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From Christel Durand - Walk down the famous Canebire Avenue, walk along the port on the left side, your eyes blinking in the shining Eastern sun of Provence Just after the very typical Marseilles Ferry Boat and before the floating HQ of the Socit Nautique, a strange crowd of sailors in red, yellow,
From Christel Durand in Marseille - The SNIM Regatta in Marseille is the opening event of the Melges 24 European Ranking and this year 63 boats from 9 European nations are racing in this four day regatta off the French Mediterranean coast.
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