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.
After ten amazing races, Bora Gulari, with the aid of tactician Jeremy Wilmot aboardWest Marine Rigging/New England Ropes, won the top trophy in the Melges 24 Key West division.
Bora Gulari aboardWest Marine Rigging/New England Ropesadded two more bullets to his collection on Thursday, discarding his worst finish – a sixth, to maintain a very strong lead in the Melges 24 fleet at Quantum Key West 2012.
Sadly a lack of wind meant no racing on day three of Quantum Key West 2012 but to keep you entertained we have a short video report from Day 2 on the Melges 24 and Melges 32 course from T2P. Thanks to the USMCA's Joy Dunigan for today's header photo. More images from Joy at www.usmelges24.com
hree additional races were added to the scoreboard on Tuesday at Quantum Key West 2012, with Bora Gulari'sWest Marine Rigging/New England Ropesdominating the fleet. An impressive string of first place finishes has him seated in first overall.
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.me
