A Mixed Bag of Emotions
Key West Race Week served up highs and lows for us aboard the Melges 32 Warpath.
Key West Race Week served up highs and lows for us aboard the Melges 32 Warpath.
Some unconventional high-speed preparation for Key West leaves Air Force Racing with a scar or two before the big regatta.
It was a dramatic end to the 2011 Audi Melges 20 Gold Cup Championship, hosted by Coconut Grove Sailing Club with Alessandro Rombelli’s STIG, tactician Jonathan McKee and crew member Giorgio Tortarolo coming from behind to win the event. “It was a classic last race,” said McKee. “The deciding point was at that last top mark. When we rounded, literally, we were right on their stern. We knew that was the whole regatta. It was all about who was going to beat who. And, with the conditions like they
In Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Steve Howe and his Warpath team (bow No. 603)—with Morgan Larson calling tactics—notched their first major win in the Melges 32 class. Photos by Joy Dunnigan. Read about the racing in our Finish Line forum.
Michael Kiss’ Bacio takes the win on Biscayne Bay with four bullets in eight races. Photos: ©2011 JOY | International Audi Melges 20 Class Association. Read more in our Finish Line forum.
“Not often does it come down to the last gybe as to whether or not you win a championship,” says Bora Gulari, whose New England Ropes team narrowly defeated Nathan Wilmot and Conor Clarke’s Embar team at this 38-boat affair on Wisconsin’s Lake Geneva. Read about the racing in our Finish Line forum.Photos © 2011
“Not often does it come down to the last gybe as to whether or not you win a championship,” says Bora Gulari, whose New England Ropes team narrowly defeated Nathan Wilmot and Conor Clarke’s Embar team at this 38-boat affair on Wisconsin’s Lake Geneva. See our photo gallery, and read about the racing
William Douglass’ Goombay Smash clinched the championship by one point at Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Read about the racing in our Finish Line forum. Photos: ©2011 JOY | International Melges 32 Class Association
Photos by JOY | International Melges 32 Class Association
At the Sperry Top-Sider Seattle NOOD, Abbey Norris and her Gravy crew share how this once intimidating sportboat class has welcomed them with open arms.
The 23-boat Melges 20 and 47-boat Melges 24 divisions accounted for nearly a third of all entries at Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week Photos by Joy Dunigan.
Paul Reilly’s Red Sky Sailing won the 23-boat Melges 20 division, while Riccardo Simoneschi’s Audi team edged out 10 other Melges 24s.
Key West Race Week served up highs and lows for us aboard the Melges 32 Warpath.
Some unconventional high-speed preparation for Key West leaves Air Force Racing with a scar or two before the big regatta.
It was a dramatic end to the 2011 Audi Melges 20 Gold Cup Championship, hosted by Coconut Grove Sailing Club with Alessandro Rombelli’s STIG, tactician Jonathan McKee and crew member Giorgio Tortarolo coming from behind to win the event. “It was a classic last race,” said McKee. “The deciding point was at that last top mark. When we rounded, literally, we were right on their stern. We knew that was the whole regatta. It was all about who was going to beat who. And, with the conditions like they
In Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Steve Howe and his Warpath team (bow No. 603)—with Morgan Larson calling tactics—notched their first major win in the Melges 32 class. Photos by Joy Dunnigan. Read about the racing in our Finish Line forum.
Michael Kiss’ Bacio takes the win on Biscayne Bay with four bullets in eight races. Photos: ©2011 JOY | International Audi Melges 20 Class Association. Read more in our Finish Line forum.
“Not often does it come down to the last gybe as to whether or not you win a championship,” says Bora Gulari, whose New England Ropes team narrowly defeated Nathan Wilmot and Conor Clarke’s Embar team at this 38-boat affair on Wisconsin’s Lake Geneva. Read about the racing in our Finish Line forum.Photos © 2011
“Not often does it come down to the last gybe as to whether or not you win a championship,” says Bora Gulari, whose New England Ropes team narrowly defeated Nathan Wilmot and Conor Clarke’s Embar team at this 38-boat affair on Wisconsin’s Lake Geneva. See our photo gallery, and read about the racing
William Douglass’ Goombay Smash clinched the championship by one point at Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Read about the racing in our Finish Line forum. Photos: ©2011 JOY | International Melges 32 Class Association
Photos by JOY | International Melges 32 Class Association
At the Sperry Top-Sider Seattle NOOD, Abbey Norris and her Gravy crew share how this once intimidating sportboat class has welcomed them with open arms.
The 23-boat Melges 20 and 47-boat Melges 24 divisions accounted for nearly a third of all entries at Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week Photos by Joy Dunigan.
Paul Reilly’s Red Sky Sailing won the 23-boat Melges 20 division, while Riccardo Simoneschi’s Audi team edged out 10 other Melges 24s.
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