The Swiss Melges 24 Class has launched a brand new website to keep all their sailors udated with the latest news and events in Switzerland and published the Notice of Race for the 2012 Swiss Open Championship.
Last weekend the annual Delta Lloyd North Sea Regatta was sailed of the coast of the Hague in the Netherlands. The challenging location on the North Sea coast with tidal waters make it a special event for every sailor.
With three weeks left to go the 2012 Melges24 US Nationals has registered more than 30 boats. “They are coming from all over”, says Seattle Fleet Captain Keith Hammer.
Last weekend's Volvo Cup event in Scarlino brought 34 boats from 8 nations to the line for a challenging weekend of racing. The winds ranged from 6 to 14 knots and were very shifty thanks to a weather system which was crossing the region through the regatta.
Congratulations to Norway's Christen Horn Johannessen and his team aboard NOR400 on their victory at the 2012 Swedish Open Melges 24 Championship held atStenungsund, Sweden on the weekend of 12-13 May.
With 36 boats from 9 nations the second leg of the 2012 Melges 24 Volvo Cup, held in Lerici, proved to be as challenging as ever. The skies were sunny and the temperature was up at 27° C but sadly the wind was very weak and as a result only three very light and shifty races could be completed.
The Notice of Raceand Online Entry System for the 2012 Melges 24 World Championship to be hosted by Circolo Vela Torbole on Lake Garda, Italy are both now available at the Event Website.
The 2012 Melges 24 Gold Cup at Charleston Race Week was the third major event for Bora Gulari'sWest Marine Rigging/New England Ropessince last October, and it marked his third straight victory in a major Class championship.
Tomi Hakola Reports - The 2012 Aarhus Melges 24 Spring Cup is finally wrapped here in Aarhus Denmark. And in great style. Two weekends, five days of racing and getting a superb number of races (19 in total). A big hand to the organising club and the race committee.
