The second day of the Detroit NOOD was dominated by Midwest boats eight of the top ten finishers call the Midwest home! John Podmajersky onboard 'USA-511' from Chicago, Ill.
From Tomi Hakola of the Finnish Class - What a historical weekend for the Finnish Melges 24 Fleet! This second Finnish Melges 24 ranking event was held on the 26th and 27th of May in Helsinki. We had 15 boats on the starting line which is our all time high in a ordinary Finnish ranking event.
On 25th May the German Class held it's AGM 2007 and it was reported on the year 2006 and the planning for 2007, additional Jrn Petry was elected as represantive for the growing fleet in the Baltic Sea area.
The Czech Melges 24 Association was founded at the beginning of the year 2007. This year the class is just at its start and during the season 2007 five regattas will be organized including the International Championship.
The German Melges24 Cup, now in its 10th edition, was sailed at Tutzing from 17.-19. May 2007. 11 Boats signed in and were on the starting line as well.
Photographer Pierrick Contin was present at last weekend's French Nationals in Dinard and his amazing pictures from the event can be viewed at WWW.SAILINGSCUTTLEBUTT.COM
Beat Naef and the Stagecoach Wireless team (who were one of our fantastic supporting sponsors for the 2007 Fullpower Melges 24 World Championship) filmed some great video during the event which they've now posted to YouTube.
The Melges 24 is a finalist in this years prestigious Australian Marine Industry Federation Boat of the Year Award which will be announced on the 24th May at a gala dinner in Surfers Paradise.
