abeking & rasmussen 40 ft bermudan yawl

MELANIE is a beautiful, lightly altered from original configuration throwback to the earliest days of the illustrious German yacht builders Abeking & Rasmussen. Designed by Henry Rasmussen seven years after he founded the Bremen yard with Georg Abeking – could she be the oldest surviving cruiser-racer by the famous Bremen yard? She exists today courtesy of sixty years consistent ownership and loving care by a club syndicate that has introduced countless future sailors to the joys of classic offshore sailing and racing. MELANIE offers either the opportunity to enjoy simple, low-cost sailing in a truly elegant classic yacht with the best of provenance, or to be the subject of a major makeover reverting to the original perfectly proportioned gaff yawl rig.