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The battle for the Quantum Sails Trophy for the Corinthian (all amateur) Division at the 2008 Melges 24 North American Championships was between two teams from the offset - 2007 Corinthian World Champion, Othmar Mueller von Blumencron aboard USA 679 Gannet and David Dabney steering USA 626 Wireless.

John Kolius on USA-776 KO Sailing from LaPorte, Tx. and crew David Clement, David Whelan and Nicolas Guzman scored two more wins on Sunday to take the title of 2008 Melges 24 Atlantic Coast Champions. From the very start, Kolius and team came out swinging. "Yesterday was physically demanding.

This weekend the Melges 24 Class has assembled at the Davis Island Yacht Club in beautiful Tampa, Florida, for the final event in the 2008 Melges 24 World and North American Ranking - the US Atlantic Coast Championship.

One of the key responsibilities of the IMCA World Council AGM is to agree the schedule for Melges 24 World and Continental Championships.

The MINUTES OF THE 2008 IMCA WORLD COUNCIL MEETING have now been published. The meeting took place in Munich, Germany on 11 October and was attended by 18 Class and Builder representatives. CLICK HERE to read the minutes in full.

Estonian National TV programme Navigaire presented a major feature item on the forthcoming 2010 Melges 24 World Championship to be held in Tallinn, Estonia.