Official Melges 24 Blog

Lorenzo Bressani helming for Lorenzo Santini with three-time M24 world champion crew member Federico Michetti, Jonathan McKee and a very young 15 year old Matteo are 2009 Melges 24 ACURA Key West Champions!!!

Rast
Simoneschi
Porter
Bressani
Brun
Wathne
Kolius
Ayres

Brian Porter was going so fast that he lost his hat!!! When we lifted it his head wasn’t in it. It’s currently being held hostage by the Melges press team … Come and get it…

Change of course … 040

Rounding order

Rast (left)
Porter pulls ahead for second (left)
Simoneschi (right)
Ayres (left)
Wathne (left)
Brun (left)
Bressani (left) now right
Vowels
Kolius
Field

Rast coming on strong just ahead of Simoneschi, then Porter and Ayres, Kolius and Brun in the mix… Very tight coming into the mark… Lot of current…

Rast
Simoneschi
Porter
Wathne
Ayres
Brun
Vowels
Bressani
Kolius
769
Field
Reid
Weisleder
Wilson
Colie
Schwarting
Colehan
Zandona

For the final leg of the race – new course bearing of 040

A very special thank you to Shawn Grisham and his Bulls Eye Melges 24 team for the use of their rib this week. It is with your kind support that this blog, photos and race reports have been made possible for everyone back home to enjoy. An extra special thanks to our exceptional support boat driver Bill Wiggins! Additional thanks goes out to Bruce Ayres on ‘Monsoon’ and Travis Weisleder on ‘X’.

Most especially thanks to everyone that have sent in comments and tuned in for the best one design racing in the world – The Melges 24!

Breeze still really nice, Field, Wathne, Ayres, the real battle out front between Simoneschi and Rast…

Joe Fly really having a tough day, very deep…

Around first:

Rast
Simoneschi
Vowels
Ayres
Wathne
Porter
USA 769
Brun
Field
Kolius

Course change… 035

And their off!!! The final race for the Melges 24 is on…

The usual Simoneschi, Rast, Porter bunched together on the right…

On the first downwind run, Porter outpaced Field to take the lead upwind. It was all Full Throttle holding on to the lead for the win…

Porter
Field
Bressani
Simoneschi
Kolius

Field looking good, alongside of Porter coming up to the mark…

Field ahead by several boat lengths, rounding first…

Porter
Giacomel Audi
Bressani
Kolius

Welcome to the last day of racing for the Melges 24 in Key West!

Racing is expected to start on time, 15-20 on the breeze… Going to be a wet day…

Course bearing of 050

Melges 24s are in sequence…

Breeze still hanging in at 16-20 for the start…