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IMAC PRESS RLEASE - Sunday 27th August will see a record breaking 126 Melges 24 teams from fourteen nations commence battle on the beautiful Hyres Bay in the South of France for the 2006 Melges 24 World Championship sponsored by Aigle, Euro-Voiles and Hyres Les Palmiers.

What a difference a day makes! After yesterday's light airs and sunshine this morning we have rain and strong winds here at the Melges 24 Europeans at Rolex Baltic Week in Neustdat.

Rough weather with stormy gusts on the Bay of Neustadt caused spectacular sailing conditions for the Melges 24 sailors of the Rolex Baltic Week on Tuesday (21 August). Some of the 74 teams competing in the European Championship suffered material damages, but no major injuries.

Day three here in Neustadt has brought out beautiful sunshine and a good sailing breeze in the mid teens. Right now it's 1100, the crews are just about to start the first of two races and we look set for a great day's sailing.

From the Australian Melges 24 Class - MELGES 24S a dominant presence at Airlie Beach Race Week, and Hamo, Whitsundays, Australia. The new Australian built Melges 24 AUS709 Kaito owned by Western Australian restaurateur Heath Townsend made its racing debut at Airlie Beach.

Two more races were sailed today for the Melges 24 European Championship at Rolex Baltic Week in Neustadt, Germany. Five of the possible twelve races have now been completed and tonight Switzerlands Flavio Favini continues to lead the regatta by eight points having scored a fifth and a tenth.