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Claudio Recchi wins Circolo Velico
The race committee’s decision to start racing at 09.30 on the final day of the Santa Margherita Ligure edition of the Melges 32 2008 Audi Sailing Series paid off and the twelve teams were able to complete three exciting races in breezes from eight to twelve knots. The tense battle for overall suprem...
'Uka Uka Racing' wins the Cagliari stage in Melges 32
The three way battle for supremacy in the Cagliari edition of the Melges 32 Audi Circuit 2008 between Claudio Recchi on Uka Uka Racing, Savino Formentini s Bitipi and Stefano Leporati's Kismet and went down to the wire on the third and final day. ...
Uka Uka Racing team wins the 2008 Melges 24's Worlds
The final day of racing at the Volvo Melges 24 World Championship, hosted by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, brought high drama and great celebration as the Italian Uka Uka Racing team of Lorzeno Bressani (helmsman), Lorenzo Santini (owner), Federico Michetti, Francesca Prina...
SNAKES AND LADDERS, BUT ITALY STILL DOMINATES
What a difference a day makes--that's what the 114 competitors from 16 nations found out on the fifth day of the Volvo Melges 24 World Championship, hosted by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo....
COMPETITION HEATS UP AFTER DAY FOUR
There was only one race on each course today at the Volvo Melges 24 Worlds, hosted by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo, but what an amazing race it was. For the second day running, the competitors awoke this morning to brilliant sunshine and a fantastic warm Mistral-driven breeze of abou...
STUNNING CONDITIONS PREVAIL ON DAY THREE
The third day of the Volvo Melges 24 World Championship 2008, hosted by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo, was an absolute stunner with clear skies, hot sunshine, crystal clear blue waters and a northwesterly breeze that built from around 16 knots at the start of racing to well into the 2...
LACK OF WIND STOPS PLAY
There was no racing today at the Volvo Melges 24 World Championship hosted by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo. The second day of the championship dawned with overcast skies, rain showers and extremely light winds, so initially the race committee announced a one-hour postponement to see ...
ALBERTO BOLZAN AND PILOT ITALIA TEAM LEAD AFTER DAY ONE
The Volvo Melges 24 World Championship, hosted by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, got off to a challenging start today with the 114-strong fleet from 16 nations completing two of 12 scheduled races. The large number of competitors means that the fleet must be divided across two racecourses. Therefore...
Alberto Bolzan Win Melges 24 Pre-World Championship Regatta
The second and final day of the Volvo Melges 24 Pre-World Championship Regatta at the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo brought respite from yesterday’s storms. In sparkling Costa Smeralda sunshine with a breeze that built steadily from 12 to around 20 knots, racing concluded with two outstan...
INTERNATIONAL TEAMS PREPARE TO GO HEAD TO HEAD
With an entry list of 117 teams from a record 16 nations, the Volvo Melges 24 World Championship 2008, hosted by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda from June 1-6, is set to be one of the most hotly contested events of the year. The world championship always attracts the cream of the sailing crop and thi...