"Fantastic weather, blue skies, blue water, great wind, thrills, spills and amazing racing." is how IMCA Secretary/Treasurer Tomi Hakola from Finland summed up today's second day of racing at the Italian Volvo Cup event in Alassio.
Official Volvo Cup photographer Pierrick Contin was hard at work on day one of the opening 2009 Volvo Cup event in Alassio and brings us an amazing GALLERY of images. Although rather chilly, sailing conditions were near perfect as Pierrick's amazing images show.
The 2009 ItalianVolvo Cup Series got under way in great styleyesterday in Alassio as 47 Melges 24s came to the line for a great day of racing in a shifty 15-30 knots of wind from the North/North East.
When Justin Chisholm of WWW.OFFSHORERULES.COM asked sailing legend and reigning Melges 24 North American Champion - "If you had to choose just one class to sail for the rest of your life, which would it be?" - here's what he had to say:- HUTCHINSON: Wow.
The organisers of the 2010 Melges 24 North American Yacht Club, to be hosted by Rochester Yacht Club, New York State, USA, from 17 to 25 September 2010, have now launched the EVENT WEB SITE and have posted the draft event schedule.
With the Volvo Cup 2009 series getting underway later this week in Alassio we caught up with Italian Class Secretary Luca Babini for an update on attendance numbers and an exciting new information support system that will be trialed at the event:- "We expect about 55 boats on the starting line.
