In 2011, the U.S. Melges 24 fleet will travel home to famous Lake Geneva, Wisc. for what will be an awesome performance racing event, the U.S. National Championship hosted by the Lake Geneva Yacht Club (LGYC).
The amazing scenery of Lake Garda has been the perfect movie set for the last episode of the Melges 24 Volvo Cup 2011, the Italian regatta circuit that attracted 83 teams from no. 16 nations.
This coming weekend the Italian Volvo Cup circuit will make its first ever visit to Riva del Garda for race 5 of 2011 Volvo Cup Series. With 59 entries from 12 nations the competition will be as hot as ever.
Kiel Week on Germany's Baltic coast proved the ideal warm up event for many of the crews on their way to Aarhus for the European Championship and 27 crews from 7 nations took the opportunity to test their metal at this famous regatta.
14 June 2011 - Aarhus, Denmark - With six weeks to go until the start of the 2011 Böklunder International Melges 24 European Championship (22-28 July) more than 60 teams from 16 nations have already confirmed their entries.