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.
John Bertrand and his FUSION M crew of Scott Nixon, Andrew Scott and George Peet are the 2005 Melges 24 St. Petersburg NOOD Champions. They were also selected as the first team to ever accept the award for the very first Overall St. Petersburg NOOD Regatta!
The inaugural February edition of the IMCA E-newsletter, sponsored by Devoti Sailing, is now available on line. To sign up for future editions please us the E-newsletter signup box on the home page (top right).
After a day with no wind and another with sunshine and lightairs, the final day of the Primo Cup in Monaco brought a gale, explaining the wise decision of the Race Committee to cancel the races. The final ranking is hence the one of Saturday evening with four races of which 3 count.
From Christel Durand in Monaco - A first day without sailing at the Primo Cup, in Monaco, since there was no wind. But the second day was the right one and enabled the 32 crews (35 registrated) from 5 nations to compete in 4 races with all the energy of a season start.
We've got some great international events coming up between now and the end of April. To help you plan your programme here are further details and updates: The European season really gets underway next weekend (11-13 February) with the Primo Cup at the Yacht Club de Monaco.
The final day of Melges 24 racing was nothing short of fantastic with Bill Hardesty at the helm for Philippe Kahn on Pegasus 575 taking home the title of Key West Race Week Melges 24 Champion!
The final day of Melges 24 racing was nothing short of fantastic with Bill Hardesty at the helm for Philippe Kahn on Pegasus 575 taking home the title of Key West Race Week Melges 24 Champion! Daily reports and results will be posted at www.usmelges24.com.
