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The Minutes of the 2009 International Melges 24 Class Association World Council AGM, held on 14 November 2009 at Richmond-Upon-Thames, England, have now been published.

Check out this disco-tastic promo slide show that the German Class has made to promote its presence at the 2010 Dusseldorf Boat Show, Europe's biggest boat show, which takes place from 23-31 January 2010 (visit www.boat-duesseldorf.comfor more information about how to visit the show).

The Sheehy Lexus 2009 Melges 24 World Championship, hosted by the Eastport Yacht Club, attracted fifty-one entries from across Europe and the US, with teams from the USA, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France, Britain, the Netherlands, Norway and Ukraine congregating in Annapolis to challenge

The Melges 24 Class is really taking off in Hungary where the Hungarian Melges 24 Class is now running an annual regatta series on Lake Balaton (where the water really is the same turquoise blue that you get off Key West!).

The fifty-one international teams, who had travelled from across North America and Europe to compete in the Sheehy Lexus of Annapolis 2009 Melges 24 World Championships, finally got the welcome opportunity to race in double-digit breezes on the final day of the regatta.

We're all set for a great final day show down here in Annapolis with up to three more races to sail and all to play for at the top of the fleet.