Despite forecasts for light and unsteady wind, the first day of the 2012 Melges 24 Gold Cup at Charleston Race Week dawned with a nice 8-10 knot Northerly breeze. It was more than enough for PRO Hank Stuart, who knocked off 4 action-filled races in less than four hours with wind from 8-15 knots.
Tomi Hakola brings us a quick report and some photos from day two of the Melges 24 Aarhus Spring Cup in Denmark. Day 2 wrapped up - beer, sausages and results:-) On the race course the wind was mainly from SE with a velocity of 3 - 5 m/s.
In 2012, the U.S. Melges 24 Class celebrates another Gold Cup Championship, this time held in conjunction with Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week. More than thirty teams from across the U.S.A.
We are urgently seeking charter boats for the Melges 24 North American Championship in San Francisco (22-26 August 2012). We have several teams interested, in particular some teams from the new Melges 24 fleet in Chile who are really keen to get involved on the international circuit.
In order to avoid a direct clash with the Oktoberfest Regatta the dates for the Coppa Lino Favini have been revised to 12-14 October 2012. Please update your calendars accordingly and for more information about the event visit http://www.avav.it
Our class has changed a lot during the past 5 years and to keep up with the changing demands of the social media we have decided that the OLD International Melges 24 Association GROUP with all activities, posts etc will be DELETED during April 2012.
After 7 races Andrea Racchelli's Altea team were declared the worthy winners of the opening Melges 24 Volvo Cup event in Cagliari. Here's a video report with comment from Chris Rast and below it a link to the full results. Volvo Cup Race 1 - Cagliari from Classe Italiana Melges24 on Vimeo.
The first ever Aarhus Melges 24 Spring Cup was sailed last weekend in the magnificant location the Melges 24 class had it´s 2011 Europeans. The event attracted 15 boats from 4 nations (Denmark, Germany, Norway and Finland).
For the second year running the Melges 24 Young Guns Regatta hosted by Royal Price Alfred Yacht Club in association with Yachting NSW and many volunteers brought together young competitors aged sixteen to thirty years old from many classes for some hard racing and a chance to socialise.
