Credits for this boat reconstruction project are due and I need to start where it all started, with Larry Gonyea from Wisconsin, who sold us this 1977 Melges for $1000 with trailer. This photo was from the boat’s first a-spin hoist in front of the War College on a gybe up the Potomac. Larry asked us to post a photo…so here it is. Great boat, Larry! Thank you.
This is a beautiful I-20 converted from a 1977 Melges M-20. Melges is still making M-20s. This one looks like it got very light use … and was mothballed for a few decades. Blue and white hull is nearly perfect. Check out the cool green non-slip deck. Sails are just a season or two old…very stiff.
A beautiful I-20 conversion..fast fast fast
This puppy has two spinnaker wells…takedown on either gybe!
Very cool retro boom crutch
Jib travelers can be manipulated from trimmer’s hiking position
Old school mast step allows for inifinite mast adjustment, even under sail.
Nobody was expecting this nice cover, which snaps over the splashrail!
Wooden tiller and traveler rail…very nice!
A colorful I-20 with a near perfect hull.
The new carbon fiber bowsprit went in like a snap!