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After a fantastically well fought nine event series Britain's Jamie Lea has won the 2002 European Ranking by just 6.5 points. The battle for second through fourth place was extremely tight with just 1.5 points separating the three boats.

18 September 2002 - From 14th to 15th September the Italian fleet competed for the title "Italian Open 2002".

The Yacht Club of France, in association with the French Sailing Federation (FFV) and the Melges 24 Class, are pleased to announce the revival of the COUPE DE FRANCE. The Cup was raced for the first time in Brest in 1891 and for the last time last time in Bnodet in 1992.

Tom Freytag and his "Wicked Feet" crew took the 2002 Quantum Sails sponsored US Nationals in Traverse City, Michigan with a race to spare.

Last weekend's Norwegian Open, run by the Fredriksstad Seilforening attracted a great entry of 28 boats and saw some really close racing with just nine points separating the top five boats.

After five consecutive trys (crewed three times, and driven twice) Harry Melges at the helm for Jeff Ecklund captured the top spot today overall to become the 2002 Melges 24 World Champion in Travemunde, Germany.