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17 teams coming from 5 nations (AUT, SUI, GER, CZE & SLO) met over the ascension day weekend at Traunsee to sail the 3rd Austrian Open. The International Melges24 class was invited to be part of the BMW Allianz Traunsee Sailing Week the most important sailing event in the Alps area.

The initial entry deadline for the 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship is 1st June so you've just a few days to enter at the standard entry fee of Euro 750.

The Alghero leg of the 2010 Volvo Cup, which incorporated the 2010 Italian National Championship, was to bring a mix of conditions, some very tight racing and some difficult decisions for the jury. Alghero itself proved to be a wonderful venue.

Wow, what a day of racing! Forecast strong winds didn’t eventuate, instead Moreton Bay gave us a shifty 5 – 8 knots for the final days racing. Two races were going on around the course today, the fight for first place between Cameron Miles Roger That AUS 762 and Heath Walters Matilda AUS 19.

San Diego, May 2, 2010 By Kevin Kuhn, Tactician, USA 77 BONES-With twelve boats on the line, the Melges 24 was the second largest class in this years running of the prestigious Yachting Cup.

Heath Townsend Kaito knew it was not going to be his best regatta when his 110kg crew member and Australian M24 Association secretary Darren Spence advised this morning that his wife had gone into labour four weeks early and they were off to hospital.