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20/04/2012

Charter Boats Urgently Sought For North American Championship

We are urgently seeking charter boats for the Melges 24 North American Championship in San Francisco (22-26 August 2012). We have several teams interested, in particular some teams from the new Melges 24 fleet in Chile who are really keen to get involved on the international circuit. The teams can bring their own sails and have around $4-5,000 to spend depending on the boat and the arrangements. If you might be able to help us please urgently e-mail Fi Brown on fiona.brown@melges24.com.

18/04/2012

Coppa Lino Favini Dates Revised - Now 12-14 October 2012

In order to avoid a direct clash with the Oktoberfest Regatta the dates for the Coppa Lino Favini, a 2012 European and World Ranking event, have been revised to 12-14 October 2012. Please update your calendars accordingly and for more information about the event visit http://www.avav.it

10/04/2012

New International Melges 24 Facebook Page - Spread The Word!

Our class has changed a lot during the past 5 years and to keep up with the changing demands of the social media we have decided that the OLD International Melges 24 Association GROUP with all activities, posts etc will be DELETED during April 2012.

But your more than welcome to "like" your new official International Melges 24 Association FB page. The straight link is www.facebook.com/world.of.melges24

28/03/2012

Video Report & Results From Opening Volvo Cup Regatta in Cagliari

After 7 races Andrea Racchelli's Altea team were declared the worthy winners of the opening Melges 24 Volvo Cup event in Cagliari. Here's a video report with comment from Chris Rast and below it a link to the full results.

28/03/2012

Markus Scheel Wins Opening Aarhus Melges 24 Spring Cup Event

The first ever Aarhus Melges 24 Spring Cup was sailed last weekend in the magnificant location the Melges 24 class had it´s 2011 Europeans.

The event attracted 15 boats from 4 nations (Denmark, Germany, Norway and Finland). Kicking off this annual spring cup happened in under wonderful spring weather - blue sky and day temperatures from 14 to 18 degrees. Wind varying from NW to SE and with a velocity of 2 to 8 knots. Aarhus bay made the sailing really tricky with many constantly changing placings.

26/03/2012

Australian Young Guns Enjoy Great Weekend Of Melges 24 Racing

For the second year running the Melges 24 Young Guns Regatta hosted by Royal Price Alfred Yacht Club in association with Yachting NSW and many volunteers brought together young competitors aged sixteen to thirty years old from many classes for some hard racing and a chance to socialise.

22/03/2012

Dutch Melges 24 Fleet Invite You To Join Them For The North Sea Regatta

North Sea Regatta - A great regatta for all the Melges 24 sailors who want to have a great sailing event in May. From 25 till 28 May many classes will compete in four incredible days of racing on the North Sea. Already teams from Estonia, England and Belgium are coming to the event, and we want to invite more teams from Europe to come. With the still growing fleet of the Netherlands the number of teams competing will be at least around twenty. Join us during this great event, with many good races and a very good social program as well.

21/03/2012

Official Statement On The 2012 Class Rule Changes From IMCA Chairman Riccardo Simoneschi

Dear Sailors, finally we have got full approval from ISAF to the Class Rule changes approved at the 2011 IMCA World Council AGM in November.

The most critical has been the weight rule C.2.2. This was mainly due to the fact that the Class did not want to be submitted to an "arbitrary system" in terms of penalty scoring and weighing procedure. We are happy to say that we have agreed with ISAF a fair and clear system that will be the same at all events with no subjective implications.

20/03/2012

2012 Melges 24 Class Rules Published By ISAF

ISAF has today approved the final 2012 changes to the Melges 24 Class Rules and has published a new edition of the Melges 24 Class Rule Book which comes into effect immediately.

Please note the changes to the rules for 2012 are as follows:-

14/03/2012

Coppa Lino Favini Added To Melges 24 European and World Ranking Series

The Coppa Lino Favini, hosted by the Associazione Velica Alto Verbano in Luino, Italy from 5-7 October 2012, has been added to the 2012 Melges 24 European and World Ranking Series. This delightful event is run in memory of the father of Melges 24 World and European Champion Flavio Favini and is well worth a visit.