Melges Young Guns Regatta 2011 goes off like a cracker

2:34 AM Mon 28 Mar 2011 GMT

'Melges 32 Rock n Roll Crew Sending It - 2011 Melges Young Guns Regatta' David Price Click Here to view large photo

It was like an all stars youth sailing reunion. The young guns lived up to their own hype at last Saturday?s inaugural Melges Young Guns Regatta on Pittwater where conditions ranged from a confused sou-wester of 12 to 20kts with Pittwater?s typical bullets flying from all directions slowly going left later in the day to present a full on southerly of 25kts+ to bring it on home. What a fantastic day it was; the only thing that could have been better for the fifty odd young gun sailors aged 17-30yrs blustering around the dock with their Melges 24s and 36s ...

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by David Price

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