From Nils Hauff of the Norwegian Class - The Norwegian Championship was sailed at Hank south of Oslo last weekend. 26 boats including three from Denmark, Sweden and Finland got 8 races during the three days. The sailing on Friday started in nice westerly breeze about 4 m/s.
From Denis Infante and the Worlds Organisers - As of today the COYCH has 124 entries for the 2006 Melges 24 World Championship which is just one short of the existing championship entry record set in La Rochelle in 2000.
From Tomi Hakola of Pohjola-Fonecta Finder FIN-573 in Finland - Waiting, waiting and waiting was the name of the game in Mariehamn during the Open Nordic and Finnish Championships, 28.-30.7. First day of the championships was no racing due to the lack of wind.
The top three boats in the Finnish ranking are: Land Rover, Pohjola-Fonecta Finder and Mazda. These all have participated in the 4 events. The difference between Mazda lying third to Land Rover leadin is 10,5 points.
From Gnter Tzeschlock - Mentioning 5 highlights describes perfect what we have experienced during Melges24 Week 2006 in Torbole - final run for the Italian Volvo Cup 06: 62 boats on the line, coming from 7 different nations Typical Lake Garda winds as expected Just one class on the spot no problems
The World Championships are rapidly approaching and as usual measurement will be high on the agenda for the organisers. You dont want to have to spend time correcting your boats, so now is the time to make sure everything is correct and within the rules before you arrive.
From Denis Infant on behalf of the Worlds organisers - Hurry up to confirm your entry for the Hyeres Worlds before 1st August to avoid paying a late entry fee.
From The German Class - The German Open Championship and Oktoberfest Trophy Regatta will take place on Lake Starnberg in Bavaria Germany from 22-24 September.
There are only two weeks to go until the main entry deadline of 1st August for the 2006 Melges 24 Worlds in Hyeres so to avoid paying a late entry penalty please visit the Worlds Web Site now and make your entry today.
Nils Hauff sent us this highly entertaining set of broach photographs - the helmsman in NOR 418 is Herman Horn-Johannessen who won the silver medal in M24 European in Arendal 1999 and bronze medal in Soling in Sydney Olympics proving that these things can happen to even the best sailors!
