Time is ticking as the 2009 Melges 24 World Championship draws closer and the early entry deadline approaches. The Eastport Yacht Club is ready to put its best cocktail party forward in benefit and recognition to everyone contributing to the event. Competitors are reminded that the early entry deadline of Friday, July 31 is only [...]
As the 2009 Melges 24 World Championship draws ever closer, Organizing Authority offers attractive early entry incentive — the chance to win a personalized, one-of-a-kind, hard-covered coffee table book. Annapolis, Md. (July 9, 2009) – Preparations continue at a rapid rate in anticipation of the 2009 Melges 24 World Championship to be contested October 23-31 [...]
In an amazing final day of racing on San Francisco Bay, Brian Porter on USA-749 Full Throttle won a three-way tie for first place to win a record-setting fourth U.S. National Championship title, a first in U.S. Melges 24 Class history. Also, tied for first place was Vince Brun on USA-553 Bailout and in third was Dave Ullman on USA-505 [...]
Brian Porter on USA-749 Full Throttle improved his position today with a 1-1-[7] score to take the overall lead from Bruce Ayres on USA-747 Monsoon who has slipped the fourth. Porter is ahead by five points, leaving Dave Ullman on USA-505 Pegasus 505 in second and Vince Brun on USA-553 Bailout in third, dead even with 15 points a piece. Day two of [...]
Bruce Ayres on USA-747 Monsoon with Don Smith, Jon Pinckney and Dave Shelton are in the overall lead at the 2009 Autonet Mobile Melges 24 U.S. National Championship. In second is Vince Brun on USA-553 Bailout, equal with Ayres in the points standing. Defending champion Brian Porter on USA-749 Full Throttle is third. The first day of racing got underway [...]
Twenty-one Melges 24s will compete at the 2009 Autonet Mobile Melges 24 U.S. National Championship, June 12-14, hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club San Francisco, Calif., (June 11, 2009) – The 2009 Autonet Mobile Melges 24 U.S. National Championship may only have twenty-one boats registered, but a powerful majority of the teams are super-stacked [...]