As the 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship in Tallinn approaches its climax we're already starting to look ahead to the 2011 Melges 24 European Championship which will be taking place in Haugesund, Norway, from 29 July to 6 August 2010.
Day four of the 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship in Tallin, Estonia saw two races sailed in ten to fifteen knot shifty breezes giving the skippers and tacticians several head scratching moments out on the Baltic.
Its a bit grey here this morning in Tallinn but the good news is that we have wind so it looks like day four of the 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship in Tallinn will be a good one.
There was relief all round on the third day of the 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship when the Baltic waters off Tallin, Estonia finally delivered wind conditions worthy of this World Championship.
Good news - we had a huge thunderstorm here last night and it has finally cleared the atmosphere. This morning we have pleasantly cooler conditions and already we have 5-7 knots with the promise of up to 15 knots from the SSW today.
Tallinn, Estonia - 8 August 2010 - Despite the best efforts of a determined Race Committee, an almost total absence of any meaningful wind meant that no racing was possible today at the 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship in Tallinn, Estonia.
Sadly the wind is being uncooperative here in Tallinn today. We went out on the water in time for the scheduled start and the wind kept trying to fill in but sadly it never actually happened and so the RC wisely sent the crews ashore to get out of the sun and await further instructions.
Tallinn, Estonia - 7 August 2010 - 2008 Melges 24 World Champion, Italian Lorenzo Bressani at the helm of Uka Uka Racing, laid down a marker to the fleet at this year's World Championship, with a near perfect first and a second after two difficult light and shifty races in Tallin, Estonia today.
Tallinn, Estonia - 6 August 2010 - With several days of pre-regatta registration now completed and on the eve of the official start of racing, all seventy-nine boats competing at the 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship in Tallinn Estonia, were successfully launched before this evening's six
It's warm, sunny and the wind is blowing and Justin Chisholm is now out on the water with the Race Committee and Blogging Live from the race course so switch over to the IM24CA Blog and keep up with all the action from today's practise races which are due to get underway at 12.55 local time.
