Bruce Ayres

Country
United States
Position
Owner/Helmsman
Boat name
Monsoon
Rank
Overall
Titles

World Championships

2022 - III Overall - Monsoon USA851
2019 - II Overall - Monsoon USA851
2018 - III Overall - Monsoon USA851
2017 - II Overall - Monsoon USA851
2009 - I Corinthian - Monsoon USA747 
2008 - II Corinthian - Monsoon USA637
2007 - II Corinthian - Monsoon USA637
2001 - II Corinthian - Monsoon

North American Championships

2006 - I Corinthian - Monsoon USA637 
2000 - I Overall - Monsoon

North American Ranking 

2018 - II Overall - Monsoon USA851
2003 - III Overall - Monsoon

National Championships 

2018 - CAN - I Overall - Monsoon USA851 
2017 - FIN - I Overall - Monsoon USA851 

Results - Regattas
Year: 2024
Place Event dates Title Results
III Overall - NA 2: Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta 2024 Results
III Overall - Bacardi Melges 24 Winter Series 2023-2024 Event No. 2 Results
Year: 2023
Place Event dates Title Results
III Overall - Bacardi Melges 24 Winter Series 2022-2023 Event No. 2 Results
Year: 2022
Place Event dates Title Results
III Overall - 2022 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship Results
III Overall - 2022 Melges 24 World Championship Results
Year: 2021
Place Event dates Title Results
II Overall - Melges 24 U.S. National Championship 2021 Results
III Overall - Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta 2021 Results
Year: 2019
Place Event dates Title Results
II Overall - Melges 24 World Championship 2019 Results
III Overall - U.S. National Championship 2019 Results
14.08.2024 Think Pink - 2024 Diversified Melges 24 World Championship San Francisco
10.03.2024 Gulari takes 4th Bacardi Invitational Regatta, Dyvi tops Corinthian division; Winter Series win goes to Gulari
09.03.2024 Peter Karrie's Nefeli tops the Melges 24 fleet on Day Two at the Bacardi Invitational Regatta.
08.03.2024 Bora Gulari takes an early lead at the Bacardi Invitational Regatta
29.01.2024 Gulari and Berezin triumphant at Bacardi Winter Series Event 2
28.01.2024 Race track mastery unleashed at BACARDÍ Winter Series 2 as Gulari seizes control
27.01.2024 'Melgina’ makes waves as new contender on opening day of BACARDÍ Winter Series 2
25.01.2024 Bacardi Winter Series Event No 2 Ready fo Miami Showdown
30.06.2023 Melges 24 Worlds 2023 - Freides Leads but It’s All to Play For on the Final Day in Middelfart
29.06.2023 Strong Performance of the Corinthian Teams in Shifty Winds on Day Three of the Melges 24 Worlds 2023
28.06.2023 Melges 24 Worlds 2023 - Tricky Conditions for Day Two in Middelfart
12.03.2023 Peter Duncan's Raza Mixta Grabs the Victory of the Bacardi Invitational Regatta in the Final Race
11.03.2023 Fun, Sun and Rum Headline Bacardi Invitational Regatta on Day Two
10.03.2023 Peter Duncan takes the lead after Day One at the Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta 2023
04.03.2023 Bacardi Cup and Bacardi Invitational Regatta Attract Record Line-Up
30.01.2023 Pacific Yankee Wins Bacardi Winter Series Event 2
11.12.2022 Duncan (Open) and Suddath (Corinthian) Capture 2022 U.S. Melges 24 National Ranking Series Titles
14.11.2022 Porter Claims 9th Melges 24 U.S. Nationals Title, Suddath Wins Corinthian Division
13.11.2022 Porter Maintains U.S. Melges 24 Nationals Lead, Suddath Takes Over Corinthians
12.11.2022 Stellar Conditions Open the 2022 U.S. Melges 24 Nationals in Pensacola
15.05.2022 Raza Mixta and Taki 4 are the new Melges 24 World Champions
15.05.2022 Fleet Shuffles at Melges 24 World Championship 2022 - Peter Duncan’s Raza Mixta Takes the Lead
13.05.2022 Challenging day in Fort Lauderdale with Bora Gulari Leading the Pack
12.05.2022 Three Perfect Races at the Melges 24 World Championship in Fort Lauderdale
11.05.2022 Bora Gulari and New England Ropes Lead After First Day in Fort Lauderdale
06.05.2022 Legacy Owners Arrive Ready to Compete in Ft. Lauderdale for 2022 Worlds
12.03.2022 Gulari and Dyvi win Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta 2022
10.03.2022 Brian Porter's Full Throttle in front of the Melges 24 fleet at the Bacardi Cup on Biscayne Bay
04.03.2022 Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta welcomes a formidable line-up of over 500 sailors to Miami
05.02.2022 2022 Melges 24 Worlds in Fort Lauderdale Open for Entries; Early Entry Deadline is February 7
22.01.2022 Peter Duncan's Raza Mixta wins the inaugural Southernmost Regatta in Key West
20.12.2021 Laura Grondin & Dark Energy win Bacardi Winter Series Event 1
19.12.2021 Tight racing opens Bacardi Winter Series Event 1
17.12.2021 Bacardi Invitational Winter Series 1 in Miami - December 17-19
15.12.2021 Gulari Wins 2021 U.S. Melges 24 National Ranking Series, Pirie Crowned Corinthian Champion
14.10.2021 Pensacola’s Melges 24 Bushwhacker Cup on track for record turnout
27.09.2021 Bushwhacker Cup adds Melges 24 Gulf Coast Championship
19.09.2021 Brian Porter Wins Record-Setting Eighth U.S. National Championship Title, Mike Dow Crowned 2021 U.S. Melges 24 Corinthian National Champion
15.09.2021 2021 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship Ready to Rumble
14.09.2021 An interview with Laura Grondin and Megan Ratliff on the 2021 Melges 24 U.S. Nationals
12.04.2021 Weisleder/Shockey Take Top Honors in Charleston
08.04.2021 Melges 24 Magic at 25th Charleston Race Week
07.04.2021 Sailors to go racing again at Charleston
14.03.2021 Gulari Successfully Defends Bacardi Cup Invitational Title
11.03.2021 Stunning Conditions and Pure Performance at Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta 2021
06.03.2021 Ready to go at the 2021 Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta
17.12.2019 War Canoe on the Warpath - Full Spectrum at Bacardi Winter Series
18.11.2019 Bruce Ayres’ Monsoon wins Pensacola YC's inaugural Melges24 Bushwhacker Cup
12.11.2019 Six Melges 24 Champions promise tough competition
13.10.2019 Italy takes it all again : Maidollis and Taki 4 are the new Melges 24 World Champions
17.09.2019 Three Weeks Left to the Start of the Melges 24 World Championship 2019 in Villasimius, Italy
14.04.2019 Travis Weisleder and Lucky Dog/Gill Race Team - Sperry Charleston Race Week 2019 Champions
25.09.2018 2018 M24 NorAm Tour Champions
10.06.2018 Melges 24 World Championship 2018 - Final Day - Italian Altea and Canadian Full Circle victorious in Victoria
04.06.2018 2018 Melges 24 World Championship - Pre-Worlds go to Monsoon, Full Circle and Zingara
05.08.2017 2017 Melges 24 Worlds: Italian Power on the Fin(n)ish Line: Maidollis and Taki 4 Are the New Melges 24 World Champions
10.04.2017 2017 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship Day 3 - Lucky No. 7
04.12.2016 Embarr and Taki 4 Crowned 2016 Melges 24 World Champions, in Overall and Corinthian division respectively
10.10.2016 Gulari Wins Line Honors Melges 24 U.S. Nationals 2016
07.05.2016 Monsoon And Decorum Win Bluesmiths Melges 24 World Winter Series Open And Corinthian Titles
12.08.2015 2015 CSR Marine U.S. National Goes Out On A High Note - Final Race Played Fun, Fast And Gorgeus
08.08.2015 2015 CSR Marine Melges 24 U.S. National Championship - All Systems Are Go For Launch
17.11.2014 U.S. NATIONALS 2014: Full Throttle Team Grab Their 6th Title With A Race To Spare
24.04.2012 Gulari Is Golden In Charleston
02.10.2011 Dramatic Day Two At Melges 24 U.S. Nationals Leaves Gulari And Wilmot Tied In Points For The Title
09.12.2009 Lorenzo Bressani Wins World & European Ranking, Alan Field Takes North American Ranking
03.11.2009 Sheehy Lexus Of Annapolis 2009 Melges 24 World Championship - Final Roundup Report
30.03.2009 2009 Runners & Riders With Justin Chisholm
01.11.2008 Terry Hutchinson Clinches Yet Another Major Yachting Title, 2008 Melges 24 North American Championship
21.10.2008 2008 Melges 24 North American Championship Preview
06.06.2008 Lorenzo Bressani and Uka Uka Racing Win Volvo Melges 24 Worlds
12.05.2007 Dave Ullman is 2007 Fullpower Melges 24 World Champion
21.05.2006 Brian Porter Wins Melges 24 North American Title
21.12.2005 CORUM WORLDS ROUND UP REPORT FROM KEITH TAYLOR
25.01.2002 FLAVIO FAVINI AND FRANCO ROSSINI WIN MELGES 24 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

National Champion titles

2018 - CAN - I Overall - Monsoon USA851 - Bruce Ayres, Chelsea Simms, George Peet, Jeff Reynolds , Mike Buckley, NHYC - Read more | Results

2017 - FIN - I Overall - Monsoon USA851 - Bruce Ayres, Mike Buckley, George Peet, Jeff Reynolds, Jessica Koenig, coach Mark Ivey - Read more | Results

 

2022 Melges 24 World Championship  - Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

III Overall – Monsoon USA851 - Bruce Ayres, Jeremy Wilmot, Chelsea Simms, Edward Hackney and Tomas Dietrich

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2019 Melges 24 World Championship  - Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy

II Overall – Monsoon USA851 of Bruce Ayres with Mike Buckley, Federico Michetti, George Peet and Chelsea Simms.

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2018 Melges 24 World Championship - Victoria, BC, Canada

III Overall – Monsoon USA851 - Bruce Ayres, Chelsea Simms, George Peet, Jeff Reynolds , Mike Buckley, NHYC

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2018 Melges 24 North American Ranking

II Overall - Monsoon USA851- Bruce Ayres

Results

2017 Melges 24 World Championship - Helsinki, Finland

II Overall - Monsoon USA851 - Bruce Ayres, Mike Buckley, George Peet, Jeff Reynolds, Jessica Koenig, coach Mark Ivey

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2009 Melges 24 World Championship - Annapolis, MD, USA

I Corinthian - Monsoon USA747 -  Bruce Ayres 

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2008 Melges 24 World Championship - Porto Cervo, Italy 

II Corinthian - Monsoon USA637 - Bruce Ayres

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2007 Melges 24 World Championship -  Santa Cruz, CA, USA

II Corinthian - Monsoon USA637 - Bruce Ayres 

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2006 Melges 24 North American Championship - Santa Cruz, California USA

I Corinthian - Monsoon USA637 - Bruce Ayres, Dave Shelton, Don Smith and Jon Pinckney 

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2003 Melges 24 North American Ranking

III Overall - Monsoon -  Bruce Ayres

Results

2001 Melges 24 World Championship - Key West, Florida, USA 

II Corinthian - Monsoon USA - Bruce Ayres

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2000 Melges 24 North American Championship  - San Francisco, California, USA 

I Overall - Monsoon USA - Bruce Ayres

 

Monsoon of Bruce Ayres sailing with Jeremy Wilmot, Chelsea Simms, Edward Hackney and Tomas Dietrich - 2nd at the 2022 Melges 24 World Championship

Monsoon of Bruce Ayres sailing with Jeremy Wilmot, Chelsea Simms, Edward Hackney and Tomas Dietrich - 2nd at the 2022 Melges 24 World Championship

Matias Capizzano
Bruce Ayres and his team on 'Monsoon' with Jeremy Wilmot, Tomas Dietrich, Ted Hackney and Chelsea Simms lead the Melges 24 fleet on day 3 of the 94th Bacardi Cup 2021 on Biscayne Bay

Bruce Ayres and his team on 'Monsoon' with Jeremy Wilmot, Tomas Dietrich, Ted Hackney and Chelsea Simms lead the Melges 24 fleet on day 3 of the 94th Bacardi Cup 2021 on Biscayne Bay

Matias Capizzano
Bruce Ayres' Monsoon USA 851 with Jeremy Wilmot, Tomas Dietrich, Ted Hackney and Chelsea Simms - 3rd at the Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta March 2021

Bruce Ayres' Monsoon USA 851 with Jeremy Wilmot, Tomas Dietrich, Ted Hackney and Chelsea Simms - 3rd at the Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta March 2021

Matias Capizzano
2019 Melges 24 Worlds second best – Monsoon USA851 of Bruce Ayres

2019 Melges 24 Worlds second best – Monsoon USA851 of Bruce Ayres with Mike Buckley, Federico Michetti, George Peet and Chelsea Simms.

Pierrick Contin
Monsoon of Bruce Ayres at the 2019 Melges 24 World Championship in Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy

Monsoon of Bruce Ayres at the 2019 Melges 24 World Championship in Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy

Pierrick Contin
Monsoon of Bruce Ayres at the 2019 Melges 24 World Championship in Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy

Monsoon of Bruce Ayres at the 2019 Melges 24 World Championship in Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy

Pierrick Contin
Monsoon of Bruce Ayres at the 2019 Melges 24 World Championship in Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy

Monsoon of Bruce Ayres at the 2019 Melges 24 World Championship in Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy

Zerogradinord - Mauro Melandri
Monsoon of Bruce Ayres at the 2019 Melges 24 World Championship in Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy

Monsoon of Bruce Ayres at the 2019 Melges 24 World Championship in Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy

Pierrick Contin
Bruce Ayres and his team of Monsoon - Melges 24 Corinthian World Champion 2009

Bruce Ayres and his team of Monsoon - Melges 24 Corinthian World Champion 2009

Pierrick Contin
Monsoon of Bruce Ayres at the Gill World Championship 2014 in Geelong, Australia

Monsoon of Bruce Ayres at the Gill World Championship 2014 in Geelong, Australia

Teri Dodds
2021 U.S. Melges 24 Nationals - Second Place - MONSOON - Bruce Ayres, Tomas Dietrich, Chelsea Simms, Edward Hackney, Jeremy Wilmot

2021 U.S. Melges 24 Nationals - Second Place - MONSOON - Bruce Ayres, Tomas Dietrich, Chelsea Simms, Edward Hackney, Jeremy Wilmot

USM24CA
Monsoon USA851 of Bruce Ayres with Kate O’Donnell, Ted Hackney, Thomas Dietrich and Jeremy Wilmot - 2022 Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta - Miami, FL

Monsoon USA851 of Bruce Ayres with Kate O’Donnell, Ted Hackney, Thomas Dietrich and Jeremy Wilmot - 2022 Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta - Miami, FL

Martina Orsini
2021 U.S. Melges 24 Nationals - Second Place - MONSOON - Bruce Ayres, Tomas Dietrich, Chelsea Simms, Edward Hackney, Jeremy Wilmot

2021 U.S. Melges 24 Nationals - Second Place - MONSOON - Bruce Ayres, Tomas Dietrich, Chelsea Simms, Edward Hackney, Jeremy Wilmot

USM24CA
Monsoon USA851 of Bruce Ayres with Thomas Dietrich, Edward Hackney, Chelsea Simms and Jeremy Wilmot - 2022-2023 Bacardi Invitational Winter Series Event 2

Monsoon USA851 of Bruce Ayres with Thomas Dietrich, Edward Hackney, Chelsea Simms and Jeremy Wilmot - 2022-2023 Bacardi Invitational Winter Series Event 2

Hannah Lee Noll
Monsoon USA851 of Bruce Ayres with Thomas Dietrich, Edward Hackney, Chelsea Simms and Jeremy Wilmot - 2022-2023 Bacardi Invitational Winter Series Event 2

Monsoon USA851 of Bruce Ayres with Thomas Dietrich, Edward Hackney, Chelsea Simms and Jeremy Wilmot - 2022-2023 Bacardi Invitational Winter Series Event 2

Hannah Lee Noll
MONSOON USA851 team of Bruce Ayres with Chelsea Simms, Tomas Dietrich, Edward Hackney and Jeremy Wilmot - the winner of Race Three - Melges 24 World Championship 2023 - Middelfart, Denmark

MONSOON USA851 team of Bruce Ayres with Chelsea Simms, Tomas Dietrich, Edward Hackney and Jeremy Wilmot - the winner of Race Three - Melges 24 World Championship 2023 - Middelfart, Denmark

Mick Knive Anderson
Monsoon USA851 of Bruce Ayres - 2023 Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta

Monsoon USA851 of Bruce Ayres - 2023 Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta

Martina Orsini
MONSOON of Bruce Ayres with Tomas Dietrich / Edward Hackney / Pearl Lattanzi / Jeremy Wilmot - Bacardi Winter Series Event 2 January 2024

MONSOON of Bruce Ayres with Tomas Dietrich / Edward Hackney / Pearl Lattanzi / Jeremy Wilmot - Bacardi Winter Series Event 2 January 2024

Hannah Lee Noll
USA851 Monsoon of Bruce Ayres with Thomas Dietrich, Edward Hackney, Pearl Lattanzi and Jeremy Wilmot - Bacardi Invitational Regatta 2024

USA851 Monsoon of Bruce Ayres with Thomas Dietrich, Edward Hackney, Pearl Lattanzi and Jeremy Wilmot - Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta 2024

Martina Orsini
Monsoon USA851 of Bruce Ayres with Thomas Dietrich, Edward Hackney, Pearl Lattanzi and Jeremy Wilmot - Bacardi Invitational Regatta 2024

Monsoon USA851 of Bruce Ayres with Thomas Dietrich, Edward Hackney, Pearl Lattanzi and Jeremy Wilmot - Bacardi Invitational Regatta 2024

Martina Orsini
Tomas Dietrich MONSOON USA851 - Bacardi Invitational Regatta 2024

Tomas Dietrich MONSOON USA851 - Bacardi Invitational Regatta 2024

Martina Orsini