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Dont get me started In Marseilles this year the Melges 24 Class SNIM regatta lived up to its reputation as a thoroughly tough event in every aspect. The traditional punishing race schedule spread over the four day Easter weekend made it a hard event just to complete in let alone achieve victory.

Ever since her election as President of the USMCA earlier this year, Karen Gottwald has been working flat out to pull together a strong Executive Team, ratify a formal USMCA Constitution and continue the revitalisation of the US Class begun by Jeff Jones.

Fresh in from the San Francisco Yacht Club in fabulous San Francisco, California The Official Notice Of Race for the 2005 Melges 24 Pacific Coast Championships, being held September 24-25 has been issued. Check out the San Francisco Yacht Club's Web site to download a copy today.

Every once in a while opportunity reveals itself and this year for the U.S. Melges 24 Class Association, it seems to be just around every corner. Initially, there was the intense task of restructuring and reorganizing the Executive Committee and establishing a more unified Board of Governors.

From Christel Durand of the French Class - After twelve fantastic races, of which ten counted, Rmy Arnaud and his crew aboard Dyneema/Liros won the 2005 Open French National Championship sponsored by Challenge Partner & Partners, which took place this weekend in La Rochelle by 7 points from the

Morgan Reeser at the helm for Neil Sullivan on USA-566 M-FATIC is the 2005 Carloan.com Melges 24 U.S. National Champion. Reeser already has two U.S. titles (2000 & 2003) under his belt and now with a third, he becomes the only individual in U.S.