Second National Victory for Bandits in the 2012 Melges 24 Australian Championships

Second National Victory for Bandits in the 2012 Melges 24 Australian Championships

Today was a hot final day of racing with the dolphins on Corio Bay, Geelong, at the Parks Victoria 2012 Melges 24 Australian Championship.

A first in race nine sealed a podium place for the crew on Warwick Rooklyn's Bandit  (CYCA) ahead of Kevin Nixon's  Accru (RPAYC),  allowing them to skip race ten for an early pack up in Geelong. A well deserved win to the team onboard Warwick Rooklyn’s Bandit  handed them their second Australian Melges 24 Championship.

Aarhus Melges 24 Spring Cup Dates Confirmed

Aarhus Melges 24 Spring Cup Dates Confirmed

The first ever "Aarhus Melges 24 Spring Cup 2012" – will be hosted by Aarhus Sailing Club in conjunction with Sailing Aarhus.

The cup consists of two seperate events held in the same place - Århus, Denmark. Well known to all Melges24 sailor from "Böklunder Melges 24 European Championship 2011" -- www.melges24.com/node/5515 

Ukraine To Host First Melges 24 Events

Ukraine To Host First Melges 24 Events

The newly formed Ukrainian Melges 24 Class has announced the dates for its first Melges 24 Regattas and invites all Melges 24 teams to join them for these exciting inaugural events which will be held at the Ushakova Balka Yacht Club in Sevastopol on the Black Sea coast of the Crimean peninsular.

The Ukraine Independence Day Regatta will be held from 23-26 August and the Ukrainian Association Cup will be held from 13-16 September 2012.  At that time of year Sevastopol enjoys warm sunny days and balmy evenings and competitors can expect great racing on the Black Sea.
Gulari Crowned Melges 24 Key West Champion

Gulari Crowned Melges 24 Key West Champion

After ten amazing races, Bora Gulari, with the aid of tactician Jeremy Wilmot aboard West Marine Rigging/New England Ropes, won the top trophy in the Melges 24 Key West division. In second overall, Alan Field on WTF held strong to take second and Flavio Favini, at the helm of Franco Rossini’s Blu Moonfinished third. Bruce Ayres’ Monsoon and Don Wilson’sConvexity finished respectively to round out the top five.
Italian Volvo Cup 2012 Dates Confirmed

Italian Volvo Cup 2012 Dates Confirmed

We've had confirmation from the Italian Class that the dates for the 2012 Volvo Cup Series will be

March 23-25 - Cagliari

April 26-28 - Lerici

May 18-20 - Scarlino

June 7-10 - Cattolica (also Italian National Championship)

July 5-8 - Riva del Garda

Full details of the events is available from www.melges24.it