What a weekend! Throught out the weekend, excellent sailing conditions(blue sky, temp. over 20 degrees & wind velocity 2 to 6 m/s)at the same place where the Melges 24 2003 European Championships will be held.
In a closely fought seven race regatta Sami Ekblad and his Marinel Mastervolt team took the Swedish National title from Kristoffer Spone aboard Fruen Maren. Erik Arthur and Per Andresen and the crew of Dolly took third with Antti Niiniranta of Marinel Patu in fourth.
This weekend's Grand Prix Du Crouesty produced one of the closest Melges 24 regattas of the year.Twenty two entrants battled it out off the beautiful Brittany coast of France in an exciting event which saw the top twoboats only separated on discard after 6 races.
If you haven't already booked your accommodation in Travemuende now is the time to do so as space in nearby hotels and hostels is getting very booked up.
After a few relatively quiet weeks on the international Melges 24 scene next month sees a flurry ofactivity with the Detroit NOOD and the ever popular Golison North Sails Race Week happening in the US and fourNational Championships taking place in Europe.
After 3 races the 2002 German Open 2002 saw GER 191 KH+P (Gnter Tzeschlock, Regina Tzeschlock, Barbara Koepfer & Martin Ritsche) with 3 points in front of ITA 139 Ale Ali 3 (Mario Ziliani & Crew, winners of German Open 2001).
The German National Championships, taking place this coming weekend - 09 to 11 May, will be thesecond event in the 2002 European Ranking. With a highly competitive fleet including Alba Batzil, Mario Zilliani and Egidio Babbi we are expecting some great racingat Tutzing on Lake Starnberg in Bavaria.
The question of fairing is often raised and a definition asked for. It is always difficult to be precise andcommon sense must be applied. This is the reason that a measurer should always be involved.
The International Melges 24 Class and also National Melges 24 Class Associations are always happyto receive trophies for various races. However, without in anyway being ungrateful we would ask you to bear in mind a few points. 1.
