08.02.2011
San Francisco Melges 24 World Championship 2013 Dates Announced
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San Francisco, California - February 8, 2011 - The International Melges 24 Class
Association and The San Francisco Yacht Club are pleased to announce that the 2013
Melges 24 World Championship will be hosted by the San Francisco Yacht Club. The
event will take place from September 28 through October 5 2013, one week after the
America's Cup Finals.
"We look forward to hosting Melges 24 racers from around the globe in what promises
to be a year filled with spectacular racing on San Francisco Bay," said San Francisco
Yacht Club Commodore Robert Heller.
"The Melges 24 was made for the conditions of San Francisco Bay, which represents
one of the greatest places in the World to sail," remarked Harry Melges, CEO of
Melges Performance Sailboats
"a World Championship here is a not to be missed event."
"I look forward to personally welcoming our friends from around the world to a marquee
World Championship in San Francisco in 2013," added Christopher Farkas, San Francisco
Melges 24 Fleet
Captain.
The San Francisco Yacht Club, the oldest yacht club west of the Mississippi, has for over a decade been the leading
organizer of Melges 24 regattas on San Francisco Bay, hosting the Fleet's 2010 US
Gold Cup, the 2011 Pacific Coast Championship and the North American Championship
in 2012, as well as the annual finale of the Melges California Cup Series
"Our last visit to San Francisco for a Melges 24 World Championship was in 2003
and I am delighted that a decade on we will once again return to this Mecca of performance
sailing for a World Championship. The combination of great sailing waters, top class
race management and the San Francisco Yacht Club's legendary hospitality are a major
draw and we look forward to a record breaking attendance." commented International
Melges 24 Class Association Chairman Riccardo Simoneschi.
Further information about this event will be available shortly from www.melges24.com
The Melges 24 is designed by Reichel Pugh and considered the most unique one design sportsboat in the world as well as one
of the fastest-growing classes of high performance yachts. For more information
please visit the official websites of the International Melges 24 Class Association
and the United States Melges 24 Class Association.
For more information please contact:
Fiona Brown
International Melges 24 Class Administrator & Media Coordinator
fiona.brown@melges24.com
Race Office
San Francisco Yacht Club
race@sfyc.org
Tel +1 415 789 5647
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