Melges 15 and Beneteau 14

Melges 15:

No personal experience, but favorable reviews in a certain U.S. online forum + our old sailing club bought five (!) of them after thouroughly checking the alternatives. So I guess it is one of the better designs. I personally would have preferred a self draining design, but  numbers in the U.S. prove the single floor was the right decision I guess.

 Beneteau 14:

I had the opportunity to sail the "carbon rigg version" serveral times with about 160 kg crew weight.

The little wheels you can use for launching and take with you while sailing and fasten them at the transom corners  do not work very well and a "conventional" trolley is advisable.

 The complete package is super-light which makes it surprisingly fast, responsive but also drifting away quickly when capsized.

The main sheet cleat sometimes works well, some angles are not so good. Everything else (Gnav, self tacker, furler, kite chute…) works very good.

The hull shape works well, just waves hitting under the bow are more noticable than in other dinghies - maybe a consequence of the reversed bow?

While it is not a dedicted "racing class" IMHO it is "racier" and more responsive than an  RS200.

It definately is no  detuned "multi-role-dinghy" like RS Quest etc.

(Both statements by an RS fan boy and current RS owner who has sailed RS200s and RS Quests )