+++ EVENTS 2010 +++

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Swiss Events 2010!!

01.-03. October  "3rd Swiss Open Melges24", AVAV - Luino, Lago Maggiore

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08.-11. July Volvo Cup 5 Torbole, Excellent Result for Swiss Boats 

Lake Garda was again a reliable partner for the Melges24 fleet - 61 boats showed up for the final race of Volvo Cup 2010 and the Swiss team showed some great results.

In total 12 races were sailed within 4 days and the Swiss boats finished:

  •  3rd SUI 782 "Blu Moon" Flavio Favini
  •  6th SUI 336 "EFG-Bank" Chris Rast
  • 34th SUI 578 "Music 55" Sönke Boy
  • 38th SUI 382 "Zero Eight" Michael Good
  • 54th SUI 684 "Wild Thing" Harry Geisser
  • 57th SUI 530 "Mad Cow" Thierry Verhulst
  • 61st SUI 705 "Sonnenkönig" Armin Schmid

Links:

18.07.10 / GT

10.05.2010 3rd and 7th place for Swiss boats at Italian Nationals

3 boats were representing Switzerland at the Italian Nationals 2010 sailed in Alghero (Sardinia) from 06th to 09th May 2010.

The sailing conditions were moderate and 6 races could be sailed. 42 teams from 6 different nations made their way to Sardinia.

SUI 782 "Blu Moon" showed another top-performance and finished on 3rd place. SUI 599 "PoiZon Rouge" sailed by Jean-Marc Monnard finished in 7th place and Michael Good's SUI 382 "ZeroEight" took 26th place.

Team "ZeroEight" already published an event report on their website => [LINK]

Alghero could be the venue for the 2012 Worlds, therefore the Italian class did all to make the competitors feel comfortable - including a 500 € voucher to sponsor the ferry-costs.

GT

15.04.2010 SUCCESS FOR SWISS BOAT AT SCARLINO

5 Swiss boats competed at the Volvo Cup II in Scarlino from 09.-11. April - and all of them showed a very good performance.

SUI 782 "Blu Moon" from Lago Maggiore was the winner of the event with just 8 points in 6 races/1discard. But the result of the others were impressing as well:

  •   5th: SUI 599 "PoiZon Rouge", Jean Marc Monnard
  • 10th: SUI 578 "Music 55", Huber/Boy
  • 27th: SUI 382 "ZeroEight", Michael Good
  • 33rd: SUI 336 "EFG Bank", Amrein/Keller

Below the official report from IMCA describing day 3 which was sailed in very challenging conditions:

The final day of the Melges 24 Volvo Cup in Scarlino brought a complete change of conditions on the Gulf of Follonica with strong offshore winds of 30+ knots, big seas and one final and utterly spectacular race - the sixth of the series. For the 63 competitors it was a case of survival of the fittest, with a number of broken masts and gear failures as well as some of the most exciting Melges 24 sailing in recent years.

Flavio Favini and his hugely experienced team aboard Franco Rossini's Blu Moon proved once again that they deserve their reputation as one of the best Melges 24 crews in the World by putting in a bravura performance despite the rapidly increasing wind strength and challenging seas. They led the race at the first mark and held onto that lead throughout, although even they struggled at times, putting in a quick but rapidly re-controlled broach at the top of the second run before storming off downwind in a ball of spray to the finish and overall victory.

The indomitable and ever consistent UKA UKA Racing team of Lorenzo Santini with Lorenzo Bressani at the helm was also revelling in the strong winds and their fourth place was sufficient to ensure they retained their overnight grip on second overall.

Also showing outstanding control and boat handling were Alberto Bolzan and his crew aboard Paolo Testolin's Hurricane/Murphy & Nye, who crossed the line in second place and moved up in the overall standings from fifth to third, just beating Estonia's Tonu Toniste aboard EST790 Lenny who came sixth in the race to tie on overall points with Bolzan who only claimed the final podium position on countback.

Switzerland's Jean-Marc Monnard aboard Poizon Rouge, who had gone into the day tied for third place with Toniste, also sailed admirably but his tenth place in race six meant he dropped down into fifth overall.

Our thanks to the Club Nautico Scarlino, the Italian Melges 24 Fleet and of course to Volvo Cars Italy for another spectacular Volvo Cup event. The next regatta in the series takes place from 6-9 May in Alghero, Sardinia and incorporates the 2010 Melges 24 Italian Championship. Further details are available from www.melges24.it.

14.02.2010 MEMBERSHIP FEES DUE FOR PAYMENT

Dear Class Members,

please do not forget to pay your membership fees 2010 in due time!

Details to be found follwoing this [L I N K]

14.02.2010 ISAF changes to RRS

Per 01st Jan. 2010 ISAF has modified few rules in RRS, DSV has translated them - follow the links below

15.01.2010 decisons during EGM, 12th Jan '10

Tuesday evening, January 12 the EGM (Extraordinary General Meeting) of International Melges 24 Class Association (IMCA) took place via Skype online.

The main issues were the ballots concerning the proposals for the rule changes (see file attached).

Here comes the results of the ballots in details:
-Rule C.9.7. / accepted concordantly
-Rule F.3.2. / accepted concordantly

That means: I will be allowed to use either Forestay-Systems, the conventional rigging with “flying” Forestay as well as the System with fixed Wire.

-Rule C.2. (Crew weighing) / Changes to this rules has been deleted/postponed) from the actual proposals.

That means: The Rules concerning crew weight and weight-control will continue as they have been used for the time being. The technical committee will work on a proper and fair solutions to change this rule for the future and will present new proposals for the AGM (Annual General Meeting) in November 2010. So, the rule changes has been postponed but not finally deleted.

13.01.10 / MG 

05.12.2009 IMCA calls for EGM on 12th January 2010

The International Melges24 Class Association (IMCA) has launched the 1st EGM (Extraodrinary General Meeting).

Please follow the link to pick up more details => L I N K

Feedback or comments may be sent to Michael Good, chairman of the Swiss Class => E-MAIL

01.11.2009 "Blu Moon" 5th at Sheehy Lexus Worlds 2010

Franco Rossini's SUI 782 Blu Moon helmed by Flavio Favini takes 5th place in The 2010 Wolrds of the Melges24 Class.

Highlight has been on Friday, 30.10. when they could win both races of the day in great style. An OCS in race 7 destroyed there efforts to take a TOP 3 result.

More information and a lot of links (Photos, Videos, Results, Reports) => L I N K

20.09.2009 "Blu Moon" 1st & "ZeroEight" 2nd at Coppa Favini at Luino

Two Swiss boats were dominating the "Coppa Lino Favini" hosted by AVAV in Luino at Lago Maggiore.

5 Races could be sailed in a steady northerly wind with up to 15 knots and finally the Swiss boats took first and second place in the final ranking.

Links

07.07.2009 "ZeroEight" in winning Overall Corinthian Ranking VC 09

Another Swiss Boat could celebrate a big success in the Volvo Cup 2009 Overall Ranking. Michael Good's team is winning the Corinthian Ranking for the Volvo Cup 2009. A 10th place in the overall ranking confirms the excellent perofrmance they have showed during this competitve race-series..

So both rankings were finally dominated by Swiss Teams!

05.07.2009 "Blu Moon" is winning Overall Ranking Volvo Cup 2009!!

02. - 05.07.2009 Melges24 Week / Volvo Cup V, Torbole

Again great results for Swiss Boats sailing in Volvo Cup 2009:

Having sailed 9 races in Torbole the Swiss boats participating in Volvo Cup V could finish as follows:

  •   3rd place: SUI 782 "Blu Moon" Franco Rossini / Flavio Favini
  • 15th place: SUI 382 "ZeroEight" Michael Good
  • 21st place: SUI 578 "Music 55" Ruedi Huber / Sönke Boy
  • 57th place: SUI 673 "Thomas Sabo" Patrick Leuenberger

Links for picking up more news:

04.07.2009 Flavio Favini is promoting "his race" in Luino

Flavio Favini has recently sent an e-mail and is warmly inviting you to participate in "his race" dedicated to his father:

19.-20. September 2009 "Coppa Lino Favini" at Luino (Lago Maggiore)

The notice of race is published in english, please follow the [LINK] - it would be a great pleasure to meet as many boats as possible from the Swiss Class there!!

26. - 28.06.2009 Swiss Open 2009, Kreuzlingen

For the second time the Swiss Open were hosted by Segler Vereinigung Kreuzlingen - 13 boats signed in but 2 boats hat to withdraw due to some illness of crews. Any way 11 boats are not so boat as the Swiss Class is just starting to set up their own events. A littel disapointing that there was just one boat from Bavaria and even some boats from Lake Constance didn't find time to participate.

The crews which decided to participate didn't regret it as the weekend presented the full range of weather you may expect: Summer, Sum, strong wind, light wind and some rainfalls as well. This have been challenging conditions and finally the best teams were to be found on the top of the results list.

On Friday 2 races were sailed in light winds with max. 9 knots and in the third race wind picked up to 15 knots and some good reaching was guaranteed.

The races on Friday were won by SUI 382 (race 1 + 3) and ITA 783 (race 2).

On Saturday the day started grey but still dry and with winds up to 12 knots - later the day it began to rain and it was really a wet business to sail the Melges24, steady winds with 9 - 12 knots helped to keep the crews happy. But by the afternoon the sun was back and the temperatures rised again but the wind died to a light breeze with 5 knots. The teams which know how to change the boat's setup fast and efficient did have a good advantage. 

The best performance and boat of the day was Riccardo Simoneschi's "Audi powered by Q8" (ITA 783) winning 4, 5 and 6. Race 7 was won the locals on "Sonnenkönig" (SUI 684) helmed by Stefan Stäheli and owned by Armin Schmid.

For Sunday 3 more races were scheduled but these had to be cancelled due to a lack of wind -  craning in bright sunshine started 12:00 and was finished on 13:00 to be followed by the price giving ceremony.

The TOP 5:

  1. ITA 783 "Audi powered by Q8" Riccardo Simoneschi - 8 points
  2. SUI 382 "ZeroEigth" Michael Good - 18 points
  3. GER 672 "Pearl" Peter Göckel - 25 points
  4. GER 640 "Ka Nalu Nui" Günter Tzeschlock - 25 points
  5. SUI 684 "Sonnenkönig" Stäheli / Schmid - 27 points

A very warm applause during the price giving was dedicated to the volunteer team of SVK. Organisation was excellent and the teams enjoyed the dinners on Friady and Saturday night very much. Not a big surprise as Peter Fritschi was co-organizing the event - Peter is crew-member of "Sonnenkönig" but this weekend he decided to work for the club. Many thanks to Peter and his team. 

Links:

26.06.2009 AGM Swiss Class

On Friday, 26.06.2009 the AGM 2009 of the Swiss Class was held at Segler Vereinigung Kreuzlingen. Günter Tzeschlock reported on the latest news for the Melges24 class and suggested the Swiss Class may elect one of it's active members as secretary to be closer to the IMCA ideas and decisions.

The attending members elected for Michael Good (sailing SUI 382) who is active in the Melges24 class since more than 10 years.

So the Swiss class will be led in future by:

  • Secretary & Chairman: Michael Good
  • Treasurere & Vice-Chairman: Ruedi Huber

Another Top during the meeting was the decision to run the Swiss Open 2010 at Lake Neuchatel.

05.06.2009 Swiss Boats @ Austrian & German Open

Swiss Teams participated in the Austrian Open (22.-24. May) at Attersee and German Open (29. May - 01. June) at Lake Chiemsee, the results:

  • SUI 336 "EFG-Bank" Hansmartin Amrein: 14th at Austrian Open / 11th at German Open
  • SUI 673 "Billy Bones / Tomas Sabo" Patrick Leuenberger: 18th at German Open

15.-17.05.2009 Volvo Cup III, Lerici (ITA)

Very good results for the Swiss Teams sailing the 3rd race of Volvo Cup III in Lerici.

SUI 782 "Blu Moon" could win this race - but other boats from Switzerland showed a very good perfomrance as well:

"PoiZon Rouge" SUI 599 (J.M.Monnard) finished in 4th Place, "Zero Eight" SUI 382 (Michael Good) finished 16th, "Music55" (Pochhammer/Huber) finished 23rd and "EFG-Bank" SUI 336 (Amrein/Stettler) finished 32nd - in total 49 boats were scored.

03.05.2009 Invitation from the Austrian- and German Melges24 Class

The Austrian and German Melges24 Class Association warmly invite all Swiss Boats to participate in their National Open. Reciprogue visits for the Swiss Open 2009 are promised!!

Both events count for the 2009 IMCA-ranking as well as for the Lake Ranking 2009 with events in AUT, CZE, GER & SUI.

Dates and Events:

  • 22.05. - 24.05. Austrian Open 2009, Seewalchen (Attersee).....[LINK]
  • 29.05. - 01.06. German Open 2009, Prien (Chiemsee).....[LINK]

Boats can be easily stored at Lake Chiemsee if teams decide to participate in both events.

24.-26.04.2009 Volvo Cup II, Punta Ala

Great success for the Italian Class with 54 boats starting for the Volvo Cup races in Punta Ala. The Volvo Cup is a MUST for many boats from other class associations as well - this is proofed by 10 Nations signing in on Thursday, 23.04.

Light and shifty winds one day 1 + 2 but strong winds on day 3 where the ingredients for a challenging event. In the end the Italian teams showed (again) the best performance and took the places 1 - 3. Another impressive show - or: "business as usual"....

The Swiss class was represented by 4 teams: SUI 782 Blu Moon, SUI 599 PoiZon Rouge, SUI 578 Music 55 and SUI 382 ZeroEight.

The Top 3 boats and all Swiss teams:

      •   1. ITA 716 "Saetta" Giovanni / Fracassoli 46 pts.
      •   2. ITA 735 "Altea" Andrea Racchelli 48 pts.
      •   3. ITA 727 "Pilot Italia" Catalonga / Bolzan 50 pts.
      •   4. SUI 782 "Blu Moon" Rossini / Favini 52 pts.
      •   6. SUI 599 "PoiZon Rouge" Jean-Marc Monnard 62 pts.
      • 18. SUI 578 "Music 55" Huber / Boy 120 pts.
      • 29. SUI 382 "ZeroEight" Michael Good 180 pts.

Links:

 

04.-05.04.2009 Swiss boats successfull at UBS-Cup

The Swiss Melges24 teams were very successfull at UBS-Sportboats-Cup in Kreuzlingen. Due to the light winds - but bright sunshine - just two race could be sailed. 9 boats (5 x SUI, 4 x GER) were at the starting line so the Melges24 was the biggest fleet among the 39 sportboats.

The Top 3 boats:

  1. SUI 705 "Sonnenkönig I" Stäheli / Schmid (4.0 points)
  2. SUI 382 "Zero8" Michael Good (4.0 points)
  3. SUI 673 "Billy Bones" Patrik Leuenberger (7.0 points)

Look at pictures and result lists:

28.03.2009 Boats for Sale

AUT 459 & NED 326 for sale.....[L I N K]

23.03.2009 "Zero8 Sailingteam" - Live from Alassio

SUI 382 reports live from Volvo Cup I at Alassio, the report can be found on the team's website

  • Link: http://www.zero8-sailingteam.com/45.html

20. - 22.03.2009 Volvo Cup I, Alassio

  SLIDESHOW

Team SUI 336 "EGF-Bank" Alain Stettler / Hansmartin Amrein @ Volvo Cup I, Alassio (20.03.09 (c) Pierrick Contin)

Volvo-Cup season has started in Alassio and 4 Swiss Teams decided to start there

  • SUI 336 "EGF-Bank" Alain Stettler / Hansmartin Amrein
  • SUI 382 "ZeroEight" Michael Good
  • SUI 578 "Music 55" Sönke Boy / Ruedi Huber
  • SUI 599 "PoizonRouge" Antoine Frickey / J.M. Monnard
  • SUI 782 "Blu Moon" Flavio Favini / Franco Rossini

Videos, Photos and Resultlists are updated on "Zerogradinord" - official Mediapartner for the Italian Melges24 Class / Volvo Cup 2009.....[LINK]

14.03.2009 Event-Updates

The dates for the Melges24 events has been updated.....[LINK] 

03.03.2009 Membership Fees 2009

Don't forget to pay your membership fees 2009!! More details to be found here.....[LINK]

  • active members CHF 220,00
  • associate members CHF 40,00

01.03.2009 Notice of Race Volvo Cup I, Alassio

The Italian class has published the NOR and the Entry Form for Volvo Cup I sailed in Alassio from 20.-22. March 2009. More details on the Italian website.....[LINK]

Attention: There is no access to the club area from 19th March 22:00 till 20th March 06:00!!

26.02.2009 Notice of Race UBS-Sportboot-Cup, Kreuzlingen

SVK has published the Notice of Race and the Entry-Form for the first Swiss event in 2009.....[LINK]

We would be pleased to see as many Swiss boats as possible at the starting line.

09.02.2009 Primo Cup 2009

Season started in Monaco but just 8 M24 were at the starting line. A least one boat from the Swiss Fleet participated "Team Zero8" formerly known as "ZeroTwo" sailed there and finished in 3rd place.

08.02.2009 NoR for UBS-Cup and Swiss Open published

The Notice Notice of Race and Entry Form for UBS-Sportboat-Cup and 2nd Swiss Open 2009 are published by the SVKreuzlingen....[LINK]

28.01.2009 SUI 336 @ Alassio Winter Cup

SUI 336 sailed the Alassio Winter Cup and finished in 3rd place. Congratulations to helmsman Alain Stettler and his crew. More informations from the Italian website.....[LINK] 

26.01.2009 Class Rules 2009 published by ISAF

ISAF has published the Class Rules 2009.....[LINK]

25.01.2009  Newsletter I 2009

The German Class has published the Newsletter I 2009 - have a look!.....[LINK]

24.01.2009 "Blu Moon" in 2nd place at Key West

Great success for Franco Rossini's "Blu Moon" at Accura Key West Race Week. The team with Helmsman Chris Rast (Thun) could take second place just a few points behind the winning team "Uka Uka" from Italy. More details to be found on IMCA's Race-Blog.....[LINK]

05.01.2009 - IMCA 2008 rankings published

Big success for Franco Rossini's SUI 521: "Blu Moon" is the winner of the IMCA European- and World-Ranking 2008. An outstanding success for the team from Lago Maggiore with Italian rock-star Flavio Favini on the helm.

Congratulations from the Swiss Melges24 Class Association. More information from the IMCA website..... [MORE]

More results of the European Ranking 2008 for Swiss boats in Top 50 - 236 boats are totally in the ranking:

  • 14th: SUI 599 "Poizon Rouge" - Jean Marc Monnard
  • 30th: SUI 382 "Zero Two" - Michael Good
  • 35th: SUI 578 "Music 55" - Ruedi Huber / Sönke Boy
  • 47th: SUI 267 "Mad Cow" - Thierry Verhulst
  • 50th: SUI 530 "Acqua" - Gian-Luca Tribo / Matthias Keller 

01.01.2009 - Happy New Year

27.12.2008 SUI 673 - new player in town

We were just informed that Patrik Leuenberger and his team (Zurich area) purchased ITA 673 and will sail the boat under Swiss flag from up to now. They plan to participate in PRIMO CUP 2009.

A warm welcome to the team and enjoy sailing the Melges24.  

23.11.2008 SUI 521 "Blu Moon" For Sale

The most successfull Melges24 sailing under Swiss Flag is "For Sale". Franco Rossini and his team will start next year with a nwe boat to challenge the win of the Europeans 2009.

More details to be found in "Links & Market"

30.10. - 02.11.2008 "Novembre à Hyères"

Last event in the IMCA World Ranking 2008 and it seems the French class recovers a little from their problem they had in 2007 - perhaps a reaction on the Europeans ahead, which will be sailed in Hyères in August 2009.

27 boats signed in and showed up at the starting line. The Swiss Class was represented by "Poizon Rouge" (Jean Marc Monnard), "Music 55" (Ruedi Huber), "Zero Two" (Michael Good) and "Mad Cow" (Thierry Verhulst).

6 races were sailed on Friday and Saturday, no more racing on Sunday due to high winds (up to 35 knots!!).

The boats were finally placed on 10th, 15th, 17th and 24th place.

The event was - once more - a demonstration of the Italian class which took the TOP 3:

1. ITA 735 "Altea" - Andrea Rachelli, 20 pts.

2. ITA 716 "Saetta" - Carlo Fracassoli, 22 pts. 

3. ITA 727 "Pilot Italia" - Alberto Bolzan, 27 pts.

Link to results list.....[MORE] 

25.10.-01.11.2008 "North American Championships", Annapolis

Far far away, but anyway Swiss boats at the starting line. Italian class member Franco Rossi's SUI 521 "Blu Moon" helmed by Flavio Favini sailed there to test the waters for the 2009 Worlds which will be sailed at the same venue.

The week presented the whole weather range you can expect in an autumn regatta: Terrible cold (5° C) with a lot of wind (25 knots) up to to lovely "Indian Summer" with 20° C and just 5-10 knots of wind.

Finally the best one won the event (as always): Terry Hutchinson added the NA title to his long list of successes, secon place was taken by "Team Joe Fly" helmed by 470-Oilympian Gabriele Zandona and thrid place went to the Swiss Boat "SUI 521" Blu Moon - Congratulations from the Swiss Class Association to Franco Rossini and his team. 

Link to the results list.....[MORE]

24. - 26.10.2008 "Coppa Italia", Malcesine

22 boats participated in "Coppa Italia" hosted by Fraglia Vela Malcesine at Lake Garda - amon them one crew from our class association: SUI 684 "Sonnekönig" owned by Armin Schmid and helmed by Nico Delle Karth (sailing 49er in the Olympics for Austria!!).

The crew did a very good job and finished 2nd after 9 race - the best result for a German-speaking team since a long time.

Link to the results list.....[MORE]

23. - 24.08.2008 "Coppa Lino Favini", Luino

9 boat participated, just one from "our" class-association. 5 races at lovely Lago Maggiore must have been a pleasure.

Winner was "homeboy" Flavio Favini helming the SUI 521 "Blu Moon". Michael Good and Crew on SUI 382 "ZeroTwo" fionished in 5th place.

Link to the results list.....[MORE] 

12. - 14.09.2008 "German Open", Flensburg - Invitation

Dear Melges24 in Switzerland,

The German Melges24 Class Association would be happy to see some Swiss boats on the entry lists / staring lint of the German Open 2008 which will be sailed in Flensburg.

Detailed information can be found on the German website....[Info] - If you need any more please let us know.

Best regards and hopefully see you in Flensburg

Günter Tzeschlock, chairman (info@melges24.de)

04. - 07.09.2008 "Slovenian Open", Porto Roz - Invitation

Below an e-mail we reveived today, 06th August 2008 / GT

Dear friends,
in last year we start to build little fleet of the Melges 24 in Slovenia, at the moment we have 5 boats all of them in Portoroz, Slovenia and we are very happy sailing with this boats. Yacht Club Portoroz (YCP) offered to organize International regatta for the M24 in order to help in promotion of the class.

Regatta will take place in bay of Portoroz from 4th to 7th September 2008.

YCP is well known as club which organize regattas on high level specially in last 2 years with organization of RC44 class regattas. So there is no doubt that this event will be organized on very high level at beautiful venue as bay of Portoroz is. Coorganizer of the regatta is Marina Portoroz which offer excellent facilities for handling of the boats and for staying in her.
We invite you to come on the regatta and help us in promotion oft he Melges 24 in Slovenia.

Notice of Race you may have on www.ycp-klub.si

We hope to see you in Portoroz.
Best regards
Branko Parunov  (branko@skipper.si)
Melges 24 Slovenia and member of YCP

23. - 24.08.2008 "Coppa Lino Favini", Luino - Preview

The Notice of Race for this regatta in Luino at LagoMaggiore is online, please follow the links below to pick up more information.

An excellent opportunity to finish the summer-break in Melges24 racing.

As Lago Maggiore is so close to Switzerland it would be a great gesture to visit Flavio Favini in his home waters and to race against him and Franco Rossinis’s “Blu Moon”.

Perhaps Luino could be an opportunity for the Swiss Open 2009….

See you in Luino – Günter, 12.07.2008

20. - 22.06.2008 "1st Melges24 Swiss Open", Kreuzlingen

      SUI 599 "Poizon Rouge"

Jean-Marc Monnard and Crew on SUI 599 "Poizon Rouge" are the winners of the "1st Melges24 Swiss Open" sailed in Kreuzlingen. Bright sunshine, 25 - 30 degrees, 7 races, light to medium breeze and 14 boats - this could be the short description for this fantastic event organized by SVK and sponsored by "ZeroTwo - e.brokerline".

Due to the date very close to the Worlds 2008 the organizers and the Swiss Class were happy to have 14 boats at the starting line representing 5 (!) different nations (SUI, GER, HUN, ITA, IRL).

On Friday 3 races were sailed in 10-15 knots breeze from the West and each race took 80 minutes, so the crews were happy to relax when they were back in the harbour. The event sponsor "Zero Two e.brokerline" paid for meal and drinks and later "public viewing" of the football match was offered and many crews stayed until midnight (some crews even longer!!).

On Saturday 4 races could be sailed to complete the series, the fleet left the harbour around 10:00 o'clock and returend around 18:00 - a long day with tough racing in light to medium breeze, sometimes with tricky windshifts close to the shoreline.

For the evening we met again for drinks and meals - again many thanks to the sponsors. Price giving was held in the halftime of the football-match Russia/Netherlands and Jean Marc Monnard from Lake Geneva sailing SUI 599 "Poizon Rouge" could win the 1st Swiss Open Melges24.

On Sunday morning the crews met to crane out the boats and to leave for their trips home.

Many thanks to Peter Fritschi (crew on 3rd placed "SUI 705" Sonnenkönig) who organized this event for the Swiss Class.

We now already look for next years location, several options are discussed - details on this will follow soon.  

The results:

1. SUI 599 "Poizon Rouge" - Jean Marc Monnard, 11 pts.
2. HUN 728 "Proximo" - Arpad Litkey, 18 p.
3. SUI 705 "Sonnenkönig I"- Nico Delle Karth, 20 p.
4. GER 640 "Ka Nalu Nui" - Günter Tzeschlock, 25 p.
5. SUI 382 "Zero Two" - Michael Good, 26 p.
6. IRL 607 "Embarr" - Coner Clark, 30 p.
7. ITA 609 "Melnose" - Pablo Soldano, 40 p.
8. SUI 684 "Sonnenkönig II" - Ignaz Stäheli, 44 p.
9. SUI 267 "Mad Cow" - Thierry Verhulst, 50 p.
10. GER 327 "Sayonara Light" - Sascha Jäger, 53 p.
11. GER 672 "Pearl" - Peter Göckel, 57 p.
12. GER 263 "No Limits" - Konrad Kühner, 58 p.
13. SUI 461 "Wet Dream" - Rob van Sloten, 70 p.
14. GER 474 "Speedy" - Michael Bek, 75 p.
15. GER 507 "Fefra" - Manfred Hänle, DNS

Links:

22.06.08 / GT

28.05. - 06.06.2008 "Volvo Melges24 World Championship 2008", Porto Cervo

 (c) Paul Todd

The wellknown sailing venue in Sardinia proofed to be to one of the best race areas in the world. An excellent race-management with Peter Reggio on the "Gold-Circle" and IMCA's Hank Stuart on the "Silver-Circle" presented 12 challenging races to the 114-boat-fleet.

Finally the Italian team showed the strongest perfomance and kept the title in Italy.

 (c) Paul Todd

For more infomation we recommend the links below:

  • North Sails - Nigel Young's report on the event
  • Sailinganarchy - Alan Block aka. "Mr. Clean" with On-Water-Anarachy
  • Offshorerules - Justin Chisholm's newsblog
  • IMCA - Fiona Brown's daily reports on melges24.de
  • LIVE-Site - YCCS website for the 2008 worlds with results, reports, news, etc.

The Swiss boats showed a good perfromance again:

GOLD-FLEET (57 Boats):

  • 4th SUI 521 "Blu Moon" Favini/Rosini
  • 9th SUI 599 "Poizon Rouge" Jean-Marc Monnard

SILVER-FLEET (57 Boats):

  • 2nd SUI 578 "Music 55" Boy/Huber
  • 3rd SUI 530 "Acqua" Keller/Tribo
  • 4th SUI 382 "Zero Two" Michael Good
  • 8th SUI 336 "Meister Ropes" Stettler/Amrein
  • 24th SUI 684 "Sonnenkönig" Zwicky/Schmid
  • 29th SUI 703 "Hemmingway" James Mc Hugh

12.06.2008 / GT

01. - 04.05.2008 "Italian Nationals / Volvo Cup III", Cagliari

 

61 teams from all over Europe met in Cagliari to sail Volvo Cup II which was nominated by the Italian Class as "Italian National 2008" - therefor this event will count for the IMCA world ranking.

This race was the final tune-up for the Italians before the Worlds 2008 in Porto Cervo - most of the crews will return to "daily business" but some of them will stay in Sardinia for some training sessions.

The Italian teams showed a very strong performance and took places 1-3:

  • 1st place: ITA 633 "Joe Fly" G. Maspero/Gabrio Zandona 46 P.
  • 2nd place: ITA 715 "Uka Uka" Lorenzo Bressani 55 P.
  • 3rd place: ITA 667 "Brontolo" Matteo Ivaldi 63 P. 

The Swiss class participated with 6 teams and took the places:

  •   4th place: SUI 521 "Blu Moon" Franco Rossini / Flavio Favini
  • 37th place: SUI 578 "Music 55" Ruedi Huber / Sönke Boy
  • 38th place: SUI 382 "ZeroTwo" Michael Good
  • 46th place: SUI 530 "Acqua" Marco Tribo / Matthias Keller
  • 48th place: SUI 684 "Sonnenkönig"  Armin Schmid / Rolf Zwicky
  • 56th place: SUI 336 "Meiter Ropes" Hansmartin Amrein / Alain Stettler

The race-conditions were excellent. A steady - sometime gusty - seabreeze up to 22 knots guaranteed challenging conditions. All the top teams are ready for the Worlds and therefore tough racing was expected.

  • The full report (in Italian language) can be read on the Italian Website: www.melges24.it
  • Some nice videos (Interviews and race-reports) can be looked at on www.sailrev.tv

05.05.08 / GT

12 . / 13.04.2008 "UBS-Sportboat-Cup", Kreuzlingen

   HUN 728 "Proximo"

The first race in Switzerland in 2008 has been sailed on the weekend 12./13. April 2008 at Kreuzlingen. 10 Melges24 participated in the UBS-Sportboat-Cup 2008 organized by "Segler-Vereinigung-Kreuzlingen". In total 36 sportboats were on the starting line and tried to compete with Melges24.

6 races were sailed - 4 of them on Saturday in winds up to 12 knots, 2 of them on Sunday in lighter winds.

The race committee did a great job supported by Peter Fritschi, normally crew on SUI 684 and by the sponsors UBS and Sonnenkönig (owned by Armin Schmid).

The Melges24 class was dominated by HUN 728 “Proximo” with Arpad Litkey on the helm winning all 4 races on Saturday and a 2nd and a 3rd on Sunday. No big surprise as this team has been sailed a lot since entering the Melges24-class. 

Second place was taken by the local crew on SUI 684 “Sonnenkönig” helmed by Stefan Stäheli – third place went to GER 640 “Ka Nalu Nui” owned and helmed by Günter Tzeschlock, secretary of the Swiss Class.

 Top 3 (HUN 728, SUI 684, GER 640)

It was no surprise that the Melges24 could win the Overall Ranking for Sportboats under ORC-handicap but 4th, 7th and 9th place went to Melges24 as well. The now 15 year old design proofed again to be the leading sportboat in the world.

The social events are important as well – Friday night the Melges24 sailors met in nice restaurant with own brewery, Saturday night the organizers offered a diner to all sailors. All of us had a lot of fun.

Segler-Vereinigung-Kreuzlingen proofed to be a well organized team and we look forward to a successful to the “1st Melges24 Swiss Open” on 20.-22. June 2008.

  • Overall- and Class-results.....[Link]
  • Photogallery.....[Link]

15.04.08 / GT

News before 15.04.2008:

  • 03.04.2008: Important Message for teams competing in the Corinthian Worlds 2008....[weiter]
  • 01.04.2008: Update M24 Swiss Open
  • 25.03.2008: Update Links
  • 24.03.2008: "SNIM": SUI 521 1st., SUI 599 12th, SUI 578 19th, SUI 684 20th, SUI 530 27th  Results
  • 05.03.2008 - "Volvo Cup 1": SUI 521 1st., SUI 599 7th., SUI 382 26th., SUI 530 30th.: Report & Results
  • 16.02.2008 - Update "Boats & Members" & "Agenda"
  • 16.08.2008 - Worlds 2008 / Mobylines confirmed special ferry rates rates....[more]
  • 10.02.2008 - "Primo Cup 2008": 2nd place for SUI 599/Poizon Rouge.... [more]
  • 09.02.2008 - Luigi Giannattasio SUI 472 "Black Pearl" 1st official member of SM24CA.....[more]
  • 09.02.2008 - Account Details for paying membership fees....[read more]
  • 02.02.2008 - YCCS and Italian Class promise a special rates for Moby-Lines
  • 19.01.2008 - SUI 530 is looking for Crew No. 5.....[read more]
  • 06.01.2008 - Flights & Ferries to Sardinia for Worlds 2008 (Links).....[read more]
  • 27.12.2007 - Class Rule Changes for 2008.....[read more]
  • 26.12.2007 - Notice of Race "1st Melges24 Swiss Open".....[read more]
  • 26.12.2007 - Website is launched