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From the French Class. The last French Melges 24 2006 regatta and the final event in the European Ranking took place this past weekend with the Novembre a Hyeres Regatta. If only 19 boats were on the starting line the level was very good.

From IMCA Technical Advisor David Chivers - A great deal of measurement and inspection took place at the recent world championships and although generally most boats were fine it is worth mentioning a few subjects that need attention.

A number of people have contacted me to find out what is happening with the Melges 24 Worlds 2006 DVD which Henri Samuel, IMCA Chairman, is continuing to chase on our behalf.

The prize giving for the 2006 Volvo Cup series will be held in association with the Coppa Italia in Alassio on Friday December 8th. The notice of race, registration form as well as accomodation list is available in the "Regate section" of WWW.MELGES24.IT, under "Bandi e Moduli".

The 2006 Melges 24 United States National Championship is being sailed out of Florida Yacht Club (FYC), Jacksonville, Florida on November 16-18th. The FYC has hosted the Melges 24 fleet in November for the past 14 years as the highly successful, Kings Day Regatta.

Sydney, Australia - It was announced today that Northshore Yachting have signed an exclusive license agreement with Melges Performance Sailboats (Zenda, Wi., USA) to build and distribute the Melges 24 the worlds premiere high performance, one design sportboat throughout the Asia Pacific market.