The first ever Australian Melges 24 National Championship is now underway in association with Skandia Geelong Week near Melbourne, Australia. Six Australian Melges 24 teams are battling it out for the right to call themselves the first ever Australian Melges 24 Champions.
An error in the calculation of the 2007 World Ranking Results has been brought to our attention and, having checked the facts, we have established that Italy's Lorrenzo Bressani and his crew aboard UkaUka should be declared the 2007 Melges 24 World Ranking Champions.
The dates for the 2008 Czech Melges 24 Tour have been confirmed as follows: 3-4 May 08 - Czech Melges Tour 1 - Macha Lake 5-6 Jul 08 - Czech Melges Tour 2 - Lipno 9-10 Aug 08 - Czech Melges Tour 3 - Lipno 15-17 Aug 08 - Czech International Melges 24 Championship/Czech Melges Tour 4 - Lipno 4-5 Oct 0
Key West, Florida - Despite an initial postponement at ACURA Key West 2008 presented by Nautica, the Melges 24 fleet conducted racing during the late afternoon hours on Thursday enabling two additional heats to be added to the bag.
The Melges 24 has become a Solvenian TV star. Nauto TV recently included an excellent and detailed review of the Melges 24 in on of it's regular shows which has been syndicated to several of Slovenia's commercial TV channels.
From the USMCA - Key West, Florida - After more than an hour and a half on-the-water postponement, the race committee for the Melges 24 fleet abandoned all racing scheduled for Wednesday, January 23.
Check out the great new ACURA Key West Melges 24 PHOTO GALLERY from USMCA Press Officer Joy Dunigan. More images will be added throughout the week so check back regularly.
From the USMCA - Key West, Florida - Under mostly overcast skies, moderate temps and fluctuating wind speeds from 10-15 at times and gusting higher, the Melges 24 fleet officially got racing underway at ACURA Key West 2008 presented by Nautica.
From the USMCA - Key West, Florida - The first day of scheduled racing for the Melges 24 fleet in Key West, Florida at ACURA Key West 2008 presented by Nautica produced everything else but.
