This weekend will see over 50 Melges 24s gathering for Charleston Race Week, the penultimate event in the USMCA's Road To Corpus series which culminates in the 2011 Melges 24 World Championship, hosted by Corpus Christi Yacht Club, Texas.
Check out the photos and video from last weekend's 2011 Melges 24 Italian Championship & Volvo Cup Scarlino:- Andrea Carloni - Official Volvo Cup Photographer - http://www.melges24.com/media/photo-gallery/italian-nationals-volvo-cup-...
We don't yet have a full report from the final day at the Melges 24 Italian Nationals & Volvo Cup Scarlino but with two more races completed today Alberto Bolzan and the team aboard Gianni Catalogna's Seatta have claimed overall victory.
Only one race was possible on day 3 of the 2011 Melges 24 Italian Open and Volvo Cup in Scarlino, Tuscany. Initially conditions afloat were good and the Club Nautico Scarlino Race Committee were able to run race seven of the series in a pleasant moderate breeze of around 10 knots.
This morning just before the teams left the dock we got everyone together for a group photo and you can see the results above. Below is a photo of the ladies of the fleet looking fabulous as always.
Volvo Cup Official Photographer Andrea Carloni has been out on the water for the past two days shooting all the action here at the 2011 Italian Open Championship and Volvo Cup in Marina di Scarlino. Check out his images in our Gallery
More great weather and three more fantastically close races saw Franco Rossini's Blu Moon, with Flavio Favini at the helm, take the lead overall from Alberto Bolzan at the helm of Gianni Catalogna's Saetta with Antonio Addari's Arteria 24 ever helmed by Star European Champion Michael Hestbaek pullin
If you want to know what it feels like to be Andrea Casale, tactician aboard ITA778 Navalmare, with owner Federico Albano and crew Fedferica Salva and Michele Mennuti here is your chance to find out.
Day one of the 2011 Italian Open Melges 24 Championship and Volvo Cup regatta brought warm sun, good winds and three good if demanding races. The day started with a short delay as the wind built and settled and the first race was run a little closer inshore.
