Another light airs day at Yachting Key West Race Week saw Morgan Reeserconsolidate his overall lead after the fifth Melges 24 race. The race was lead from the first mark by Tony Wattson, who made a brillian first beat then successfully defended his position right round the course.
An overcast sky, showers and light, variable conditions couldnt dampen the enthusiasm of the Melges 24 Class at Yachting Key West Race Week today. Race one kicked off in around 14 knots north-east, but shortly after the start a shower front came through dropping the breeze back to under 10 knots.
An overcast sky, showers and light, variable conditions couldnt dampen the enthusiasm of the Melges 24 Class at Yachting Key West Race Week today. Race one kicked off in around 14 knots north-east, but shortly after the start a shower front came through dropping the breeze back to under 10 knots.
The key to our day was that we got out there as soon as we could and sailed up wind a bit and got tuned up for the conditions. It was a light to medium breeze but relatively flat water so not too difficult to keep the boat moving.
In the hotly contested Melges 24 class Harry Melges took both races on the opening day of Yachting Key West Race Week. With a northerly 10 knot breeze and glorious sunshine the 60 boat fleet had excellent racing with both races seeing plenty of place changing and some very close sailing.
In the hotly contested Melges 24 class Harry Melges took both races on the opening day of Yachting Key West Race Week. With a northerly 10 knot breeze and glorious sunshine the 60 boat fleet had excellent racing with both races seeing plenty of place changing and some very close sailing.
In the build up to Race Week Harry Melges & Andy Burdick took time out from their own preparations to run a University Of Zenda training day for other Melges teams.
FB - So how come youre here at Yachting Key West Race Week doing your first major regatta in the Melges 24 Class? AG - I havent sailed now for about 2 months and I got asked to sail with some Americans whod raced with us in the IACC boats during Skandia Life Cowes Week.
000 saw huge improvements in the quality of class communications with the launch of www.melges24.com and the publication of the first edition of M24 magazine. The web site is now established and we've had great feed back from all sorts of sources.
