30th November Entry Deadline For Gill Melges 24 Worlds 2014 - More Charter Boats Available

The initial entry deadline for the Gill Melges 24 World Championship, taking place in Geelong from 27 January to 2 February, is this Saturday 30 November so if you plan to enter and want to take advantage of the early entry discount take action now and make your entry at the event website. Competitors who have already made their entry but not yet paid their entry fee are reminded that the need to make their payments before the end of this week to avoid paying the 50% late entry fee.

Don't forget to also enter the Australian Nationals/Geelong Festival of Sails regatta, 21-27 January, which will act as the warm up regatta for the Worlds.  The cut off for discounted entries for this regatta is also this weekend so again, make your entry at the event website now to avoid paying the surcharge.

We've also received news of three additional charter boats that have been made available.  Click here to find out more about these

The Australian Melges 24 Class and Royal Geelong Yacht Club are pulling out all the stops to create a fantastic regatta.  With hot sun and fantastic breeze the racing is going to be outstanding and already all the top Australia crews as well as many of the big names from Europe, North America and Japan are entered.

Finally don't forget that the first 10 overseas boats to enter who ship their own boats to Geelong will receive an AUS$1,000 rebate and there are still a few rebates to be claimed!