Organizers of the Audi 2007 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship have announced that Audi of America Inc. and the Detroit-Area Audi Metro Dealers have been named Title Sponsor of this prestigious event.
For a great "from the race course" view of last week's Melges 24 European Championship, run in association with Rolex Baltic Week in Neustadt, Germany, check out the reports from Barbarian's crew Justin Chisholm on his web site WWW.OFFSHORERULES.COM
At last the wind has appeared and at 1400 the race committee announced that the competitors should go afloat with a view to starting the final race of the championship at 1515.
It's 1050 here in Nuestadt and right now it's not even possible to get the boats out to the race area for the final day of racing at the Melges 24 European Championship at Rolex Baltic Week as we have thick fog and no wind at all.
The 2007 Melges 24 European Championship, being run in association with Rolex Baltic Week at Neustadt, Germany, came to a spectacular finish with one final incredible light airs race for the 74 competitors from 14 nations.
It's now 1330 hours and we're still waiting for the wind so we can completed the final two races of the Melges 24 Europeans here at Baltic Race Week in Neustadt. With a 1600 final cut off time the situation is becoming increasingly more tense.
