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The German Melges 24 Class Association is delighted to announce that LIROS, the innovative and well-known producer of high-tech ropes, will sponsori the 2005 German Open National Championship and 2005 German Ranking Series.

Despite the fact that all major IMCA events incorporate a Corinthian Division, for amateur crews, very few Melges 24 teams are correctly registering their Corinthian status.

March thru May brings us another fantastic batch of regattas for your delight and delectation.

Introducing an new occassional column from Justin Chisholm, of the UK's Team Barbarians, who brings us a sailors eye view of life on the IMCA circuit: One of my better decisions.It is human nature to dwell on the poor decisions we make during our lives and we rarely take the time to congratulate our

Urgent Announcement From The Italian Class - The Alassio Volvo Cup, originally scheduled for last weekend (4-6 March) had to be postponed because of severe weather conditions including snow closing the motorways in Liguria.

Devoti Sailing's Paul Manning will be attending SNIM to support the Melges 24 teams competing. If you have any advance equipment or service requirements please urgently contact Paul or Kay at Devoti with details of your requirements. The deadline for equipment requests for SNIM is Friday 18 March.