San Francisco produced spectacular conditions for the opening day of the2012 Melges 24 North American Championshipwith competitors enjoying three fantastic races in near perfect conditions.
The Norwegian Nationals are scheduled for 30th of August to 2nd of September and the entries are close to 40 boats from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Estonia. This keelboat championship will be the biggest I Norway this season.
The top US Melges 24 teams are joined on San Francisco Bay this weekend by visitors from Switzerland/Italy, Australia, Ireland, Canada and the UK for the2012 Melges 24 North American Championship, taking place from 23-26 August.
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The famous windmachine on Lake Lucerne in Central Switzerland did not work very well for the Swiss Open Championships last weekend, as it was simply too hot with temperatures far over 30 degrees celcius even in the mountains.
During the past weekend the first official Melges 24 Danish Championship took place in Hellerup near Copenhagen. The event had participation of 28 boats covering most of Denmark as well as participants from Norway, Sweden and Germany.
