Gloria Melges, 93, a beloved member of the sailing community and an esteemed race committee officer, passed away peacefully on July 20, 2024.
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Hosted by the Muskegon Yacht Club and home to the start of the 2024 Quantum Great Lakes Cup Series, the 2024 Spring Championship happens on May 18-19. Online registration is officially open!
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Congratulations to Brian Porter at the helm of Full Throttle with his ‘boys’: Bri Porter, RJ Porter and Matt Woodworth as crew. After three days and 8 races in a variety of conditions, Porter captured an unprecedented 10th Melges 24 U.S. National Championship, making him the champ for a third time in a row. Congratulations also to Dan Berezin racing Surprise, with crew consisting of Michael Berezin, his son; Alex Kapustin, Mykhaylo Mayevskyy and Valerie Sushko are 2023 Corinthian National Champions.
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Teams awoke to cool temps, plentiful sunshine and very windy conditions on Day 2 of the 2023 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship on Lake Geneva in Wisconsin. The Melges 24 celebrates her 30th Anniversary this weekend and the cool, breezy conditions certainly put the icing on the birthday cake. Three short-track races were conducted setting up the fleet nicely for a proper Sunday showdown.
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It was a wild and windy day for the 2023 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship fleet in Fontana, Wisconsin. After three races, two-time U.S. Melges 24 National Champion Bora Gulari sailing Knocky Knocky leads the regatta. Brent McKenzie on Ex-Kahn leads the Corinthian division.
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It’s time to get the 30th Anniversary Regatta party started! The 2023 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship, hosted by none other than the Lake Geneva Yacht Club (LGYC), happens this weekend — October 6th-8th. As we speak, 29 of the best Melges 24 teams from all across America and Canada are converging on the sacred waters of Geneva Lake where it sailed for the very first time back in 1993.
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The U.S. Class is in the process of finalizing the 2024 National Ranking Series (NRS) racing calendar. But first, we would love to have some feedback regarding the preliminary 2024 NRS schedule of events.
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Richard Reid’s Melges 24 Zingara with tactician Brian Kamilar along with crew members Ian Sloan, Bill Gooderham and Serena Vilage won the highly-coveted International Class title by two points. Top Corinthian teams Dan Berezin on Surprise and Megan Ratliff’s Decorum brought out the best in heavy competition finishing the event in second and third respectively.
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Per the Notice of Race, item No.3, Eligibility and Entry, each Melges 24 needs to provide a valid measurement certificate for competition at the U.S. National Championship. In order for a measurement certificate to be valid, it needs to be in the name of the current owner + be stamped and signed by the USM24CA.
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Calling all Melges 24 teams competing at the 2023 U.S. Nationals on Geneva Lake! Is your team a perfect fit for the all-amateur Corinthian Division? Here is what you need to do to make sure your team is confirmed. The deadline for Corinthian competition is Friday, September 22nd.
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It was an awesome weekend filled with great fun and lots of Melges 24 racing at the Grand Traverse Yacht Club for the Guardians of the Great Lakes Regatta (formerly the Grand Traverse Invite) on August 26-27. Finishing no worse than third, Canada’s Richard Reid on Zingara edged out Eddie Cox’s Zenda Express and Cuyler Morris’ Dark Horse by three points to win the second event of the Quantum Great Lakes Cup Series (QGLC).
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The 2023 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship is all set to take place on October 6-8, hosted by the Lake Geneva Yacht Club (LGYC) in Fontana, Wisconsin — the birthplace of the Melges 24. As the Melges 24 continues celebrating its 30th anniversary, the U.S. Class anticipates this will be one of the most memorable regattas in Class history. With 26 teams already committed to race, a robust fleet of 35-40 are anticipated by the close of registration.
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The U.S. Melges 24 National Championship is just a little bit less than two months away, and there is no better time to prepare for competition than now, especially if you need bow numbers placed on your boat or need replacements.
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Grand Traverse Invitational, scheduled for this weekend, August 21 and 22, is pleased to announce 21 entries as of end of day Monday, August 16.
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The Santa Barbara Yacht Club is pleased to host the 14th annual Fiesta Cup in gorgeous Santa Barbara, California on July 23-25, 2021, and the Melges 24 is invited! The Fiesta Cup is also earmarked as 2021 U.S. Melges 24 National Ranking Event No. 5.
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Registration is now open for the 2021 Columbia Gorge One Design Regatta, hosted by Columbia Gorge Racing Association (CGRA), happening on July 30-August 1. The Melges 24 just loves this venue. Now is the time to fire up the teams and go racing again!
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Registration is now open for the fantastic Newport Regatta, hosted by Sail Newport in beautiful Newport, RI on July 11-12. This is the ultimate summer regatta!
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The Red Eight Regatta will take place on June 12, 2021, hosted by the Grand Traverse Yacht Club in Traverse City, MI. Registration is now open and online at Yachtscoring. Several Melges 24 teams are already signed up to race this grass roots event.
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The Quantum Melges 24 Great Lakes Cup officially kicked off this past weekend. Hosted by the Muskegon Yacht Club, 22 teams went head-to-head as the Spring Championship not only marked the first of four Cup Series events, it is also the official start of the Melges 24 Midwest racing season.
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The U.S. Melges 24 National Championship will take place on September 17-19, 2021, hosted by the Crescent Sail Yacht Club in Detroit, MI (Grosse Pointe Farms, MI). Registration is now open and online at Yachtscoring. Teams planing to attend are encouraged to go ahead and register. More details will be released shortly.
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