Twenty-one Melges 24s will compete at the 2009 Autonet Mobile Melges 24 U.S. National Championship, June 12-14, hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club San Francisco, Calif., (June 11, 2009) - The 2009 Autonet Mobile Melges 24 U.S.
Overnight Volvo Photographer Pierrick Contin has sent us another large batch of great images from day one of the Italian Open Championship and Volvo Cup in Cagliari Sardinia so go check out the updated GALLERY.
The Mistral winds arrived in Cagliari today at the 2009 Italian Melges 24 Open Championship and brought with it some truly spectacular sailing conditions for the 35 strong fleet competing in the latest Volvo Cup event.
As usual Volvo Cup photographer Pierrick Contin has been hard at work out on the race course on the opening day of the Italian Open Championship and Volvo Cup in Cagliari so go check out his great GALLERY of images.
In Cagliari, in the far south of the beautiful island of Sardinia, Italy, the Melges 24 teams are leaving the dock this morning ready to do battle for the 2009 Italian Open Championship and event four in the 2009 Volvo Cup Series.
It seemsthat one of the major trends in sailing these days is to bring it closer and closer to land, and that is exactly what Autonet Mobile will be doing at the 2009 U.S. Melges 24 National Championship beginning tomorrow, Friday June 12.
