From the Yacht Club de Monaco - For his first attempt in the Primo Cup, Lorenzo Bressani at the helm of Spider, together with the Pavesio brothers, regulars of the Primo in the Platu 25 class, was always in the lead, winning four races and retaining eight points ahead of second placed Big Ship-Marse
Please note that there has been a very slight change to the dates of Torbole Melges 24 Race Week which will now start on Wednesday 18 July and will finish on Saturday 21 July. The Sector Long Distance Race around Garda will be run on Sunday 22 July.
The Melges 24 class arrived in South Africa with a flourish by being the fastest boat in the keelboat class of the 2007 Sanlam Around The Island Race sailed off Val Dam.
AUS 668 "Melges Asia Pacific" took second place in the Australian Bundaberg Rum Sportsboat Nationals held at Skandia Geelong Race Week, Melbourne, Australia from the 25 27 January 2007 over the Australia Day weekend.
Yachting Fullservice Agency, a marketing company based in Prague and working in close cooperation with Devoti Sailing, launches the Melges 24 Yachting Tour a series of regattas in the Czech Republic, and a charter company operating Melges 24 in Europe.
From The German Class Association - The 2006 German Ranking Series involved 28 boats from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium & Czech Republic and was won by IMCA Secretary Gnter Tzeschlock & Crew aboard GER640 "Ka Nalu Nui" with 432 points.
From Joy Dunigan of the USMCA (photo courtesy of J H Peterson) - There is some truth in the saying, "it's not over, until it's over." The Melges 24 fleet in Key West proved just that today.
It's here at last!!! This forty-minute celebration of 120 Melges 24s racing in Hyres, France can be be purchased for 14 (includes postage and packing).