From Christel Durand of the French Class - The SNIM 2005, one of the biggest sailing events in France which celebrates is 40th anniversary this year, started today under ideal conditions.
From the USMCA - The Melges 24 never disappoints when it comes to high performance racing, and for the last two days in Miami, Florida at the 2005 ACURA Miami Race Week Regatta the excitement it has generated has been nothing short of unbelievable.
From the USMCA - With races over early on Sunday, the atmosphere was relaxed and one of complete enjoyment for all the Melges 24 teams that ventured to Jackson, Mississippi this weekend to participate in the Gulf Coast Championship at the Jackson Yacht Club.
The German Melges 24 Class Association is delighted to announce that LIROS, the innovative and well-known producer of high-tech ropes, will sponsori the 2005 German Open National Championship and 2005 German Ranking Series.
Despite the fact that all major IMCA events incorporate a Corinthian Division, for amateur crews, very few Melges 24 teams are correctly registering their Corinthian status.
Introducing an new occassional column from Justin Chisholm, of the UK's Team Barbarians, who brings us a sailors eye view of life on the IMCA circuit: One of my better decisions.It is human nature to dwell on the poor decisions we make during our lives and we rarely take the time to congratulate our
Urgent Announcement From The Italian Class - The Alassio Volvo Cup, originally scheduled for last weekend (4-6 March) had to be postponed because of severe weather conditions including snow closing the motorways in Liguria.
Devoti Sailing's Paul Manning will be attending SNIM to support the Melges 24 teams competing. If you have any advance equipment or service requirements please urgently contact Paul or Kay at Devoti with details of your requirements. The deadline for equipment requests for SNIM is Friday 18 March.
The cold wave that hit Italy did not spare the Ligurian Rivera, so the last weekend of the Andora winter championship will be remembered by the extremely cold "tramontana" that tortured both the crews and the sails.
