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Brian Porter and his Melges 24 Team of Andy Burdick, brother John Porter and Dave Navin won the 3 Regatta Melges 24 Winter Series for 2003. This is the 6th time this team has won this exciting series. Brian's Melges 24 Full Throttle won the Jacksonville, Florida regatta in mid November.

Miami Beach was the location for the final US winter series regatta for the growing Melges 24 Class. The Melges 24 Winter Series begins in Jacksonville, Florida. The Midwinters is in Key West and then the final stop is Miami.

The NOR and Entry form for both Torbole Melges Week, 1-4 May on Lake Guarda, Italy, and the new Massilia Mono Regatta, which takes place in Cassis, France, from 4-6 April, are now available on line.

The next three events in the World Ranking Series are just around the corner so if you haven't already put in your entries and booked your accommodation for the US Nationals (13-15 March, Pensacola, FL), the Texahoma Lakefest Regatta (11-13 April, Lake Texhoma, TX) and SNIM (18-21 April, Marseille,

Overall results from St Petersburg NOOD 2003.

Eric Hood reports direct from the race course of the 2003 St Petersburg NOOD - Nineteen Melges 24 teams made it to this years annual event. I believe it was the sixteenth or seventeenth event hosted by great sponsors and of course our primary sponsor Sailing World magazine.