Last night teams partied until early evening with oysters, beer and other beverages at the newly renovated facilities of the Florida Yacht Club. Everyone had a lot of fun after 17 boats turned out for practice races conducted by Skip Miller, Waterfront Director.
The Kings Day Regatta called it a short day due to lots of rain from a front pushing through north Florida (expected to bring much cooler weather for Sundays races). It managed to hold off long enough to squeeze in and complete two races.
As teams gear up for a weekend of exciting racing in Jacksonville at the Florida Yacht Club for the 2002 Kings Day Regatta the racing and planned parties promise to get the US Winter Series off to a great start as well as wind down the International World Ranking competition.
Japanese Class Secretary Chiaki Obata has received official confirmation from the Japan Sailing Federation that the Japan Melges 24 Class Association has become a recognised national class association.
French Class Secretary Magali Jousselin reports from Hyres. There were 24 entries for the regatta Novembre Hyres: one british, one Swedish, one from the Netherlands, two from Switzerland and finally, four from Italy!
There really is no where better to be in mid January than Melges Racing in Key West so start making your plans now and be there for 2003. Melges 24s made Key West history with their record breaking World Championship fleet of 77 last January and we expect another terrific turnout this year.
From Andy Burdick - Lets roll your Melges 24 to Florida for the winter of 2003. The Big 3 are established and ready for your participation. The Melges 24 Winter Series will kick off in Jacksonville, Florida.
Greetings from Jacksonville and the Florida Yacht Club, Pat Lambert here. We are gearing up for our Kings Day regatta in November and are of course looking forward to hosting the Melges 24 fleet again.
