Zane Yoder, Gulf Coast District Governor and Southeast District Governor, Tony Stanley for the USM24CA worked quickly and have confirmed that instead, the Mobile Yacht Club in Mobile, AL will host the event as an alternate venue.
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Come sail with Bacardi this Winter racing season Online registration is officially open for all three forthcoming Bacardi events — Winter Series No. 1 and No. 2, and the Bacardi Invitational slated for March 2021!
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The 2020 Melges 24 Charleston Open is scheduled to take place on October 23-25 in Charleston, SC.
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Thank you to everyone in advance who took the time to participate in our 2021 World Championship Survey. Your input and thoughtful feedback is invaluable in making critical decisions regarding the Worlds next year.
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This spring we watched racing come to an abrupt halt. Large events including our World Championship were cancelled amid COVID-19 outbreak.
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The Notice of Race for the Pensacola Yacht Club’s 2nd annual Bushwhacker Cup has been posted and entries are now open. The regatta, which serves as the Atlantic & Gulf Coast Regional Championships, is scheduled for November 13-15, 2020.
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After much thoughtful consideration and deliberation, event director Randy Draftz has announced that Sperry Charleston Race Week 2020 has been cancelled.
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In light of the current global situation and feedback from local officials, the Executive Committee of the IM24CA along with Randy Draftz, our event organizer; and in consultation with Megan Ratliff, Chair of the US Melges 24 Class, reached the difficult decision to cancel the World Championship scheduled for the beginning of May.
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With the conclusion of the third and final event of the 2019/2020 Melges 24 Bacardi Winter Series, Gulari has also gone on to win the overall Champion title by a substantial margin, ahead of 2019 U.S. National Champion Michael Goldfarb’s Warcanoe in second.
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The Southeast Inland Championship is one of the most fun, relaxed yet super competitive regattas in the Southeast district. The Notice of Race (NOR) is now available.
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United by an equal passion, more than 500 sailors from around the world will race in Biscayne Bay, Miami, at the 93rd Bacardi Cup and Bacardi Invitational Regatta from March 1-7, 2020.
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With the 2020 Melges 24 racing season well-under way in North America, the International Melges 24 Class Association (IM24CA) in conjunction with U.S. Melges 24 Championship Events, Inc. and Regatta Management, are in full-on preparation mode for the upcoming World Championship taking place on May 1-9.
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Duncan’s team was the only one of the regatta’s 193 competitors to finish the series with a perfect scoreline, winning all seven races.
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With only three months to go until the start of the 2020 World Championship (1-9 May) in Charleston, South Carolina, Melges 24 teams all over the world are steadily signing up to compete.
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After a big blow in the Bacardi Winter Series Event No. One in December, light air skills were tested at Event No. 2 this past weekend in Miami.
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The 2020 Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta takes place in Miami on March 5-7 for the Melges 24s. Early Entry ends on February 1 - so now is the time to register and get ready to race.
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After a successful debut, the second edition of the Bacardi Winter Series features two events in Miami for the Melges 24 and J/70 fleets with over forty teams set for the opening battle this weekend, 14-15 December 2019.
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By Talbot Wilson/Pensacola Yacht Club - The three teams leading Pensacola Yacht Club’s Melges 24 Atlantic & Gulf Coast Championship (aka the Bushwhacker Cup) after Day 1 were confirmed as the three podium finishers on Day 2.
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By Talbot Wilson/Pensacola Yacht Club - Two teams, each with America's Cup challenger team members aboard, battled for the top two places after the first five races of Pensacola Yacht Club's inaugural Melges 24 Atlantic and Gulf Coast Championship.
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By Talbot Wilson/Pensacola Yacht Club - For Galveston girl Chandler Self, the Pensacola Yacht Club Bushwhacker Cup is her first Melges 24 regatta. She is new to the class and will be working the bow of Zane Yoder's lime green Melges< 24 Friday Night Gigolos. She is the only lady sailor on the five-person crew.
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