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Congratulations to Norway's Christen Horn Johannessen and his team aboard NOR400 on their victory at the 2012 Swedish Open Melges 24 Championship held atStenungsund, Sweden on the weekend of 12-13 May.

With 36 boats from 9 nations the second leg of the 2012 Melges 24 Volvo Cup, held in Lerici, proved to be as challenging as ever. The skies were sunny and the temperature was up at 27° C but sadly the wind was very weak and as a result only three very light and shifty races could be completed.

The Notice of Raceand Online Entry System for the 2012 Melges 24 World Championship to be hosted by Circolo Vela Torbole on Lake Garda, Italy are both now available at the Event Website.

The 2012 Melges 24 Gold Cup at Charleston Race Week was the third major event for Bora Gulari'sWest Marine Rigging/New England Ropessince last October, and it marked his third straight victory in a major Class championship.

The full results for the 2012 Aarhus Melges 24 Spring Cup Series, which took place over two weekends, have now been published.

Tomi Hakola Reports - The 2012 Aarhus Melges 24 Spring Cup is finally wrapped here in Aarhus Denmark. And in great style. Two weekends, five days of racing and getting a superb number of races (19 in total). A big hand to the organising club and the race committee.