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Three more great races saw Harry Melges, helming for Jeff Ecklund, consolidate his lead in the Melges 24 North American Championship with three straight wins in Annapolis today.

Harry Melges, helming for Jeff Ecklund, dominated day one of the Melges 24 North American Championships in Annapolis today with a 2, 1, 2 scoreline.

The final day of racing in Marseille saw more light and shify conditions with the southerly wind nevergetting above 10 knots.

With nine races now completed in Marseille's SNIM Regatta Englishman Jamie Lea, helming for Richard Thompson, has established a comfortable 29 point lead ahead of Italy's Mario Zilliani.

Sixty nine boats from nine nations are gathered in the French Mediterranean port of Marseille to take part in the SNIM Regatta, the first event of the 2002 European Ranking Series. Day one brought beautiful clear skys and bright sunshine but a cold offshore breeze.

Last friday, the second of the Mediterranean Melges circuit race (after Primo Cup and just before SNIM in Marseille) took place in the beautiful location of Cassis, near Marseille.