From 24th to 27th September Yacht Club Portoroz and Marina Portoroz hosted 13 crews from Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland and Slovenia on 2nd Slovenian Open National Championship of class Melges 24. Races were held in front of Piran with NE (Bora) winds.
Annapolis, MD, USA 23 September 2009 With just a month to go until the start of the 2009 Melges 24 World Championship, being hosted by Eastport Yacht Club, Annapolis, from 23-31 October, both the sponsors and competitors are hard at work preparing for the event.
Annapolis, Maryland, USA (22 September 2009) - The 2009 Melges 24 World Championship, being held in Annapolis, Maryland, US from 23-31 October is now just over a month away and the initial deadline for entries is tomorrow, Wednesday 23 September.
The Open Norwegian National Championships were held in gardstrand, just 70 km south of Oslo in tricky waters, over the weekend 11-13th September. Conditions were varied over the 3 days and appeared to be similar to what we can expect next year in Tallin, Estonia.
There's just a week left to go until the close of standard rate entries for the 2009 Melges 24 World Championship in Annapolis (23-31 October). 23 September is the final day when standard rate entries will be accepted.
Last weekend brought us the 2009 Melges 24 Norwegian Open Championship. It may have been a light airs event but that didn't stop the teams having a great regatta as you and see from these videos and photos.
Melges 24 competitors are guaranteed to look good on- and off-the-water at the 2009 Melges 24 World Championship special thanks to Official Apparel Sponsors Coral Reef Sailing Apparel and Gill. Annapolis, Md.
Check out Zerogradinords great video footage from the recent 2009 Melges 24 Europeans in Hyeres. It was a stunning event and their video really captures the essence of a great regatta. As always our thanks to Mauro Melandri and his team for their fantastic support of the Melges 24 Class.
The 2011 Melges 24 European Championship will be held in the beautiful Norwegian town of Hagesund. Justin Chisholm spoke recently with Jens Wathne, leader of the Norwegian organising team for the event, to find out more about the venue and their plans for the championship.
Annapolis, Maryland, USA (4 September 2009) With its European Championship concluded the International Melges 24 Class now turns it attention to the forthcoming 2009 Melges 24 World Championship, which is being hosted by Eastport Yacht Club, Annapolis from October 23-31.
