Regattas
Sailing Updates is THE Place to Follow Melges Racing at Key West!
Sail22 is in Key West gearing up for Key West Race Week 2011 and it’s breeze on today. A bit chilly today, but the forecast is looking great for next week! Ed and I will be out on the Melges 24 and Melges 32 race course with LIVE racing updates on Sailing Updates. Have you had a chance to check it out yet? We’ve had visitors from 52 countries stop by!
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Sailing Updates for the Melges 32 Gold Cup
We are very excited for the upcoming Melges 32 Gold Cup this week and will be doing our live coverage on Sailing Updates and of course our Sail22 photography of these fast & fun boats. Please check out all of our great sponsors who are helping to make this coverage possible and let them know how much you appreciate their sponsorship of Sailing Updates for the Melges 32 Gold Cup. We wouldn’t be there without the generous support of Point Loma Outfitting, Hillman Capital Management, New England Ropes, Gorilla Rigging, Atlantic Yacht Rigging and McConaghy Boats McConaghy 38. We also thank the Melges 32 Class for working with us to make it possible as well.
To get you in the Melges mood, check out some photos from last year’s Melges 32 Gold Cup here!
Sail22 Melges 24 Upcoming Tuning Events!!!
Sail22 is excited to announce both Notices of Race are available and registrations are now open for both of our upcoming Sail22 Melges 24 Tuning Events.
Sail22 will be hosting our first tuning event of 2011 in Coconut Grove, FL in conjunction with Shake-A-Leg Miami February 10-11th. This event will give the Melges 24′s doing the Miami Winter Regatta LOTS of practice prior to the start of it! This will also be a great session for teams training for the Worlds in Corpus Christi who may not be able to make the entire winter series, but want to have additional training time. The format will be a half-day on February 10th with lots and lots of starts and short course racing. Day 2 will be a two start format with longer courses. The Notice of Race is here and registration is here.
Sail22 will be hosting another tuning event for the Melges 24 Class April 30-May 1, 2011 in conjunction with the Corpus Christi Yacht Club. Melges 24 Worlds 2011 PRO Mark Foster and his team will be involved as the Race Committee for the regatta. This event will give teams plenty of practice at the actual venue to become familiar with racing in Corpus. Plan on starts, starts and more starts and short course racing practice! The Notice of Race is available here and you can register here.
Please see the Tuning Regattas page for information on other upcoming Sail22 Tuning Events. If you are interested in doing a Sail22 Tuning regatta for your fleet, please contact us at info@sail22.com or by phone at 574-889-0022.
J80 Worlds 2010 Team Photo Galleries
Click on the sail number link to see photos in each individual team gallery. More photos will be uploaded to the team galleries shortly. The full J80 Worlds 2010 photo gallery can be found here. Enjoy!
CAN 156
ESP 635
ESP 774
ESP 783
ESP 859
ESP 899
ESP 977
ESP 1041
ESP 1133
ESP 1149
ESP 1188
GER 507
GER 1183
USA 19
USA 44
USA 49
USA 59
USA 127
USA 156
USA 174
USA 176
USA 204
USA 221
USA 256
USA 284
USA 285
USA 286
USA 330
USA 336
USA 364
USA 381
USA 364
USA 381
USA 407
USA 443
USA 444
USA 485
USA 546
USA 554
USA 588
USA 655
USA 667
USA 702
USA 738
USA 739
USA 808
USA 1001
USA 1002
USA 1123
USA 1151
USA 1152
USA 1153
USA 1163
USA 1172
USA 1173
USA 1313
J80 Worlds Day 2 Photos
Here’s a sample of some of the photo gallery from Day 2 of the J80 Worlds. The full gallery can be found here. Make sure you are following all of the action at SailingUpdates.com!
