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The SNIM Regatta, which takes place this Easter weekend in Marseille, always provides a spectacular opener for the Melges 24 European Ranking Series and SNIM 2004 is set to be another fantastic event.

From Gunter Tzeschlock - The first German Ranking event of the season takes place this weekend, 3-4 April, at the North Sails Cup in Kreuzlingen on Lake Constance (Switzerland). Late entries are still being accepted and more details can be found at www.melges24.de, click here for the notice of race.

From Bill Blank - Don't forget to put your entries in for the Annapolis NOOD. With just over a month to go we have 10 signed up, boats coming from across the eastern seaboard from Florida to Massachusetts and even a team from the UK.

On the final day of racing in the gulf of Saint-Tropez with 20 knots of Mistral and beautiful sunshing, the Coupe de France du Yacht Club de France crowned a new champion: the TEAM "Yacht Club de Monaco 2", which consisted of the crews of Peter de Ridder on Mean Machine (Mumm 30), Philippe Bundle of

Four races in beautiful spring conditions with gentle breeze and warming sun: the 165 team-members taking part in the second day of this very prestigious Coupe de France du Yacht Club du France in the gulf of Saint-Tropez today wrote a new page in the history of this trophy inaugurated in 1891.

After the dissipation of a light fog and the appearance of the sun around 2 pm, a gentle breeze from the South-east rose in the gulf of Saint-Tropez, making it possible for two race to be run for the 30 crews engaged in the 54th edition of this historical trophy, now being run in teams of three boat