It's been a busy week in Melges 24 World and the news is all good with Denmark joining the Netherlands in confirming the creation of their own National Melges 24 Class Association.
2011 Melges 24 Worlds In anticipation of the ordered chaos that always precedes a World Championship Regatta, here are a few contacts that might make your planning a little easier...
Middle Harbour Yacht Club 13th, 14th January 2011 - The Melges 24 fleet had a fantastic six race series over the last two days, racing between North and South head of Sydney Harbour.
Santa Barbara Yacht Club invites the Melges 24 Class to the inaugural Santa Barbara Melges Race Week. This exclusive, single class regatta will kick off the California Cup for 2011. The event will feature three days of racing and fun in the open ocean.
With four races now completed Flavio Favini and Lorenzo Bressani are tied on equal points with Favini just taking the lead on countback. Alec Cutler is three points adrift in third place with John Porter a single point behind him and Bora Gulari a further point back in fifth place.
Fifty-two year old professional sailor Brian Hutchinson from Salt Lake City in Utah has been involved with the Melges 24 class since it’s very inception. Spend a few minutes chatting with him at a regatta and his enthusiasm for and unique insight into our class quickly shine through.
Dear Fellow Melges Sailors, This is my first message as International Chairman of the Class. I would like to thank all the many of you who have been so supportive to me with messages, mails and calls following my election. Thank you for your warm welcome.
Dear Melges sailors, As promised we are announcing the new date and location for the 2011 European Championship to be held in Aarhus Denmark from the 22th to 28th of July.
At the 2010 IMCA World Council AGM held on Saturday 20 November in Berlin a new Executive Committee was elected to manage the day to day business of the class. Taking over as Chairman of the Class if Riccardo Simoneschi of Italy.
