to make everyone’s boats so user-friendly. Now the women could get back in the boats again. We had ladies sail- ing on boats in the 1940s then they disap- peared; now they are sailing again. SH: Favourite bands? Harry Melges IV: I listen to everything. Harry Melges III: Jack Johnson, Train. Buddy: The Green Bay Packers, they play beautiful music every Sunday.
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