Melges 24 competitors are guaranteed to look good on- and off-the-water at the 2009 Melges 24 World Championship special thanks to Official Apparel Sponsors Coral Reef Sailing Apparel and Gill. Annapolis, Md.
Check out Zerogradinords great video footage from the recent 2009 Melges 24 Europeans in Hyeres. It was a stunning event and their video really captures the essence of a great regatta. As always our thanks to Mauro Melandri and his team for their fantastic support of the Melges 24 Class.
The 2011 Melges 24 European Championship will be held in the beautiful Norwegian town of Hagesund. Justin Chisholm spoke recently with Jens Wathne, leader of the Norwegian organising team for the event, to find out more about the venue and their plans for the championship.
Annapolis, Maryland, USA (4 September 2009) With its European Championship concluded the International Melges 24 Class now turns it attention to the forthcoming 2009 Melges 24 World Championship, which is being hosted by Eastport Yacht Club, Annapolis from October 23-31.
The Slovenian International Melges 24 Regattaand theOpen Slovenian National Championship on24th - 27th September 2009 inPortorož - Portorose,Slovenijais approaching at high speed. As immediately after our regatta finish, starts the regatta of the RC44 and all their crews will be here in that time.
Hyeres, France – 1 September 2009-Competitors at the 2009 Melges 24 European Championship in Hyeres, France which ran from the 24th– 28thAugust were treated to some idyllic weather conditions for the ten race series.
Lorenzo Santinis highly talented Italian crew aboard UKA UKA Racing, have just made Melges 24 history by becoming the first team to hold the World and European Championship titles concurrently.
After a short postponement ashore while we waited for the wind to come up the teams are now leaving the dock in Hyeres ready to do battle in the final race of the 2009 Melges 24 European Championship.
Stop Press - Uka Uka Racing wins the 2009 Melges 24 European Championship in Hyeres. The battle for second place between Blu Moon and Alina was incredibly close with the two boats match racing around the course. On the water Blu Moon got the better of the match finishing 9th with Alina 19th.
