From the USMCA - Jacksonville, Florida More than forty Melges 24s are scheduled to compete at the 2007 Florida Yacht Club's King's Day Regatta making this the ultimate regatta showdown! Year-after-year it lives up to and exceeds expectations.
On the 6th October 2007 the IMCA World Council met for its Annual General Meeting in Paris, France and the full minutes of the meeting can now be read online.
From the USMCA - Florida Yacht Club; Jacksonville, Florida - If there is any one event that the U.S. Melges 24 Class looks forward to each year it has to be the Florida Yacht Club's world-famous King's Day Regatta.
It is with great sadness that we must report that Italian Class President Franco Maria Rao died suddenly on Saturday afternoon, 10 November 2008. He was sailing in a local winter championship regatta in his Finn when he collapsed in his boat during a windward leg.
Roving reporter and top Melges 24 crew Justin Chisholm has published a great write up about the recent November a Hyeres Regatta. You can check out his competitor's eye view of this great European end of season event at www.offshorerules.com
I'm afraid we haven't yet received any further reports from the Novembre a Hyeres Regatta but the club has now updated the results page so I'm delighted to be able to tell you that the regatta was won by Italy's Lorenzo Bressani's UKA UKA helmed by Francisco Bruni.
