Geelong Gill Melges 24 Worlds 2014 – Remind Closing Time To Enter Is December 27th
The International Melges 24 Class will be racing its first Southern Hemisphere World Championship from the Royal Geelong Yacht Club in Victoria, Australia from 27 January to 2 February 2014. You still have time to enter to this historical event – closing time to enter is December 27th. No entries will be accepted after this date.
31 teams from 4 continents have to date confirmed their attendance! Lot’s of people coming - Bruce Ayres from California, Flavio Favini and the Blu Moon crew from Switzerland, Tetsuya Matsunaga and the ThreeBond team from Japan, Andrea Racchelli and Riccardo Simoneschi from Italy, Germany's Bent Dietrich, Canada's Zarko Draganic and Thomas Hacklin from Finland only to name few. Harry Melges II, Andy Burdick, Federico Michetti have also confirmed they will be sailing together at the Worlds. And last but not least, we are lucky to have Jeff Ecklund back in the class joining Harry Melges’ team as the fourth team member.
Click here to enter and see list of entries.
If you would like to race in the Worlds, but you can’t have your own boat in Geelong, then there are limited number of charter boats still available – see the information at the event website
Hurry with the registration and let the Royal Geelong Yacht Club make us feel welcomed under the Australian sun in January 2014!