This is the first of several communications you will receive over the next few days to help you and your team prepare for competition in Santa Barbara. While many of these items may already be familiar to you, please read over these general housekeeping points carefully.
Read MoreThe Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Detroit concluded this past weekend with yet another notable performance in the Melges 24 division. Bruce Ayres and his team: George Peet, Ted Hackney, Tommy Dietrich and Pearl Latanza on Monsoon emerged as the overall winners, while Canada's Dan Berezin, sailing Surprise, won the Corinthian division.
Read MoreIf you are racing in more than one event on the West Coast this year, you’ll need some storage options between the U.S. Nationals (July 12-14), the Pacific Coast Championship (August 3-4) and the World Championship (August 17-24).
Read MoreJust a reminder that this Saturday, 1 June is the final day for standard registration for the 2024 Worlds on San Francisco Bay. With 30 teams already committed, this regatta is a must attend world championship! Register now with this link and save $400 before the Late Registration window opens.
Read MoreLook out, California—here come the Melges 24s! With the Midwest One-Design Spring Championship now complete, all eyes and teams turn to the West Coast for three incredible Melges 24 regattas. First up is the U.S. National Championship, hosted by the Santa Barbara Yacht Club (SBYC) on July 12-14.
Read MoreTitle sponsor Quantum Sails and the U.S. Melges 24 Class Association are ready to usher in the 2024 Great Lakes Cup series for a fourth exciting year. This exclusive, 4-part Melges 24 regatta series is tailor-made for the iconic sportboat. It kicks off this weekend (May 18-19) in Muskegon, Michigan and continues over the next five months in various locations throughout the Midwest promising a multi adrenaline-pumping showcase of Melges 24 racing.
Read MoreThe Melges 24 North American Sailing Series is almost to the half-way mark in 2024. With four exhilarating events completed, the current frontrunner, Jaime Torres, commands the leaderboard racing the formidable Smile and Wave, just slightly ahead of Midwinter Champion Steve Boho on The 300 (second), and Bacardi Winter Series Champion Bora Gulari on Kingspoke (third).
Read MoreAnthony Kotoun, although a new Melges 24 owner and recently crowned 2024 Charleston Race Week Champion, he is by no means a stranger to the Class. After acquiring boat number 619, Anthony assembled a semi-experienced crew that had never sailed together. Then, he chose one of the toughest and most challenging venues in all of sailing and proceeded to put the Stepping Razor team to the test.
Read MoreThe picturesque backdrop of Charleston, South Carolina, played host to the spectacle of Charleston Race Week 2024, where the salty breeze and the thrill of competition filled the air. The 180 boats in sixteen classes were vying for victory. A newcomer in the Melges 24 class emerged triumphant, etching his name into the annals of CRW history.
Read MoreThe Southeast Inland Championship, hosted by the Lake Lanier Sailing Club was great success this past weekend, 15 boats raced. This was the third regatta in our North American Sailing series. Six out of town teams and nine local completed on Lake Lanier under super conditions.
Read MoreSailboat racers have been having a blast on the Melges 24 for over 30 years and the boat’s popularity is as hot as ever, as Peter McClennen, from Newport, RI, can attest. A relative newcomer to the Melges 24 since 2020, McClennen also races VX One, Melges 20, J70s, C&C 30 OD, and the IC37. However, he loves the challenge that the M24 brings to the party.
Read MorePlans are underway for the 2024 Melges 24 World Championshipon the beautiful San Francisco Bay, hosted by The San Francisco Yacht Club . This Sunday, March 31, is the deadline to take advantage of the $100 early registration discount.
Read MoreThe International Melges 24 Class Association, in partnership with The San Francisco Yacht Club and the U.S. Melges 24 Class Association, is excited to announce the opening of registration for the 2024 World Championship, which will take place August 17-24 in beautiful California, USA!
Read MoreBora Gulari at the helm of Kingspoke emerged triumphant ahead of overnight regatta leader Peter-David Karrie racing Nefeli. Congratulations to Jan Frederik Dyvi, Jan Borø, Herman Horn-Johannessen, Stian Ness Rørvik and Malin Rørvik-Sundelin as they are the 2024 Corinthian Melges 24 Bacardi Invitational Regatta champions. This is their 3rd consecutive Bacardi Invitational Regatta all-amateur win. He placed 8th overall.
Read MoreIt was another intense day of racing in fantastic conditions on Biscayne Bay at the 97th Bacardi Cup and Bacardi Invitational Regatta. The usual shifty breeze was around 8-10 knots with plenty of race track nuances. All changed on Day Two with Peter Karrie’s Nefeli topping the Melges 24 fleet.
Read MoreRacing got underway on March 7th for the five one-design fleets competing in the Bacardi Invitational Regatta, with two hundred and seven teams and well over six hundred sailors delivering a stunning spectacle on Biscayne Bay.
Read MoreThe 2024 World Championship returns to SFYC for the first time since 2013. Five days of great racing and shoreside social activities are scheduled 20 - 24 August 2024. Twelve races are planned to determine the next world champion in sunny, windy, and challenging SF Bay race conditions.
Read MoreThe BCIR will consist of nine races spread across three days. The J/70, Melges 24, Snipe, Viper 640 and VX One classes are chomping at the bit to get on the water. Racing gets underway at 11:00 hrs on Thursday, March 7th.
Read MoreOn Friday, February 23, World Sailing approved the final 2024 changes to the Melges 24 Class Rules. It published a new edition along with the document of particular changes, which came into effect immediately.
Read MoreCharleston Race Week 2024 at Patriots Point is marked as North American Sailing Series event No. 4 on this year’s racing calendar. Event organizers recently distributed some important logistical changes for the event this year, in hopes that it will help you finalize your plans to attend.
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