2010 Melges 24 North American Championship - Entry Closes Tomorrow - Tuesday 31 August

Tomorrow, Tuesday 31 August 2010, is the entry deadline for the 2010 Melges 24 North American Championship being hosted by the Rochester Yacht Club on Lake Ontario. With championship racing from Thursday 23 September to Sunday 26 September, a post racing keg provided by Lakeside Beverages each...

(c) Pierrick Contin © Pierrick Contin

An Invitation To Join The Hungarian Class For Their National Championship 22-26 September 2010

Dear All, We will have our National Championship in Balatonfüred 22-26th September. We are planning to run a great regional regatta and would be very happy to see you here. We are expecting teams from Slovenia, Austria and we will have the South African team Proximo team also taking part...

RODOP Wins 2010 Czech Open Championship

The Czech Nationals took place at a brand new marina of YC Kovarov on Lake Lipno, from August 19th till 22nd. The summer weather allowed racing on Thursday and Saturday only, though delivering 8 nice races with dramatic action throughout. It was Net Development tied with RODOP who led after the...

(c) Arne David Andersen © Arne David Andersen

Charter Boats Available For Next Weekend's Norwegian Nationals (3-5 September) In Haugesund

There are several top notch rental boats still available for the 2010 Norwegian Open Championship, which is being sailed from Friday 3 to Sunday 6 September on the same waters and from the same venue as the 2011 Melges 24 European Championship  The boats are two years old and on offer for a...

Flavio Favini Leads Lorenzo Bressani & Riccardo Simoneschi In Melges 24 World Ranking With Seven Events To Go

We're now about two thirds of the way through the 2010 Melges 24 World and Continental Ranking Series and in the World Ranking Flavio Favini of Italy currently leads fellow Italians Lorenzo Bressani and Riccardo Simoneschi.  Favini has an 10.5 point margin over Bressani with Simoneschi 6.7...

(c) Joy Dunigan

2010 Melges 24 North Americans - Entry Deadline Looming

                There's only a week to go until the 31 August entry deadline for the 2010 Melges 24 North American Championship being hosted by the Rochester Yacht Club on Lake Ontario.  It's going to be an amazing long weekend of great championship...

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French Nationals/Novembre A Hyeres

If you are looking for a great end of season regatta in Europe why not join the French Class for the 2010 French Melges 24 Open Championship which is to be held in conjunction with the Novembre A Hyeres Regatta in Hyeres, France from 11-13 November.  Novembre a Hyeres has long been a popular...

(c) Pierrick Contin

Marinepool Melges 24 Worlds On DesTopNews

The 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 Worlds were included in this week's DesTopNews weekly sailing report.  Click here to view in French, English or Dutch.

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North Americans Looming On The Horizon - Two Weeks To Entry Deadline

We've just two weeks to go until the close of entries for the 2010 Melges 24 North American Championship on August 31st.  The fabulous Rochester Yacht Club on Lake Ontario is ready and waiting to welcome you.  We have four days of championship racing from 23-26 September and registration...

Lorenzo Bressani & Uka Uka Racing Win 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship, Oyvind Peder Jahre & Storm Capital Sail Racing Win Corinthian World Title

Despite the willingness of both the competitors and the Race Committee to do everything possible to complete the final two races of the 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship in Tallin, Estonia, the wind refused to make an appearance on the final day. After a patient wait of several hours,...