PRESS RELEASE | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Racing was delayed for several hours at the Melges 24 Europeans in Torbole today. Crews sat ashore enjoying an unexpected pasta lunch will they watched the torrential rain and waited for wind.
FB Youve just come back from winning the IMS 50 Worlds. It must be a big change from that to Melges 24 sailing. How are you finding it?FF I like the boat very much. Ive always been sailing both big boats and little boats, I come from dinghy sailing originally as so many sailors.
FB So what was it like out there today Rob?RS Its quite a radical place I would say! I think the whole event is going to be snakes and ladders. Today we were very very fortunate because we had a strategy, which for about 11 or 12 minutes looked horrible but then started to look good.
The opening day of the Melges 24 Europeans in Torbole produced two fantastic races in near perfect sailing conditions and glorious sunshine. Race one started in around 8 knots with the right hand side of the course paying up the first beat.
With around half of the entrants measured in so far registration is going well at the Europeans in Torbole. One minor problem which has been identified is that a number of competitors have installed the proposed new mainsail halyard tensioning system.
PRESS RELEASE | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE With a record breaking 94 entries from 12 nations the 2001 Melges 24 European Championship, to be run on Lake Guarda, Italy by the Circolo Vela Torbole from 30 August to 7 September, promises to be one of the most exciting regattas taking place in Europe this ye
FB - You are reigning European Champion but you will not be defending your title here in Torbole. How come you are organising this event and not sailing in it?CR - I had decided before we won the Championship two years ago not to sail this year.
