The World Championships are rapidly approaching and as usual measurement will be high on the agenda for the organisers. You dont want to have to spend time correcting your boats, so now is the time to make sure everything is correct and within the rules before you arrive.
From Denis Infant on behalf of the Worlds organisers - Hurry up to confirm your entry for the Hyeres Worlds before 1st August to avoid paying a late entry fee.
From The German Class - The German Open Championship and Oktoberfest Trophy Regatta will take place on Lake Starnberg in Bavaria Germany from 22-24 September.
There are only two weeks to go until the main entry deadline of 1st August for the 2006 Melges 24 Worlds in Hyeres so to avoid paying a late entry penalty please visit the Worlds Web Site now and make your entry today.
Nils Hauff sent us this highly entertaining set of broach photographs - the helmsman in NOR 418 is Herman Horn-Johannessen who won the silver medal in M24 European in Arendal 1999 and bronze medal in Soling in Sydney Olympics proving that these things can happen to even the best sailors!
The Notice of Race for Torbole Melges Week is now available online. This is the next event in the Volvo Cup Series so a great turnout is expected with boats from all over Europe converging on this beautiful Italian Lakes venue.
From the German Class Association - From 24.-26. May the "Deutsche Touring Yacht Club" at Tutzing organised the "Bavarian Open 2006" - 14 boats followed the invitation and enjoyed great sailing on Lake Starnberg.
From the Finnish Class Association - Already two Finnish Melges 24 rankings behind the Finnish Melges 24 fleet-. The second ranking event was raced on the 20th and 21st of May. Three races in two days and in all in really different conditions.
On Thursday, 08th June Henri Samuel and Gnter Tzeschlock went to see NRV - the organizing club for the Melges 24 Europeans 2007 - at their base in Hamburg and met a well prepared team who are already aware of most of the demands the Melges 24 class has.It is also good to know that NRV is in close co
