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2017 Melges 24 European Sailing Series in Luino
Lino Favini Cup Will Determine The Winners Of The Series

October 12, 2017 – Luino, Italy- Expectations are growing for the great finale of the 2017 edition of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series, whose beginning is scheduled for tomorrow, Friday 13th, at noon.

Twenty-five teams from eight countries have already gathered in Luino, on the Eastern shore of Lago Maggiore, ready to start a series of up to eight races that will determine the winner of the 2017 Melges 24 European Sailing Series, 2017 Melges 24 Italian Series, Melges 24 Swiss champion and the winner of the leg itself, called Lino Favini Cup, taking place for the 14th time already.

Current leader of the overall ranking is GILL RACE TEAM by Miles Quinton with Geoff Carveth helming, only crew that has taken part to all the events of the season. The British entry is followed in the overall ranking by the Hungarian guys aboard FGF SAILING TEAM, who missed only one event in the whole season, and by the twice Corinthian World Champions in 2016 and 2017, the Italians of TAKI 4 by Marco Zammarchi, with Niccolò Bertola in helm.
The top-five is completed by UPUPUP by Bo Boje Pedersen and SEVEN-FIVE-NINE, another Hungarian entry, by Akos Csolto.
Overall standings of the series

TAKI 4, after the successes of the season, is tightly holding the leadership in the overall Corinthian ranking, where second place is occupied by the above named GILL RACE TEAM, then followed by BARMALEY, Ukrainian crew with Andrea Shafranyuk in helm. The already Corinthian World Champions of LENNY from Estonia are currently ranked in fourth, leaving at their back the German entry WHITE ROOM.
Corinthian division ranking

Among the entries to keep under the spotlight, there will be the 2017 World Champions aboard Gianluca Perego’s MAIDOLLIS, with the couple Fracassoli-Fonda at helm and tactics, holding currently Lino Favini Perpetual Trophy, that will be assigned to the winner of the 2017 Lino Favini Cup; and Andrea Racchelli’s ALTEA, current holder of perpetual trophy of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series.
See the Entry List

SCHEDULE
Thursday October 12: 09.00-12.30 / 14.30-18.00 Registration and Weigh-in
Friday October 13: 08.30-10.30 Registration, Weigh-in
10.30 Deadline for Registration, Weigh-in
10.30 Skippers Briefing
12.00 First Warning Signal
Saturday October 14: Races
Sunday October 15: Races, Prizegiving

MELGES 24 MEDIA
Racing updates from Luino will be delivered to you across the IM24CA social media. Each day, the IM24CA and Zerogradinord will work hard to bring you updates via video, photos and text. Zerogradinord represented by Mauro Melandri and Marta Rovatti will push hard to deliver wonderful photos and footage to you daily. Racing can be followed also in real time via TracTrac webpage. You can follow all the latest actions and coverage of the event at the official IM24CA Facebook Page.

 

Associazione Velica Alto Verbano will be the hosting event for this final event for the third time already co-organized by International Melges 24 Class Association, with the precious support of Lino Town Council and of Chamber Of Commerce of Varese.

 

The busy season of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2017 started in Portoroz, Slovenia in April followed by the second regatta in Riva del Garda, Italy in May and the third in Marstrand, Sweden in June. Fourth event, the most important title event of the year – the World Championship – was held in Helsinki, Finland in August and the fifth event in Medemblik, the Netherlands, in September.

More information about the series, the Notice of Race and online registration of the events are available at melges24.com/europeansailingseries

Follow also:
Event in Facebook
Facebook of the International Melges 24 Class Association
Website of the International Melges 24 Class Association

Instagram
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For further information on the Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2017, please contact:
Piret Salmistu
IM24CA Administrator & Media Coordinator
+372 507 7217
piret@melges24.com

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03.10.2017

2017 Melges 24 European Sailing Series
Gill Race Team and Taki 4 on Top of the Rankings
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October 3, 2017 – IM24CA – 2017 Melges 24 European Sailing Season is approaching its finish soon. Five events completed and finale grande – Lino Favini Cup, the Melges 24 Swiss Open Championship and the final act both for the European and Italian series – will determine the winners of the season-long tour in Europe over the weekend of October 13-15.

Eighty-nine teams, including the fifty-five Corinthian teams, have been competing at the events of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series this year. The World Championship in this part of the world has created more excitement and rivalry, no doubt. Seven teams shipping their boats to Europe or renting a charter boat not only for the title event, but also for the other events, has been great and fostered stronger connections between different continents in Melges 24 family. Eighteen nations are represented in the series ranking having the biggest number of teams participating from Germany and Sweden, followed by Italy and Norway.

Forty-five single races have been sailed during five events with seven discards as according to the scoring after every sixth race sailed a discard will apply. The only team travelling to all events of the series is Miles Quinton’s GILL RACE TEAM from Great Britain with Geoff Carveth helming. The teams who have missing only one event are Italian TAKI 4, Hungarian FGF SAILING TEAM and SEVEN-FIVE-NINE, Danish UPUPUP, and Ukrainian BARMALEY.

OVERALL top 5 boats are (89 boats ranked from 18 nations):
1. GILL RACE TEAM GBR694 – Geoff Carveth, Miles Quinton, Christian Birrell, Dan Schieber, Liam Gardener, Raffy Quinton, Ellie Meopham, Josh Wilce
2. FGF SAILING TEAM HUN728 – Domonkos Rozsnyay, Levente Takacsy, Kristóf Takacsy, Bence Buza
3. TAKI 4 ITA778 – Niccolò Bertola, Giacomo Fossati, Marco Zammarchi, Matteo De Chiara, Giovanni Bannetta
4. UPUPUP DEN837 – Bo Boje Pedersen, Joachim Aschenbrenner, Jeppe Ditlev, Casper Ladefogde, Kristian Kvid
5. SEVEN-FIVE-NINE HUN759 – Arpad Litkey, Gabor Büki, Zsolt Büki, Balazs Tomai, Botond Weöres, Gabor Pesti
Full Overall Ranking

CORINTHIAN division top 5 boats are (55 teams ranked from 17 nations):
1. TAKI 4 ITA778 – Niccolò Bertola, Giacomo Fossati, Marco Zammarchi, Matteo De Chiara, Giovanni Bannetta
2. GILL RACE TEAM GBR694 – Geoff Carveth, Miles Quinton, Christian Birrell, Dan Schieber, Liam Gardener
3. BARMALEY UKR661 – Andriy Shafranyuk, Sergiy Levchenko, Viktor Kandyba, Vitaliy Moshkovskiy
4. LENNY EST790 – Tõnu Tõniste, Toomas Tõniste, Tammo Otsasoo, Andres Rohtla, Maiki Saaring
5. WHITE ROOM GER677 – Luis Tarabochia, Sebastian Buehler, Michael Tarabochia, Caro Tiegel, Laura Fischer, Marco Tarabochia
Full Corinthian Ranking

The final event of the 2017 Melges 24 European Sailing Series will be hosted by Associazione Velica Alto Verbano (AVAV) and supported by Luino Town Council and the Chamber of Commerce of Varese. The race will be for the trophy dedicated to Flavio Favini’s, 2007 and 2013 Melges 24 European and 2014 Melges 24 World Champion, father. Also the perpetual trophies of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series, in hold of 2016 winners Italian Andrea Racchelli’s ALTEA and Corinthian Miles Quinton’s GILL RACE TEAM, will find new holders there.

Both current leaders of the overall and Corinthian divisions – Miles Quinton’s GILL RACE TEAM with Geoff Carveth on the helm and Marco Zammarchi’s TAKI 4 with Bertola-Fossati – have entered already. Some of the best teams in the class will be challenging from Italy – current world champion Gian Luca Perego’s MAIDOLLIS with Fracassoli-Fonda and the winner of the 2016 European Sailing Series Andrea Racchelli’s ALTEA. Also, the winner of the pre-ultimate event in Medemblik, Hungarian FGF SAILING TEAM with Robert Bakoczy at the helm is one candidate for the final podium place in Luino. It’s great to see many German entries and Mike Goldfarb’s WARCANOE from U.S. coming to Luino. See the current entry list here

Flavio Favini with AVAV is happy to host the Melges 24 international fleet in Luino: „We are getting ready for our Melges 24 end of the season Classic, the Coppa Lino Favini. Again, we will have an honour of hosting the Swiss Nationals, the Italian and European circuit finals. We are proud to have been chosen once again by my favourite class to be the final event of a wonderful season. We promise to do our best to match the high level of Melges 24 class and to make you feel at home here at AVAV. We are pleased to invite you to Luino, October 13-15, to race and have a good time after sailing with us!“

The busy season of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2017 started in Portoroz, Slovenia in April followed by the second regatta in Riva del Garda, Italy in May and the third in Marstrand, Sweden in June. Fourth event, the most important title event of the year – the World Championship – was held in Helsinki, Finland in August and the fifth event in Medemblik, the Netherlands, in September.

More information about the series, the Notice of Race of the Luino regatta and online registration of the event are available at melges24.com/europeansailingseries

Follow also:
Facebook of the International Melges 24 Class Association
Website of the International Melges 24 Class Association

Instagram
Twitter
Flickr

For further information on the Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2017, please contact:
Piret Salmistu
IM24CA Administrator & Media Coordinator
+372 507 7217
piret@melges24.com

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September 17, 2017 – Medemblik, the Netherlands –

2017 Melges 24 European Sailing Series Medemblik –

Final Day FGF Sailing Team Is Melges 24 Dutch Champion 2017

The final day of the Delta Lloyd Open Dutch Championship in Medemblik saw the last three races of the event for Melges 24 fleet and comparing to yesterday, no changes were made to the podium places. Hungarian FGF SAILING TEAM kept their track to victory, while Dutch Team KESBEKE/SIKA/GILL secured their second position and GILL RACE TEAM (GBR) was consistent enough to complete the podium as third.

This was an early morning for Melges 24 sailors in Medemblik as the racing for their course for rescheduled to start one hour earlier due to the face that the last race of yesterday was abandoned for another classes – SB20s, Ynglings and J22s – on the same race course. The morning in Medemblik was really quiet, but the wind was picking up by 10 am when the first start of the day was given to Melges 24s. In the wind of eight knots wind gusts of ten knots two races were sailed in fairly good conditions. For the start of third race the wind started to weaken already, but it was still a fair racing until the second part of the first downwind leg when there was hardly four knots wind left and the Race Committee led by Marcol de Klerk was forced to shorten the course and take the finish for Melges 24 fleet at the downwind gate. It was a fair decision as the gennakers were falling in and three boats decided not to finish that race due to the unreachable time limit.

FGF SAILING TEAM (HUN728) with Robert Bakoczy in helm added two bullets and one second place to their score today. In total of five bullets and three second places their scored eleven points as their worse place, yesterday’s 3rd, was discarded.

It was a close racing between 2017 Worlds‘ sixth – winning Hungarians and local Eelco Blok’s TEAM KESBEKE/SIKA/GILL (NED827) with Ronald Veraar in helm. Six points separated local team from the winners with final score of 2-2-3-2-1-(6)-4-1-2. The helmsman Ronald Veraar was really happy with the racing and with the job of Race Committee. „Although we had only nine boats here, it was great that Race Committee kept the starting line short and race course short and gave us more up and down sailing. In frank, it was close racing and a lot of spot changing. We finished all within one minute almost each time. The level was quite close to each other except for FGF Sailing Team who was always a little bit in front. I was happy with our crew which was half new here as two members could not make it this time. The new guys sailed Melges 24 5-6 years ago and I was really happy how it went.“

Miles Quinton’s GILL RACE TEAM (GBR694) with Geoff Carveth helming had a battle to complete the podium with another Hungarian team – Akos Csolto’s SEVEN-FIVE-NINE (HUN759). When GILL RACE TEAM scored 5-3-4-1-3-3-5-4-(6) and eleven points was separating them from the second place, then Hungarian team finished the event five points behind as fourth.

Also David Pinner’s KISS (GBR645) was performing consistent and well to get higher placement than sixth, but the crew injury on the first day forced them cancel one race and today they were not lucky to finish the last race while the wind was dying and the finish line was far enough to end the race within time limit. Melges 24 fleet was lucky enough to end the racing just before heavy rain started, wind dropped dramatically and was too shifty to get the race started for other classes.

Results
Photos by Jasper van Staveren – www.SailService.org and Klaas Wiersma

2017 Melges 24 European Sailing Series will come to an end in Luino, Italy in October with the 14th edition of the Lino Favini Cup (Coppa Lino Favini), considered also as the Melges 24 Swiss Open Championship and 4th Act of Melges 24 Italian Series 2017.

More information about the series, the Notice of Race and online registration of the events are available at melges24.com/europeansailingseries

Follow also:
Event website
Event in Facebook
Facebook of the International Melges 24 Class Association
Website of the International Melges 24 Class Association

Instagram
Twitter
Flickr

For further information on the Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2017, please contact:
Piret Salmistu
IM24CA Administrator & Media Coordinator
+372 507 7217
piret@melges24.com

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September 16, 2017 – Medemblik, the Netherlands –

2017 Melges 24 European Sailing Series Medemblik –

Day Two FGF Sailing Team Remains The Leader

September 16, 2017 – Medemblik, the Netherlands – Delta Lloyd Open Dutch Championship, considered as the penultimate event of the 2017 Melges 24 European Sailing Series, continued in Medemblik today. With another three races completed on the second day of the event Hungarian FGF SAILING TEAM with Robert Bakoczy in helm is keeping his leading position while there have been six races sailed and one discard came into play after fifth race.

Similarly to yesterday the weather forecast differed from the real life. Although heavy rain was about to show up since the morning, the sailors were happy to get two races sailed in wonderful conditions like yesterday – sunshine and wind of seven to ten knots made sailing fun and enjoyable. But while attempting to start race number six around 2 pm, the huge dark cloud covered the sky bringing some major wind shifts and heavy rain with it. The Race Committee of the Green course led by Marcol de Klerk was not able to start the last race of the day before waiting the wind to stabilize about one hour and fifteen minutes later. During the race in heavy rain the wind weakened, but also changed its direction quite a lot so that only Melges 24 fleet got their sixth race finished while the race was abandoned for the SB20s, Ynglings and J22s.

FGF SAILING TEAM (HUN728) with Robert Bakoczy in helm continued their consistent racing scoring the third place and two second places today. As after the fifth sailed race a discard came into play, the worse result to discard for Hungarian team was third place their score will be seven points in total. The helmsman Robert Bakoczy was happy commenting two racing days in Medemblik. „We have been sailing here before and the place and conditions are familiar to us. The weather could be better, but both today and yesterday we got some really great races in wonderful conditions. Three bullets yesterday made us especially happy, but our closest competitors – TEAM KESBEKE/SIKA/GILL and GILL RACE TEAM are very good too. There’s still one day to go and we are trying to be in front of them at the end of the event. This is a great competition here for us heading to the final event of the series to be held in Luino in October, where also Italian teams will be present to make competition more close and strong for the final positions in the Melges 24 European ranking.“

Eelco Blok’s TEAM KESBEKE/SIKA/GILL (NED827) with Ronald Veraar helming won one race today and scored also 2nd and 6th as the discard to the total score. Dutch team is currently runner-up and three points behind the leader. Miles Quinton’s GILL RACE TEAM (GBR694) winning the first race today and gaining also two third places, is lying on the third position with seven points separating the top three places.

For the final day of the event the racing has been rescheduled to start earlier – at 10 am. Check the Notice Board here. Two more races can be in store for Melges 24 fleet as the maximum number of races. The forecast is not so generous to deliver enough wind for tomorrow, but we’ll see in the morning.

Results
Day 1 photos by Jasper van Staveren – www.SailService.org

More information about the series, the Notice of Race and online registration of the events are available at melges24.com/europeansailingseries

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2017 Melges 24 European Sailing Series
Medemblik – Day 1

September 15, 2017 – Medemblik, the Netherlands – Medemblik, the Netherlands – Penultimate event of the 2017 Melges 24 European Sailing Series brought the Melges 24 fleet to Medemblik, the Netherlands, where during the Delta Lloyd Open Dutch Championship also the Melges 24 Dutch Champions will be found out over the weekend of September 15-17. Hungarian FGF SAILING TEAM (HUN728) with Robert Bakoczy in helm did not leave much chance to the competitors winning all three races on the first day of the event.

When the forecast for Friday was quite sad with lots of rain and quite chill temperatures, then the sailors were happy to see that the reality was not as forecasted – the sun was shining since the morning and the SW wind was picking up with every race held reaching up to 19 knots with gusts during the third race of the day. Pretty flat waters with such wind delivered great conditions for Melges 24 boats making them surf the waves and achieve the speed the boat is really made for. Some rain at the end of the day did not ruin much the feeling of the wonderful racing day.

Nine boats from five countries made it to Medemblik for the fifth event of the series and even the number of the boats was small, the competition was great and sailing was close on the same race course with SB20s, Ynglings and J22s. Two laps on the windward-leeward course were sailed to complete the race of about 45-minute-duration.

According to the 2017 Melges 24 Worlds‘ ranking list the strongest team in the fleet was Hungarian FGF SAILING TEAM (HUN728) with Robert Bakoczy helming. Being sixth at the Worlds in Helsinki month ago they were strong and consistent enough to win all three races, and the second one with a huge gap ahead of the competitors. Local team of Eelco Blok, TEAM KESBEKE/SIKA/GILL (NED827) with Ronald Veraar helming – the Corinthian European Champion 2013 from Medemblik – finished two races as second and one as third, is second with seven points in total now. Miles Quinton’s GILL RACE TEAM (GBR694) – 2017 Worlds‘ second in the Corinthian division, with lately crowned SB20 World Champion Geoff Carveth in helm, scored today 5-3-4 and is on the third position just one point separating them from Akos Csolto’s Seven-Five-Nine at the moment.
Results
Day 1 photos by Jasper van Staveren – www.SailService.org

The racing will continue on Saturday with three races scheduled. For tomorrow less wind but more rain forecasted.

More information about the series, the Notice of Race and online registration of the events are available at melges24.com/europeansailingseries

Follow also:
Event website
Event in Facebook
Facebook of the International Melges 24 Class Association
Website of the International Melges 24 Class Association

Instagram
Twitter
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For further information on the Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2017, please contact:
Piret Salmistu
IM24CA Administrator & Media Coordinator
+372 507 7217
piret@melges24.com

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2017 Melges 24 European Sailing Series
Taki 4 in the Lead Both in Overall and Corinthian Division

September 12, 2017 – IM24CA – After the 20th Melges 24 World Championship held in Helsinki, Finland in the beginning of August, Melges 24 European fleet has enjoyed a short summer break before the final stages of the 2017 Melges 24 European Sailing Series. It’s fascinating to see who is winning the intermediate scoring finish while approaching to the end of the series. Reigning Corinthian World Champion, Italian TAKI 4 of Marco Zammarchi with Niccolò Bertola in helm is in the lead both in overall and Corinthian divisions.

Four events of the 2017 Melges 24 European Sailing Series have been held up to now. The 2017 series started with a traditional season opener in Portoroz, Slovenia in April and continued in Riva del Garda, Italy in May. To feel better the conditions of the Nordic waters the third event of the series was held in Marstrand, Sweden in June considered also as the Melges 24 Nordic Championship. Melges 24 World Championship in Helsinki, Finland in August was the fourth stage of the European series.

The current rankings of the 2017 Melges 24 European Sailing Series include the results of the thirty six single races completed during four events of the series taking into account six discards. Three teams have been travelling entire road trip of Slovenia-Italy-Sweden-Finland taking part of all four events so far – the same teams stand on top of the current overall ranking.

In overall ranking Italian TAKI 4 of Marco Zammarchi with Niccolò Bertola in helm has been in Top 10 of the overall division in all events of the 2017 series: 8th in Slovenia, 5th in Italy, 1st in Sweden and 5th in Finland. Miles Quinton’s GILL RACE TEAM (GBR) with Geoff Carveth in helm, as the main competitor for Taki 4 in Corinthian division, is thirty five points behind ranked as a second with slightly different results in the first four events – 5th, 7th, 2nd and 8th. Bo Boje Pedersen’s UPUPUP (DEN) had a great start of the season with 2nd podium place in Slovenia followed by the 10th position in Riva del Garda and 7th in Sweden while the rank of the Worlds for him in Helsinki was 20th. These three in Top 3 are followed by the top Italian teams of Claudio Ceradini’s ALTEA with Andrea Racchelli in helm, the first team to miss the podium in Helsinki, but the winner of the 2016 Melges 24 European Sailing Series and Gianluca Perego’s MAIDOLLIS with Carlo Fracassoli in helm, newly crowned World Champion in Helsinki.

In OVERALL ranking top 5 boats are (88 boats ranked from 18 nations):
1. TAKI 4 ITA778 – Niccolò Bertola, Giacomo Fossati, Marco Zammarchi, Matteo De Chiara, Giovanni Bannetta – 174 pts
2. GILL RACE TEAM GBR694 – Geoff Carveth, Miles Quinton, Christian Birrell, Dan Schieber, Liam Gardener – 209 pts
3. UPUPUP DEN837 – Bo Boje Pedersen, Joachim Aschenbrenner, Jeppe Ditlev, Casper Ladefogde, Kristian Kvid- 303.9 pts
4. ALTEA ITA822 – Andrea Racchelli, Claudio Ceradini, Gaudenzio Bonini, Matteo Ramian, Michele Gregoratto – 449 pts
5. MAIDOLLIS ITA854 – Carlo Fracassoli, Enrico Fonda, Gianluca Perego, Stefano Lagi, Giovanni Ferrari – 489 pts
Full Overall Ranking

In Corinthian division the same two teams are leading in the same order as in the overall ranking – TAKI 4 and GILL RACE TEAM. While Italians have scored 4th in Slovenia and three top places in three events, then Gill Race Team has been second in all events during the season. Third rank has been taken by the Estonian Tõnu Tõniste’s LENNY completing the same Corinthian Top 3 as at the Worlds in Helsinki. Lenny missed the regatta in Marstrand, but has been 3rd at all the rest of the series‘ events. Also the 4th placement in the ranking belongs to the team who was 4th also at the Worlds – Michael Tarabochia’s WHITE ROOM (GER) with Luis Tarabochia in helm. Italian team of Sergio Caramel, ARKANOE ALEALI by MONTURA is ranked as 5th and depending on which teams are going to take part last two events of the series, a lot can change yet in the ranking.

In CORINTHIAN division top 5 boats are (55 teams ranked from 17 nations):
1. TAKI 4 ITA778 – Niccolò Bertola, Giacomo Fossati, Marco Zammarchi, Matteo De Chiara, Giovanni Bannetta – 65 pts
2. GILL RACE TEAM GBR694 – Geoff Carveth, Miles Quinton, Christian Birrell, Dan Schieber, Liam Gardener – 73 pts
3. LENNY EST790 – Tõnu Tõniste, Toomas Tõniste, Tammo Otsasoo, Andres Rohtla, Maiki Saaring – 351 pts
4. WHITE ROOM GER677 – Luis Tarabochia, Sebastian Buehler, Michael Tarabochia, Caro Tiegel, Laura Fischer, Marco Tarabochia – 381 pts
5. ARKANOE ALEALI by MONTURA ITA139 – Sergio Caramel, Filippo Orvieto, Margherita Zanuso, Riccardo Gomiero, Federico Gomiero – 527 pts
Full Corinthian Ranking

The fifth event of the 2017 Melges 24 European Sailing Series will be held in upcoming weekend in Medemblik, the Netherlands. Melges 24 fleet will sail there together with other classes at the Delta Lloyd Dutch Open Championships. 2017 Melges 24 European Sailing Series will come to an end in Luino, Italy in October with the 14th edition of the Lino Favini Cup (Coppa Lino Favini), considered also as the Melges 24 Swiss Open Championship and 4th Act of Melges 24 Italian Series 2017.

More information about the series, the Notice of Race and online registration of the events are available at melges24.com/europeansailingseries

Follow also:
Facebook of the International Melges 24 Class Association
Website of the International Melges 24 Class Association

Instagram
Twitter
Flickr

For further information on the Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2017, please contact:
Piret Salmistu
IM24CA Administrator & Media Coordinator
+372 507 7217
piret@melges24.com

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25.08.2017

2017 International Melges 24 World Council AGM – November 4th

International Melges 24 Class Association’s Annual General Meeting 2017 will be held in Royal Ocean Racing Club, London, UK on November 4. The AGM will be preceded by the Technical Committee Meeting on November 3.

More specific details about the venue with the timeline and deadlines for the submission of the motions and proposals you’ll find at melges24.com/agm2017

The first deadline for you is September 8 – motions and nominations to be proposed at the AGM shall be submitted to the International Treasurer (Tomi Hakola at tomi.hakola@starsquad.fi and copy to Class Administrator Piret Salmistu at piret@melges24.com) not less than 8 weeks (56 days) before the date of the said AGM.
The form for the submissions and more information you’ll find at melges24.com/agm2017

Melges 24 New World Champions: Italian Maidollis and Taki 4 – Congratulations!

The 20th edition of the Melges 24 World Championship in Helsinki concluded with a series of eleven races that challenged the crews with weather conditions that ranged from light wind to heavy breeze and seas.

After the success obtained in the Worlds of Torbole in 2012, exactly five years ago on August 4th, the couple helmsman-tactician Carlo Fracassoli-Enrico Fonda contributed to the success of Italian entry Maidollis by Gian Luca Perego with also Giovanni Ferrari as a part of the 2012 winner team, and Stefano Lagi onboard.

Taki 4 managed to confirm itself for the second year in a row as Melges 24 Corinthian World Champion, after the success obtained in Miami and will keep the perpetual Henri Samuel’s Trophy another year. The crew was made, as past year, by Niccolò Bertola in helm, Giacomo Fossati, Marco Zammarchi, Matteo De Chiara, Giovanni Bannetta and Niccolò Bianchi as the coach.

Overall:
1 – Carlo Fracassoli’s MAIDOLLIS – ITA
2 – Bruce Ayres’s MONSOON – USA
3 – Kevin Welch’s MIKEY – USA
Corinthian:
1 – Niccolò Bertola’s TAKI 4 – ITA
2 – Geoff Carveth’s GILL RACE TEAM – GBR
3 – Tõnu Tõniste’s LENNY – EST

Story, results, photos, videos
melges24.com/Worlds2017
THANK YOU NOTE

2017 melges 24 North American winners
Melges 24 New North American Champions: Mikey and Sunnyvale – Congratulations!

It was all smiles (and adrenaline) at the 2017 Diversified Melges 24 North American – NorAm Championship. Mother nature generously delivered a banner week of warm and sunny planing conditions to an international fleet of Melges 24 sailors. .

Kevin Welch’s Mikey USA835 with Jason Rhodes, Ian Sloan, Ross McDonald and Serena Vilage took the North American title with 24 points followed by Michael Goldfarb’s Warcanoe USA825 with 40 points (both teams were competing a week later at the Worlds in Helsinki). Fraser McMillan’s Sunnyvale CAN151 with Harry Miller, Adam Koster, Keegan Moynihan, Kieran Horsburgh were crowned as the Corinthian North American champions, being third in overall with 48 points.

Overall:
1 – Kevin Welch’s MIKEY – USA
2 – Micahel Goldfarb’s WARCANOE – USA
3 – Fraser McMilan’s SUNNYVALE – CAN
Corinthian:
1 – Fraser McMilan’s SUNNYVALE – CAN
2 – Kent Pierce’s AVERAGE WHITE BOAT -USA
3 – Gord Galbraith’s LEKKER – CAN

Story, results
Melges 24 NorAm Championship

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USM24CA: 2018-20 Election and Rule Change Proposal Results

Officially, the U.S. Melges 24 Class Association has concluded its election for the 2018-2020 Executive Committee with the following elected Class Officers:
Travis Weisleder, President (USA-848, Lucky Dog)
Roger Counihan, Vice President (USA-775, Jaws)
K.c. Shannon, Secretary (USA-801, Shaka)
George Haynie, Treasurer (USA-687, Firewater)
A great round of thanks to all the nominees that came forward to volunteer their time, enthusiasm and passion for the Melges 24.
Read more about the elections and Rule proposals to IM24CA AGM from the USM24CA website.

Racing News
Worlds 2017: Interviews with the 2017 Melges 24 world champions Gian Luca Perego and Carlo Fracassoli

Click on the picture below for an interview with Gian Luca Perego after winning the Melges 24 Worlds 2017 title in Helsinki with team of Maidollis ITA854.
Interview edited by Classe Italiana Melges 24 and footage from Helsinki by Zerogradinord.

Quantum’s Carlo Fracassoli added World Champion to his resume again after winning the 2017 Melges 24 world title for the second time in August in Helsinki. Quantum’s Director of Offshore One Design Scott Nixon interviewed the Italian champion to learn about the event and his team’s success.

Read the interview here

Interview with Gian Luca perego – the owner of Maidollis ITA854

Worlds 2017: How to Get On a Melges 24 Worlds Podium

Article on Sailish.com about team MIKEY USA838 recent experience at the Melges 24 Worlds 2017 in Helsinki. The Anacortes-based Melges 24 MiKEY, skippered by Kevin Welch, finished an amazing third in the open fleet Melges 24 Worlds in Helsinki, Finland July 28-August 4. Ian Sloan gives us insights into the event and what it takes to race at that level.website.
Read the interview here

Denmark: Kim Christensen Is Danish Melges 24 Champion 2017 – Congratulations!

A great fleet of 24 Melges 24 teams from Norway, Sweden, Germany and Denmark were competing for the title of the Danish Melges 24 Champion in Hellerup over the weekend of August 18-20.

With a good margin of 15 points ahead of the runner-up, the tile of the Melges 24 Danish Champion 2017 achieved Kim Christensen’s team. On the second place ranked Norwegian Peder Nergaard ahead of Danish Marc Wain Pedersen as third.
See the results here

Upcoming Events

For the full 2017 Events Schedule click on the calendar above

Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2017:
Medemblik and Luino Are Calling

After a brief summer rest, the Eruopean Melges 24 fleet will lead to Medemblik, the Netherlands for the penultimate event of Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2017, that is going to conclude in October in Luino, Italy.
Medemblik, NED – September 15-17: Notice of Race ; Online Entry , Entry List
Luino, ITA – October 13-15: Notice of Race ; Online Entry
More about the Melges 24 European Sailing Series at melges24.com/europeansailingseries

Canada: 2017 Melges 24 Canadian Nationals on September 21-24

26 teams entered for the 2017 Melges 24 Canadian National Championship, the third event of the 2017 NorAm Tour, to be held on September 21-24 in Toronto, Ontario.

Register HERE
Entry List is HERE
Event website : melges24nationals.ca
2017 Melges 24 NorAm Tour website

Italy: 2018 Melges 24 Tour Dates and Venues Published

 

Melges 24 Italian Class Association has published the 2018 Melges 24 regatta schedule – seven events of true sailing in great locations.

„The new calendar has been designed with our mind focused to competitor’s needs and desires. Nice locations, optimized „course“ and logistic support are just some of the factors will bring European and American teams to choose the best Melges 24 regatta circuit. In a few weeks a dedicated website will be available and populated by information,“ said Luca Babini, the Secretary of the Melges 24 Italian Class Association.

Take note of the dates and plan your breathtaking 2018 Melges24Tour in Italy.
www.melges24.it
Photo Flashback

20 Years Later!
These guys were all participating at the first ever Melges 24 Worlds in Torquay, England in 1998 and were also at the 20th Melges 24 World Championship 2017 in Helsinki making the Melges 24 as a historical and epic one!
It’s huge to have you in class – Peter Flinkman, Richard Thompson, Bruce Ayres, Nigel Young, Jimbo Schwerdt, Stian Ness Rorvik, Tõnu Tõniste, Tammo Otsasoo and Peder Nergaard!
Cheers to the next 20 years!!!
Photo: (c) Pierrick Contin – pierrickcontin.com