INTRODUCTION - Sixteen national and international officers of the IMCA attended the 2002 IMCA World Council AGM, held during the World Championship in Travemuende.
Yesterday Tom Freytag won the Audi sponsored US Melges 24 Gold Cup with a race to spare just as he had the Melges 24 US Nationals only a few weeks ago.
Three more great races were completed yesterday at the Audi Melges 24 Gold Cup in San Francisco. Tom Freytag displayed stunningly consistent form to take second place in all three races leaving him with a total of 8 points to count overall after the discard came into play.
Today sees the start of the Audi sponsored US Gold Cup at the St Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco. With 26 of the top sailors including Brian Porter, Argyle Campbell, Tom Freytag, Don Jesberg, Philippe Kahn and Bruce Ayres competing it promises to be a fantastic regatta.
Tom Freytag and Keith Musto were the inaugural Chairman and Secretary/Treasurer respectively of the International Melges 24 Class Association and have worked tirelessly on behalf of the International Class since it's creation half a decade ago.
Following the IMCA AGM at the recent World Championship in Travemuende a new Executive Committee has been appointed to manage to day to day affairs of the International Melges 24 Class Association.
Harry Melges has today confirmed that negoations for a new European builder of the Melges 24 are well under way and that he hopes to have a builder in place and production underway by the end of this year.
After a fantastically well fought nine event series Britain's Jamie Lea has won the 2002 European Ranking by just 6.5 points. The battle for second through fourth place was extremely tight with just 1.5 points separating the three boats.
