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	Melges Australia
		Another key component of the Melges 24 is a 670 sq ft asymmetrical spinnaker that lifts and pulls the boat forward on a downwind sprint.
		The Melges 24 possesses an easy to rig personality requiring only two sets of hands for a quick set up.
		Melges Asia Pacific have been searching for Brokers with the same mind set and level of enthusiasm towards the Melges 24 and Melges 32, we have found this in Hope Island Boat Brokers and welcome them aboard.
	www.melges.com.au (636 words)

	Suunto.com
		In Melges 24 the team has two bronze medals from the European Championships and two gold medals from the Nordic Championships.
		Melges 24 sailing proved to be more fun and faster than conventional sailing.
		Melges 24 sailors are a big, happy family in the harbor, but out at sea the battle goes on.
	www.suunto.com /suunto/main/article_2column.jsp?JSESSIONID=A93InAVKMVIOYVbwbeVr1o75xVaB3xh0Pj6S0kSZMKS2m1sL4kXK!2018939924!168075285!7005!8005!-1550619708!168075286!7005!8005&CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673939752&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=1408474395903550&bmUID=1090353033668 (221 words)

	Melges 24 Tuning Guide, Ullman Sails - J World San Francisco Bay, California, The Performance Sailing School and Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Ullman Sails are dominating the results at the major Melges 24 regattas, reflecting our commitment to being the world leader in one-design and performance sailing.
		The key to Melges 24 sailing is not memorizing this tuning guide, but understanding how the settings affect the boat and how it feels.
		Be careful not over tighten the jib luff because the Melges has a headstay that sags a lot and this coupled with a tight jib luff will pull the draft too far forward making it hard to point.
	www.jworldsf.com /ullman_melges_24.htm (3335 words)

	Melges 24 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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		The Mid West Melges 24 Fleets are: #1 Lake Geneva, WI Andy Burdick aib45@aol.com #16 Cleveland, Ohio #18 Chicago, IL Evan Jahn wjahne...
	www.movies.benchstats.com /24/melges-24.php (1259 words)

	Melges 24 Tuning Guide
		You do not have to have rock star crews in the Melges 24 class to be successful, you do need to have a regular steady crew who are willing to practice.
		As the Melges 24 comes almost completely ready to race straight from the factory there is very little to do to prepare your boat and mast to be competitive.
		Because the jib on the Melges 24 is a high aspect sail (tall and skinny) it is very sensitive to small adjustments in jib sheet tension.
	www.northsailsod.co.uk /tuning/melges-tuning.html (3577 words)

	Sailing News -
		At the second weather mark Melges came in from the left and had to dip to tack in behind Greenhalgh.
		Up the second beat Melges opened up further whilst Kahn got some distance over the pack which was lead round the second weather mark by Wedge ahead of Favini, Rix and Ullman.
		Whilst no one will be shocked to hear that Harry Melges is leading the regatta, the fact that Shark Kahn, a thirteen year old who only helmed his first Melges 24 regatta in Key West last January, is hard on his heels in second has come as something of a surprise.
	sailing1st.com /article.asp?ID=2511&ClassID=&...+24+World+Championship (787 words)

	Sailing Source (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Harry Melges had outstanding boat speed and height and picked the shifts perfectly to lead the fleet round the windward mark.
		Despite the bad start Melges had the bit firmly between his teeth by this time and worked the boat and the shifts for every inch of advantage.
		Overall a terrific event for the Melges 24 class with some great racing in big breeze and more than a few sore heads as a result of the heavy social programme indulged in by the class.
	www.sailingsource.com /features/melgessorc.html (465 words)

	Melges 24 Deck Plan
		The Reichel/Pugh-designed Melges 24 is one of the most popular one-designs in the United States and is becoming an increasingly popular class in Europe.
		Built at Melges Performance Sailboats in Zenda, Wisconsin and Devoti Sailing in the UK, these boats are not only beautifully constructed and finished, but all Harken equipped.
		One of the reasons for the impressive growth of the Melges 24 class is the boat's great speed and maneuverability in heavy air.
	www.harken.com /rigtips/melges24valenti.php (186 words)

	North Sails One Design
		One of the more impressive displays of sailing skill this NOOD was the Melges 24 sailed by John Pollard and his team from Torquay, England, aboard Xcellent, who earned 5 firsts and two seconds to top the 14-boat division.
		With 13 boats competing from six states, the Melges 24 Class is among one of several fleets with diverse geographic representation.
		Melges 24 racers are gearing up to take part in what is one of the hottest events on the east coast and getting hotter every year.
	www.northsailsod.com /class/melges/melges_whatsnew.html (6924 words)

	YNGLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
		At the first mark John Pollard headed the fleet from Melges 24 newbie Mark Hollerbach, competing in his first Melges 24 event, with Brian Porter and Travis Weisleder hard on their heels.
		Tom Freytag was fourth with 34 and led the Corinthian Division by 9 points from Chuck Holzman on 43 with Travis Weisleder on 41 and Joe Woods on 65.
		This second Melges 24 North American Championship has been an enormous success both on and off the water thanks to the efforts of the Race Committee and membership of the North Star Sail Club and the support of sponsors Columbia Marking Tools, Harken, Quantum Sail Design Group, North Sails, Grolsch and Boston Sail Loft.
	www.sailingbreezes.com /Sailing_Breezes_Current/Articles/Nov04/Melges.htm (498 words)

	North Sails One Design Classes - MELGES 24
		The Melges 24 class in the USA is going strong and this final event in the winter circuit was as good as the first.
		What is interesting with these sails over the past 4 major Melges 24 events is that they are quick in the steep chop of the World Championships, quick in the short choppy conditions of the North Americans and very fast in the flat water conditions of Annapolis and Jacksonville.
		The Melges 24 Class proves once again that it is one of the hottest and most competitive classes going with 30 boats racing at this years SORC.
	www.northsailsod.com /class/melges/melges_whatsnew-archive.html (11896 words)

	Melges Performance Sailboats - Melges 24's
		For generations, the Melges family has enjoyed the pure pleasure and thrill of racing sailboats.
		From 1945 on the Melges company has been building many different types of boats, but in 1993 after winning the America's Cup Buddy and sons Harry and Hans began a whole new era with the Melges 24.
		No winches are needed upwind or downwind on this 24 foot boat.
	www.melges.com /24melges.html (718 words)

	Melges 24 Class
		This is the first time the club has extended an invitation to host a major sailing championship and the International Melges 24 Class Association is delighted to be the recipient of this inaugural invitation.
		The Royal Torbay YC hosted the first ever Melges 24 World Championship in 1998 and the class is delighted to be returning to this outstanding venue.
		As home to the UK’s largest Melges 24 fleet and the venue for many of the UK National Championships as well as the 1998 Melges 24 Worlds, the Royal Torbay Yacht Club’s team know exactly how to keep the Melges sailors happy both on and off the water.
	www.sailing.org /?id=j1vFhijBr&MenuID=&Tkn=16183137 (402 words)

	KlubbenOnline Melges Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		International Melges 24 Class Association (IMCA) er den internasjonale klasseklubb for Melges 24.
		I tillegg til å være formann i Melges Norway er jeg også viseformann i IMCA.
		Melges 24 er dessverre en forholdsvis dyr båt å bygge, og det arbeides derfor stadig for å finne frem til rimeligere løsninger som ikke vil forringe kvaliteten.
	www.n3sport.no /organisation.asp?WCI=wiKlubbKassaNews&WCU=230798&CatId=492500 (473 words)

	boats.com - Feature: Perry Design Review: Melges 24 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Melges 24 was designed by the San Diego-based team of John Reichel and Jim Pugh.
		The R/P-designed Melges 24 has a near-flat bottom with a firm turn to the bilges and considerable flare to the topsides.
		The Melges 24 was successful at combining dinghylike speed with the stability of a larger boat.
	www.boats.com /content/default_detail.jsp?contentid=10226 (836 words)

	Lake Geneva Yacht Club - Apparel
		Buddy Melges, Harry Melges, Brian Porter, Hans Melges, Tom Freytag, Doug Clark all were in attendance at this years Spring Championship on Lake Geneva.
		With all of these rock star Melges 24 racers it was Sheldon Ecklund from Palm Beach, Florida that won the event.
		The championship was a success and Sheldon Ecklund sure showed everyone that he can sail with the best of the best in the Melges 24 fleet.
	www.lgyc.com /news2003_24_spring.html (287 words)

	Harry Melges
		Their work in Scows is legendary, the Melges 24 is nothing short of phenomenal, and with their North Sails affiliation they continue to be truly a full stop shop.
		If you look at all the one-design keelboat classes in the world in the size range of the Melges 24, I doubt there are any that produce 50-60 boats per annum.
		The Melges 30 will go down as one of Sailing Anarchy's favorite boats, one that is very cool, very fast, and a bit of a breakthroughs, but also as one of the biggest disappointments in terms of number of boats sold.
	www.sailinganarchy.com /innerview/2002/harry_melges.htm (2081 words)

	Sailing News - Melges
		This year, November a Hyères accommodates at its heart the Championship of France FFV featuring 8 leading one designs: Melges 24, Surprise, Selection, Fun, Open 5.70, Neptune 6.25, Microphone and Corsair, in a gathering of 135 competitors come from 8 nations.
		At the forefront of this amazing international competition, the Melges 24 Championship brings together 33 English, Italian, German, Dutch, Swiss and French competitors.
		One notes the important presence of several exciting new Italian Melges 24 crews, in particular the Destremeau brothers (famous in both one design and open class sailing) along with Gerard Navarin (Hobie 18 World Champion), who are classified 6th overall at the end of the first day.
	www.sailing1st.com /article.asp?ID=3135&ClassID=69&hid=Melges (478 words)

	Harry Melges, Melges 24 Worlds
		Harry Melges recently did just that when he won the Melges 24 Worlds in Germany.
		I would say that it is. The Melges 24 class has grown into a very competitive International class with some great sailors competing in the class.
		You are only as good as your competition and the Melges 24 sailors know that for them to improve their game they want to have the top sailors in the class to compete against.
	www.sailinganarchy.com /innerview/2002/hm24_2002.htm (789 words)

	Harken: Anatomy of a Melges 24
		The mainsail cunningham is a 3:1 tackle made of a 244 Micro fiddle and 235 Micro with shackle and becket.
		The gennaker halyard cleat is mounted on an aluminum bracket supplied by Melges (Photo 2).
		On the Melges, there are tricks on how to uncleat the gennaker halyard and improve douse performance.
	www.harken.com /rigtips/melges24mastbase.php (175 words)

	Express 27 Class :: Messages :: Express with Melges 24 rig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Melges has 380 sqft between the main and jib.
		When the Melges rig with its swept spreaders was put on the boat the engineering was done barroom napkin style, if at all.
		Some deck cracking indicates that partial bulkheads will have to be installed to properly take the rig loads (too bad the survey guy didn't notice this!).
	www.express27.org /msgs/?f=1&m=1122#Message (177 words)

	Melges succes
		WB-Sails cut its first set of Melges 24 sails at the beginning of September for the Thelens brothers, who have been succesful earlier in both H-boat and Soling.
		The Thelens introduced the Melges 24 in Finland in 1995 but have not been racing much until last summer, when two more boats were bought to Finland.
		The second Europeans of the Melges 24 were sailed in the Barcelona Olympic waters at the beginning of October.
	www.wb-sails.fi /news/96_11_Melges/MelgesEuro96.htm (593 words)

	Pensacola Yacht Club: 2003 Melges 24 US Championship
		The International Melges 24 United States National Championships will be organized by the Pensacola Yacht Club, The United States Melges 24 Class Association in cooperation with The Melges 24 International Class Association.
		The regatta will be governed by The Racing Rules of Sailing, the prescriptions of the The United States Sailing Association, the Rules of the International Melges 24 Class, the International Melges 24 Class Regatta Regulations, this Notice of Race which may be changed by further notices, the Sailing Instructions and their appendices.
		The US National Championships will be open to all boats of the Melges 24 Class that meet with the obligations of the Class Rules and their National Authority, in the case that the National Authority exists. The ISAF Sailors Classification Code shall apply to the Corinthian Trophy.
	www.pensacolayachtclub.org /2003Racing/03MelgesNOR.htm (650 words)

	Finnish Melges 24 Fleet
		Finnish Melges 24 ranking VII / 2004 report + results from Airisto 2.- 3.10.
		Finnish Melges 24 ranking VI / 2004 report + results from Tampere 18.-19.9.
		Finnish Melges 24 ranking V / 2004 results from Espoo 28.-29.8.
	kilpapurjehtijat.com /melges.org/racing.html (162 words)

	Corum Melges 24 Worlds :: Corum is Title Sponsor for Melges 24 World Championship at Ocean Reef Club
		The 2005 Corum Melges 24 World Championship at Ocean Reef Club, December 11-16, is expected to attract a field of 80 or more boats from the USA and around the world.
		In the 12 years since it was introduced, the Melges 24 has become the world's leading high performance, one-design sportboat.
		The website for the 2005 Corum Melges 24 World Championship at Ocean Reef Club is http://www.2005corumm24worlds.com/.
	sev.prnewswire.com /sports/20050519/CGTH02819052005-1.html (434 words)

	Corum Melges 24 World Championship 2005
		The announcement was made yesterday by Corum USA, the International Melges 24 Class Association and Ocean Reef Club on Key Largo.
		The 2005 Corum Melges 24 World Championship at Ocean Reef Club from 11-17 December, is expected to attract a field of 80 or more boats from the USA and around the world.
		Today, Melges 24 fleets compete in sailing venues across Europe, North America and Asia.
	www.isaf.com /?PID=14888 (505 words)

	Sailing Source (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		With a record breaking 94 entries from 12 nations the 2001 Melges 24 European Championship, to be run on Lake Guarda, Italy by the Circolo Vela Torbole from 30 August to 7 September, promises to be one of the most exciting regattas taking place in Europe this year.
		Lee and Pages are currently tied at the top of the Melges 24 World Ranking lists whilst Brun returns to the class after an Olympic Star campaign and winning the 2000 Etchells World Championship.
		Twice a past winner of the Melges 24 Worlds Brun has his sights set on a third World title and is using the Europeans as part of his training for the 2001 event which take place in Ft Lauderdale, Florida, from November 8-17.
	www.sailingsource.com /features/5sept1.html (349 words)

	WELCOME TO THE US MELGES 24 CLASS ASSOCIATION
		MELGES 24 U.S. DETROIT, August 9, 2007 - Less than seven weeks remain until the 2007 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship hosted by Detroit's Bayview Yacht Club on September 21-23, and Midwestern Melges racers are honing their skills in anticipation of a great showing for this Grand Prix event.
		This year's gold cup is being held in conjunction with the famous Charleston Harbor Challenge.
		MICHIGAN MELGES 24 FLEET RACERS TRIUMPH AT MACKINAC RACES
	www.usmelges24.com (198 words)

	Jacob's Creek Melges 24 European Championship 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Jacob's Creek Melges 24 European Championship site opened at http://www.melges.org/europeans2003/.
		On the island of Rödhmn 10 nm south of Mariehamn the club hosts a smaller marina in a genuine archipelago environment.
		The waters off Mariehamn, the capital of the Åland islands district, offer the Melges 24 sailors a totally new experience.
	www.melges.org /europeans2003 (300 words)

	VELANET News
		Proseguono i Campionati Invernali Beneteau 25 e Melges 24, che nell’ultimo fine settimana hanno visto il regolare svolgimento della seconda delle quattro tappe previste della Volvo Winter Cup.
		Tra i Melges 24 Andrea Magni, su Conte of Florence, scivola al terzo posto cedendo la vetta della classifica all’equipaggio di Giuseppe Zavanone.
		Da segnalare che la classifica dei Melges 24 vede i primi classificati in appena una manciata di punti.
	www.velanet.it /news/newsheader.php?idn=1126 (312 words)

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