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It's day two of the Volvo Melges 24 World Championship in Porto Cervo and it's a wet and humid one as you can see from our picture of the Piazza Azzura taken at 0915. The Race Committee has signalled a one hour postponement to give time for the weather to clear and the wind to come up.

Here in Porto Cervo at the Volvo Melges 24 Worlds its 1130, the sun is starting to break through and the Race Committee have sent the competitors out to the race area where Hank Stuart, PRO on race course B, and Peter Reggio (pictured), PRO on race course A, are getting set up.

Porto Cervo, 2 June 2008 - There was no racing today at the Volvo Melges 24 World Championship hosted by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo.

It's 1115 here in Porto Cervo and we've now got two great sources of live info direct from the race course so go check out: WWW.SAILINGANARCHY.COM and THE OFFICIAL VOLVO MELGES 24 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WEB SITE

Porto Cervo, 1 June 2008 - The Volvo Melges 24 World Championship, hosted by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, got off to a challenging start today with the 114 strong fleet from 16 nations completing two of twelve scheduled races.

Telling it like it was - here are some quotes from the guys themselves here at day one of the Volvo Melges 24 World Championship in Porto Cervo: Bill Hardesty - Team Sevenstar SLAM, GBR-592"It was a very tricky day with the wind coming from all directions.