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.
We'll have a full press report for you shortly but we can confirm that Uka Uka Racing, helmed by Lorenzo Bressani and crewed by owner Lorenzo Santini, Jonathan McKee, Federico Michetti and Fabio Gridelli have won the 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship.
We're all set for the final day of action here at the 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship in Tallinn. The media team is just going afloat ready for the final two races so switch over to The Blog and keep up with all the action blow by blow.
Overview -With three races scheduled, the penultimate day of the 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship was always going to be a critical one for those with aspirations of an overall podium position at this regatta.
Check out the latest additions to Pierrick Contin's fantastic gallery from the 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 Worlds in Tallinn. Day five gave us sparkling conditions as you will see from his pictures.
As the 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship in Tallinn approaches its climax we're already starting to look ahead to the 2011 Melges 24 European Championship which will be taking place in Haugesund, Norway, from 29 July to 6 August 2010.
Day four of the 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship in Tallin, Estonia saw two races sailed in ten to fifteen knot shifty breezes giving the skippers and tacticians several head scratching moments out on the Baltic.
Its a bit grey here this morning in Tallinn but the good news is that we have wind so it looks like day four of the 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship in Tallinn will be a good one.
There was relief all round on the third day of the 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship when the Baltic waters off Tallin, Estonia finally delivered wind conditions worthy of this World Championship.
Good news - we had a huge thunderstorm here last night and it has finally cleared the atmosphere. This morning we have pleasantly cooler conditions and already we have 5-7 knots with the promise of up to 15 knots from the SSW today.
