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Melges 24 Pre-Worlds day one

1:05 AM Sun 15 May 2011 GMT

'Melges 24 World Championship 2011 Pre-WorldsDay 1' International Melges 24 Class Association

Melges 24 World Championship - The international fleet was given a gentle introduction to the Melges 24 World Championship with just a single medium airs race made possible on day one of the Pre-Worlds Regatta. With the after effects of the spectacular electrical storms which have been rumbling through Texas over the past few days preventing the customary 15+ knot thermal winds from developing, the first scheduled race of the day got underway bang on time in a somewhat recalcitrant 10 knots of breeze. After an initial General Recall, the fleet got off at the second time of asking, with ...

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