The Palma Vela, organised by the Real Club Nautico de Palma and sponsored by Hublot, has become one of the most glamorous spring regattas in Europe attracting the leading classes including Maxi, TP52, IRC, IMS, the beautiful classic and vintage yachts and an exclusive selection of one-designs.
The French Melges 24 National Championship is returning to DINARD after the very successful and memorable Championship there in September 1999 Dinard is the place where the French fleet was born in December 1996 with the delivery of the first 3 Melges 24s - among them ZIG ZAG 13.
The rapid increase in interest and awareness of the Melges 24 is having a very positive effect on the existing Japanese Melges 24 Class Association which is experiencing a resurgence of interest.
The Grand Prix Petit Navire team is delighted to welcome for the first time the Melges 24 class to our competition. For eight years, the Grand Prix has included regattas involving Dragons, Windsurfers, Kitesurfers and Open 7,50.
The Class Rule Changes agreed at the IMCA World Council AGM in 2006 have now been ratified by ISAF and came into force on 1st January including the new rule governing hiking.
View the 2007 PRIMO CUP PHOTO GALLERY. While in Monaco for the second day of Melges 24 racing, Fi Brown sneaked out on the press boat and grabbed some shots of all the action.
The ROLEX BALTIC RACE WEEK web site will be relaunched in the next couple of days including the Notice of Race for the 2007 Melges 24 European Championship. In the meantime the EVENT PROGRAMME and ACCOMMODATION LISTS are already available via the special class pages at WWW.EURO2007.MELGES24.DE.
From the German Melges 24 Class - The German Class has been working hard to promote the boat to new sailors through the winter season including showing a Melges 24 at the recent CBR Boatshow in Munich.
The French Melges 24 Class Association has launched a fantastic new WEB SITE - French Class President Philippe Ligot confirmed that the redevelopment of the web site is part of an overall plan being implemeneted to increase public awareness of the Melges 24 in France, generate commercial partnership
