Melges 24 North American Sailing Series Dates Confirmed

The dates for the 2014 Melges 24 North American Sailing Series have been confirmed. With five events to complete the series, the full programme will be the following:
19-24 January - Key West Race Week, Key West, Florida 
6-8 March - Bacardi Miami Sailing Week, Miami, Florida 
10-13 April - Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week, Charleston, SC 
11-14 September - Rolex Big Boat Series, St Francis Yacht Club, San Francisco, CA 
21-23 November - US National Championship, Davis Island YC, Florida

The programme will start in Key West in January, where North America’s first major regatta of the winter season will take place. This spectacular event presents world-class competition over five full race days offering exceptional racing and fun shoreside parties in wonderful Key West.  The programme will continue in March with the most anticipated multi-class regatta in Miami, where the teams representing countries from all over the world will meet again and line up under Miami’s sunny skies on Biscayne Bay to compete for the celebrated Bacardi Cup and the BMSW regatta trophy. The third race of the sailing series will be sailed during the Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week in April. This event had roughly 2,500 participants, with 278 boats competing, representing 27 states and seven countries in 2013. No wonder this is the largest regatta of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. Fourth event of the programme will take place in St. Francis Yacht Club during Rolex Big Boat Series in September. This year 38 Melges 24 boats were having warm-up racing for the World Championships at the Rolex Big Boat Series. The series will be completed with US National Championship in Davis Island Yacht Club in November.

Please visit the individual event websites for further information.