SUI-171

Essentials

Table of details and specifications of SUI-171
	Designers	Warren Muir (Australia), Ben Lexcen (AUS)
	Builders	Harry C. "Buddy" Melges, Melges Boat Works, Zenda, Wisconsin (USA)
	Material	GRP
	1st certificate issued	1990-05-14
	Original boat name	Odyssée Jr
	Original country	SUI
	Original sail number	171
	Current location	Thun (TYC), Lake of Thun (SUI)

Boat built in 1989 - Original or Alias? - 19.12.2017 by Kaspar Stubenrauch: The boat was completed on 30th NOV 1989. The question was, if she was built for Swiss ownership, or if she was 5.5 US-94 originally and only then exported to Switzerland, to become Z-171? The first Swiss certificate was issued on 14th May 1990. The answer is no, as both boats raced against each other, during the World's 1990.
Name correction - 01.03.2009 by Jürg Menzi: "Marie-Françoise XVII" is correct for SUI-217, 2005-2008
"Marie-Françoise XVIII" is correct for SUI-222, 2009-
Current location: - 20.12.2008 by Marc Friderich: Thunersee Yachtclub, Lake of Thun, Switzerland
The "Marie-Françoise" 5.5's (status to date) - 01.05.2008 by Sebastien Schmidt: There has been six 5.5 named "Marie-Françoise" until the mentionned date :
"Marie-Françoise IX" is SUI-171, Lexcen/Melges, 1994-1995,
"Marie-Françoise X" is SUI-194, Meier-Schmidt/Wilke, 1995-1998,
"Marie-Françoise XIV" is SUI-201, Schmidt/Wilke, 1999-2000,
"Marie-Françoise XV" is SUI-204, Schmidt/Wilke, 2001-2004,
"Marie-Françoise XVI" is SUI-217, Schmidt/Wilke, 2005-2007
"Marie-Françoise XVII" is SUI-222, Schmidt/Wilke, 2008-
Name correction - 01.05.2008 by Site Administrator: "Marie-Françoise IX" in place of XII, correction by Seb on 01.05.08.