A honking northerly breeze and an outdoor temperature of 40 degrees have meant a subdued start to the Gill Melges 24 World Championship 2014 at Geelong in Victoria, Australia.A practice race was scheduled for this afternoon, but winds of 28 knots gusting to 35 are well above the class’ upper limit.
Harry Melges is the new Australian Open National Melges 24 Champion, the lake sailor from central USA right at home on Geelong’s Corio Bay with his crew of the Melges 24 Star. “For us the venue is awesome, we love shifty conditions and lake-style sailing on flat water,” said Melges.
For the third consecutive day Harry Melges and his crew of Star (USA) held off the rest of the one-design fleet and have inched closer to victory at the Gill Melges 24 Australian Open Nationals.
The forthcoming 2014 Melges 24 racing season will be the best ever! Great class developments as well as the very first Australian World Championship will make it one to remember. Melges would like to remind all Melges 24 Owners worldwide that we are your go-to source for everything Melges 24!
Australia’s Nathan Wilmot made a decent impression on the scorecard on day two of the 2014 Gill Melges 24 Australian Open National Championship on Geelong’s Corio Bay.
First points in the Gill Melges 24 Australian Open Nationals, one of the Festival of Sails’ opening events, went to Harry Melges and his Star crew from the USA.
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The Royal Geelong Yacht Club is humming with the final preparations before the start of racing tomorrow for two divisions and the mass influx of sailors arriving Friday 24th January with the Melbourne to Geelong passage race.
International MELGES24 Class AssociationChief Measurer Announcement #1-20141st JANUARY 2014 From IM24CA class rule C.7.1.(e): Fairing the keel box area or keel box Delrins is prohibited. The Delrin may be bedded in on optional material and adjusted to fit flush with the underside of the hull.
The Notice of Race for the 2014 Melges 24 European Sailing Series event 1 to be held in Portorož, Slovenia from 27-30 March has been published at the website of the Yachting Club Portorož and theEntry Formis available to download.
