When I wrote last night that this regatta wouldn’t be over until the fat lady sang I had no concept of the Wagnerian dramas that would unfolded on this final day of the 2006 Melges 24 World Championship in Hyeres where two races were sailed in an easterly wind of 5-8 knots.
"Brutal" is how Brian Porter described day five of the Melges 24 World Championship in Hyeres where crews completed races seven to nine in the gold and silver fleets in light, shifty easterly winds.
We are pleased to report that, after a night of 100km per hour winds, the gales have blown themselves out in Hyeres and right now the boats are going afloat and we have a shifty 10-12 knots which is beginning to settle.
The overnight gales may have abated but there was no shortage of thrills and spills on day four of the Melges 24 World Championship in Hyeres as the 119 crews completed the final two of six round robin races to decide the gold and silver fleets.
