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Some of Adelaide Sailing Clubs Top Brass has made the trip to the RPAYC, Newport for this weekend’s Melges 24 East Coast Championships sponsored by SLAM to be held in conjunction with the Pittwater Festival of Sail.

One Event, Three Cups: The Swiss Open Championships 2011 has been held together with the Coppa Lino Favini and the Coppa Memorial Franco Rao.

During her site visit and meetings with the team at the Circolo Vela Torbole Fiona and the local team identified a potential problem with the original proposed dates for the 2012 Melges 24 World Championship and so to ensure the smooth running of the event and maximum availability of facilities the

The Executive Committee of the International Melges 24 Class met on the evening of Tuesday 11 August to review in detail the options proposed to it for the 2012 Melges 24 World Championship.

During three days, with teams from Germany, Brittan and Estonia the first Dutch Open was sailed in very light and sunny conditions at Medemblik; the venue of the Europeans in 2013. The event attracted 17 boats with several new teams from Holland.

Congratulations to the brand new 2011 Melges 24 U.S. National Champions —Bora Gulari onNew England Ropesand crew consisting of tactician Jeremy Wilmot, George Peet, Dan Kaseler and Chris Fortine. The victory is well deserved and long overdue, as the Championship was well fought.