Our class has changed a lot during the past 5 years and to keep up with the changing demands of the social media we have decided that the OLD International Melges 24 Association GROUP with all activities, posts etc will be DELETED during April 2012.
After 7 races Andrea Racchelli's Altea team were declared the worthy winners of the opening Melges 24 Volvo Cup event in Cagliari. Here's a video report with comment from Chris Rast and below it a link to the full results. Volvo Cup Race 1 - Cagliari from Classe Italiana Melges24 on Vimeo.
The first ever Aarhus Melges 24 Spring Cup was sailed last weekend in the magnificant location the Melges 24 class had it´s 2011 Europeans. The event attracted 15 boats from 4 nations (Denmark, Germany, Norway and Finland).
For the second year running the Melges 24 Young Guns Regatta hosted by Royal Price Alfred Yacht Club in association with Yachting NSW and many volunteers brought together young competitors aged sixteen to thirty years old from many classes for some hard racing and a chance to socialise.
North Sea Regatta -A great regatta for all the Melges 24 sailors who want to have a great sailing event in May. From 25 till 28 May many classes will compete in four incredible days of racing on the North Sea.
Dear Sailors, finally we have got full approval from ISAF to the ClassRule changes approved at the 2011 IMCA World Council AGM in November. The most critical has been the weight rule C.2.2.