European Lakes Ranking Introduced

For the first time in 2009 a new "Lakes Ranking" will be introduced to identify the overall Champion of the central European Melges 24 lake racing scene.   The events counting for this ranking will be:-

22.05.-24.05.2009 Austrian Open 2009, Seewalchen (Attersee)

29.05.-01.06.2009 German Open 2009, Prien (Chiemsee)

26.06.-28.06.2009 Swiss Open 2009, Kreuzlingen (Lake Constance)

07.08.-09.07.2009 Czech Open 2009, Lipno (Lake Lipno) 1st Boat 100 points, 2nd boat 99 points....

3 best events count for the ranking

We are sure this will motivate teams/boats to visit other class organization to participate in their Nationals.