Welcome To Day One Of The MKB Bank Melges 24 Europeans! - Includes Opening Ceremony Video

Welcome to day one of the MKB Bank Melges 24 European Championship in Balatonfured on Hungary's Lake Balaton.  After two days of wet and windy weather we finally have glorious sun and a moderate breeze.  The fleet are on the water with up to three races scheduled and you can follow the action as it happens with Justin Chisholm's live updates over on the event website.  Later on we will have sailing photos from Pierrick Contin and video from Zerogradinord, also at the event website and right now we have video of the Opening Ceremony below.

Last night the sun came out and the championship was formally opened with a wonderful opening ceremony at the towncentre waterfront where the Melges 24 sailors celebrated the start of our first international championship on Lake Balaton and the Mayor of Balatonfured, the Chief Executive of the Hungarian Yachting Federation and the Chairman of MKB Bank welcomed the sailors.