After three days and eight races on Lake St. Clair, the U.S. Melges 24 Class is proud to present two new Champions — Brian Porter on Full Throttle (Overall), and Mike Dow at the helm of Flying Toaster (Corinthian).
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The Bacardi Winter Series, Bacardi Cup and Bacardi Invitational Regatta are once again returning to Miami, USA, for the 2021-2022 racing season. Online registration is available for all of these events. Register Now!
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The start of the 2021 U.S. Melges 24 National Championship is only a day away, September 16-19 hosted by the Crescent Sail Yacht Club in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. Teams are steadily arriving on the scene, practicing, tuning, getting everything ready in anticipation of challenging racing conditions and fierce competition.
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There's something about 24-foot boats that attracts great sailors. This tradition arguably began with Rod Johnstone's J/24 (1977), which passed the proverbial torch to the Melges 24, a sportboat that was drawn by Reichel/Pugh in 1993 and has been built by Melges Performance Sportboats ever since.
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The U.S. Melges 24 National Championship has issues Competitor Announcement No. 2. Please take a moment to review all items and be sure your teams is race ready!
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It’s Back. Last year the combined Melges 24 Gulf Coast and Atlantic Coast Championships were sailed on Mobile Bay because the Pensacola YC marina had been damaged by Hurricane Sally. The Annual Bushwhacker Cup is back on track for November 2021… The Race is On!
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All competing teams and crew are strongly encouraged to take note and action on the following items regarding entry to the forthcoming Melges 24 U.S. National Championship. It’s a checklist: early entry, corinthian competition, membership, gear and crew lists.
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If there is one regatta that Melges 24 teams look forward to most every year it’s the National Championship. In 2021, hosted by the Crescent Sail Yacht Club in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, the U.S. Melges 24 Class is really excited to have the event taking place in the heart of its largest fleet district, the Midwest.
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The Melges 24 Canadian Class is thrilled to announce the 2021 National Championship will take place, hosted by the Royal Victoria Yacht Club on October 1-3.
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After two years hiatus in the schedule of the Melges 24 World Championships, the International Class is hopeful to welcome Melges 24s for the 2022 Worlds to be hosted by the Lauderdale Yacht Club in co-operation with U.S. Melges 24 Class on May 9-15.
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This past weekend the Grand Traverse Yacht Club, in Traverse City, Michigan, was pleased to once again host the Melges 24 Class at its long standing Invitational Regatta.
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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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Sailing is where it is at when it comes to family. This past weekend, U.S. Class member Joe Quarantillo along with his wife Heather and sons Joss and Bridger aboard Cannonball, competed together at the the Dillon Open Regatta.
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The Columbia Gorge Racing Association and Melges 24 Pacific Northwest District hosted the annual CGOD regatta on the weekend of July 31-Aug 1.
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Santa Barbara Yacht Club hosted the first regatta of the 2021 Melges 24 West Coast Championship Series in conjunction with its annual Fiesta Cup on the weekend of July 23-25, 2021. Racing was held on the idyllic coastal waters of the American Riviera.
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The Notice of Race for the Pensacola Yacht Club’s 2nd ‘annual’ Bushwhacker Cup [delayed one year by the pandemic and Hurricane Sally] has been posted and entries are now open. The regatta, which serves as the Atlantic Coast Championships, is scheduled for November 12-14, 2021.
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The IM24CA AGM will take place on November 6, 2021. In preparation, the U.S. Class is reaching out to its current membership for any submissions regarding the Class constitution, future events, class rules, technical issues, regatta regulations and general policies.
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A massive congrats to Laura Grondin aboard her Melges 24 Dark Energy as she and her team of tactician Taylor Canfield, Cole Brauer, Richard Peale and Matthew Ray had a banner week of fun and fantastic sailing at Block Island Race Week presented by Margaritaville 2021.
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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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You are cordially invited to the first event of the Herreshoff Marine Museum & America’s Cup Hall of Fame Golden Jubilee — a celebration of Herreshoff New York Yacht Club One Designs.
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