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Melges 24 Europeans 2015
Portoroz, Slovenia: 27.März 2015
www.melges24.com/europeansailingseries -Übersicht
09.05.2015
Melges 24 European Sailing Series -
Four perfect races on the first day of the Balaton Melges 24 Spring Regatta
08 May, 2015 - Balatonfüred, Hungary - Lake Balaton showed its sunny and moderately windy face on the initial day of Balaton Melges 24 Spring Regatta, where eleven Melges24 teams have gathered to race for the victory, among them Great Britain's Gill Race Team (GBR 694), Ukrainian Marusia (UKR 819), from Austria Pure (AUT 716) and Melnosa (AUT 609) teams and six Hungarian boats - Strange Brew (HUN 392), Jedi Business (HUN 481), Hód (HUN 589), Ponente (HUN 369), NondireMai (HUN 579), FGF Sailing Team (HUN 209)and Syrius (HUN 373).
Benedek Fluck, the PRO of the regatta decided for a short postponement after the fleet went afloat due to the lack of wind, but fortunately after 30 minutes the wind blowing from north-east started to be stronger so the first race could start. The wind speed stayed stable throughout the day, blowing with 5-8 knots, which enabled the Race Committee to manage four races successfully.
As the wind speed weakened during the second leg of the first race, the RC decided to shorten the course which proved to be a good decision. The first race ended with the victory of Ian Ainslie's Strange Brew team.
It seemed that a long waiting time is coming, but fortunately AP had to be displayed only for some couple of minutes before race no. 2 could start and successfully concluded in winds of 5-7 knots. The finish of the second race was a kind of exciting match racing between Gill Race Team and Ian Ainslie's Strange Brew team which ended with Ainslie's victory again.
The wind freshened gradually so race 3 was followed by race 4 as well. Lake Balaton presented perfect racing conditions. The first to sail through the finishing line of race 3 was the Ukrainian team Marusia, and Gill Race Team became the winner of the fourth race.
Exciting racing moments could be observed during the day, the competitors have been disciplined, the Race Committee has done a great job and the first four races brought the following provisional results with Strange Brew becoming the absolute winner of the first day. Among the Corinthians Britain's Gill Race Team is on the top of the list.
Photo gallery - Gabor Cserta
Balaton Melges 24 Spring Regatta - Ian Ainslie and Strange Brew - photo Gabor Cserta
Balaton Melges 24 Spring Regatta - Miles Quinton's Gill Race Team - photo Gabor Cserta
Balaton Melges 24 Spring Regatta - photo Gabor Cserta
For more information about the regatta please feel free to contact:
Oláh Gabriella
olah.gabriella@byc.hu
Phone: +36 7 0940 8400
The 2015 Melges 24 European Sailing Series will feature six major regattas across Europe as follows (Click here for Notice of Race)
The first event of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series was hosted by the Yachting Club Portoroz in Marina Portoroz, Slovenia in March. The rest of the series will feature five major regattas across Europe - Melges 24 Regatta in Balatonfüredi Yacht Club, Hungary; Audi tron Sailing Series Melges 24 Act 3 in Riva del Garda, Fraglia Vela Riva, Italy; Melges 24 World Championship in Middelfart, Denmark; Dutch Open Championship in Medemblik, The Netherlands and as the latest decision of the International Melges 24 Class Association while the Campione regatta in Switzerland was cancelled by the hosting club, Melges 24 Swiss Open Championship / Coppa Lino Favini on October 8-11.
The final event in the series will be hosted by Flavio Favini and A.V.A.V. Luino (Associazione Velica Alto Verbano http://www.avav.it/ ). Read more about changing changing the events in the series on the IM24CA website.
For further information about the International Melges 24 Class and the Melges 24 European Sailing Series please visit www.melges24.com/europeansailingseries or contact IM24CA Administrator Piret Salmistu on E-mail piret@melges24.com
The Melges 24 is designed by Reichel Pugh and holds a unique position amongst the world's one design sportsboats as one of the most successful classes of high performance yachts. For more information please visit the official website of the
International Melges 24 Class Association
For more information please contact:
Piret Salmistu
International Melges 24 Class - Administrator & Media Coordinator
piret@melges24.com
Skype piret.salmistu
Tel +372 507 7217
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