With the 2006 season now getting underway please don't forget that if you want to race in the Corinthian (all amateur crew) division at Melges 24 events this year you need to ensure your crew members have all obtained or renewed their ISAF Sailor Classifications.
On 8 and 9 April the German Class Association sailed it's first ranking event which was hosted by "Segler Vereinigung Kreuzlingen" and organised by "North Sails Switzerland".
The eighteen competitors at this year's Charleston Race Week presented by Seabrook Island, currently underway in South Carolina, are battling strong winds and steep chop in this classic spring regatta.
From 1997 to 2001 two time Estonian Olympic medalists Tonu and Toomas Toniste owned their first Melges 24s which they raced regularly on the international Melges 24 circuit.
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Mr Shojiro Yamazaki, who died of cancer of the liver on March 19th. Back in 1995 Mr Yamazaki visited Zenda to buy the first Melges 24 to be shipped to Japan.
The 2006 edition of M24 MAGAZINE, the yearbook of the International Melges 24 Class Association, is now available as a PDF DOWNLOAD. Please contact your NATIONAL CLASS ASSOCIATION to receive a printed copy of the magazine .
We have a number of top crews seeking charter boats for the forthcoming Worlds in Hyeres at the end of August. If you can make your boat available for charter for the Worlds please urgently go to the Charter Listings section of the site and place an advertisement with the details.
Press Release From Deaville International Week - Deauville International Week intends to create a great new meeting for international one-designs in Northern Europe. The Melges 24 ranks at the top of this reference international series.
From The Italian Class - We all love sailing our Melges 24 witha good breeze, surfing down the waves, with the sun shining. But regttas can turn out to be another story sometimes. They can include endless waiting, hanging around between the dock and the bar.
As the season builds up speed it is a good time to remind people once again about the basic principles of our class rules. They are closed class rules which means: If it does not specifically say you can, then you cant!
