From the USMCA - The 2005 Corum Melges 24 World Championship is a very short time away. Over 40 entries have been confirmed! Start making your plans now to attend. Time is of the essence to get your entry and most importantly - your accommodations taken care of right away!
We urgently need your help. Last week the brand new Melges 24 of Cdric de Kervenoael was stolen in La Rochelle. The boat was only recently delivered by Devoti so its going to be easily recognised if you come accross it in a dinghy park or are offered it for sale.
From Adrian Peach, Euros Organiser - We have just run the North Sails Gold Cup as a warm up event to the Melges 24 European Championships with great success, congratulations go to Denis Infante of Euro-voiles with Christiphe Barrue at the helm. (See home page for reports).
From the UK Class - The third and final of the North Sails Gold Cup dawned with not a breath of wind at 0900 hours but gradually the wind filled in and the first race of the day got away at 1042 hours. After 2 rounds Sogeti finished first with Xcellent second and Euro-voiles third.
After the disappointment of no wind at last week's National Championship the Norwegian Class ended their season on a high note with great racing at HM The King's Races.
With one more day of racing to go three boats are tied for the lead in the North Sails UK Gold Cup. - From the UK Class - The first Melges 24 North Sails Gold Cup is being hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club and, it is hoped, will become an annual event.
From The Norwegian Class - Three days of absolutely no wind! This was the situation in the Oslo fjord last week end. No races, not even a start attempt for the 21 boats that were waiting and waiting in Asker outside Oslo. Friday afternoon we had the AGM for Melges Norway.
Please note that the closing date for standard price entries to the Europeans is this saturday so please visit the Euros web site and get your entry in now to avoid penatly payments.
From the German Class - The LIROS German Ranking again showed more boats than in the years before - this confirms the steady growth of the Melges24 class in the German speaking countries.
From Tomi Hakola in Finland - What a weekend! The Finnish Open Championships in Vaasa offered the fleet everything possible - from light winds under blue skies to strong winds with gusts over 15 m/s in pouring rain.
