The Melges 17 is an American scow-hulled sailing dinghy that was designed by Reichel/Pugh as a one-design racer and first built in 2005.

[1][2][3][4][5][6] The design has built by Melges Performance Sailboats in the United States since 2005 and remains in production.

It has a fractional sloop rig with carbon fiber spars; a scow hull; a transom-hung, aluminum extrusion rudder controlled by a tiller with an extension and twin retractable, aluminum extrusion bilgeboards.

With both bilgeboards retracted it can be operated in shallow water, beached or transported on a boat trailer.

[1][2] For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with an asymmetrical spinnaker of 280 sq ft (26 m2), flown from a retractable bowsprit.