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Official Rolex Baltic Week photographer Daniel Forster has been out on the water each day shooting the Melges 24 European Championship. Check out his amazing images - including some stunning pictures of the windy sixth race at WWW.REGATTANEWS.COM

Day three here in Neustadt has brought out beautiful sunshine and a good sailing breeze in the mid teens. Right now it's 1100, the crews are just about to start the first of two races and we look set for a great day's sailing.

From the Australian Melges 24 Class - MELGES 24S a dominant presence at Airlie Beach Race Week, and Hamo, Whitsundays, Australia. The new Australian built Melges 24 AUS709 Kaito owned by Western Australian restaurateur Heath Townsend made its racing debut at Airlie Beach.

Two more races were sailed today for the Melges 24 European Championship at Rolex Baltic Week in Neustadt, Germany. Five of the possible twelve races have now been completed and tonight Switzerlands Flavio Favini continues to lead the regatta by eight points having scored a fifth and a tenth.

It's already getting dark here in Neustadt and the crews in the 2007 Melges 24 European Championship being held at Baltic Race Week are only just back ashore after a long day and three gruelling races.

The wind finally arrived for the second day of the 2007 Melges 24 European Championship being run in association with Rolex Baltic Week in Neustadt, Germany and the 78 teams were able to complete the first three of twelve scheduled races.