IMCA Press Officer Justin Chisholm on his favourite big day out in a Melges 24:- When I first joined the Melges 24 class about five years ago I wrote an article for the IM24CA describing the baptism of fire I experienced when I survived four windy races in big seas at the infamously brutal SNIM Rega
The Detroit NOOD Regatta will be here before you know it. Taking place on May 29-31 and hosted by the Bayview Yacht Club, the Detroit NOOD is a high point for participation in the Midwest region. Currently twelve Melges 24s are schedules to compete expectations place 25-30 on the starting line.
The Melges 24 fleet in Bulgaria is now becoming established and in 2008 there were four Melges 24 regularly racing on the Black Sea from Varna. The class also held it's first ever Bulgarian Melges 24 Championship which was won by top Bulgarian sailor Capt.
Online registration for the firstopen invitationMelges 24 event to be held in the Netherlands, the North Sea Regatta at Scheveningen from 29 May to 1 June 2009, is now open at www.nsr.nl.
The Volvo Cup media team has been keeping us supplied with photos and video clips throughout the regatta. To check out the latest coverage see Pierrick Contin's latest images atthe PHOTO GALLERYand the latest video clips at www.youtube.com/MediavipVolvoCup
As the International Melges 24 works its way up to the 2009 World Championship (October 23-November 1), 21 competing teams considered the Annapolis NOOD a formal dress rehearsal. Reigning kings of the Melges 24 remain supreme.
The final day of racing at the Melges 24 Volvo Cup in Puntal Ala, Italy, brought a complete change in the weather again as crews battled strong and increasing windsto complete the final three races of the eight race series.
Sail Port Stephens played host to the second Melges 24 National Titles over the Anzac Day weekend. Competitors from WA, VIC, QLD and NSW arrived at Nelson Bay on the Wednesday and Thursday prior to the regatta to rig boats and set up their crews and families at Melges HQ.
The April 18th was a beautiful day at Lake Balaton in Hungary. The growing Hungarian Melges 24fleet came together and shared their experience and showed the boat sailing to those who don't (yet) have a Melges 24.
The sun came out again for thesecond day of racing at the Italian Volvo Cup in Punta Ala and the sailors enjoyed blue skies, winds of 7 - 12 knots and three exciting and challenging races.
