In the second installment of Melges 24 racing at San Francisco Yacht Club, Doug Wilhlem and team Wilco took top honors with 5 bullets. Great practice here on San Francisco Bay for the Worlds. There's plenty more to come this summer.
Just in case anyone needs it, here is a little reminder about why the Melges 24 is rightly regarded as one of the greatest sailboat classes in the World. Melges 24 - Simply The Best!
Congratulations to Alec Cutler and his crew aboard Hedgehog for winning not only the Melges 24 Class, but also the Overall Trophy at last weekend's Sperry Top-Sider Seattle NOOD, the fourth event in this year's North American Ranking. Check out this great interview with Alec.
Keep up with all the latest news from this weekend's Sperry Top-Sider Seattle NOOD, the fourth event in the 2013 Melges 24 North American Ranking, where 16 top Melges 24 teams will vie for podium positions.
After two beutyful sailing day the wind and the weather became even better on Sunday for the last race of the MVM Balaton Melges 24 Regata. 20-25 knots of southwest wind with bright sunshine made it possible to finish the first event of the European Sailing Series perfectly.
On the second day of theMVM Balaton Melges 24 Regatta, the inaugural event of new European Sailing Series, the race committee led by Gert Schmidleitner made the best of the nearly perfect weather conditions so the fleet could sail four nice races.
