Audi Melges 20 Invited To Participate At 2009 Muskegeon Yacht Club One Design Regatta, May 16-17, NOR Now Available
This Muskegeon Yacht Club One Design Regatta is a great start to any season. Early enough to work around many sailing schedules. This regatta is an excellent addition to a one-design season series.
This year there is an attempt to include an Audi Melges 20 class and a Melges 17 class at this regatta. Discussions are currently ongoing as to the details of this addition. There has already been a positive response by relatively local fleets of Melges 17s and Audi Melges 20s. Only four boats from any of these designs will constitute a fleet. If this becomes a reality, this regatta will be an incredible event here in Western Michigan. Please make contact ASAP regarding attendance so we can assure others of expected fleet sizes.
By tradition, the 2009 Midwest Melges 24 Series is annually kicked off in May with the Muskegon Yacht Club One-design Regatta. One-designs of one form or another have been doing battle at this Spring Regatta for over 28 years. Muskegon Lake offers excellent spring racing. The cool inland lake waters of Spring and the warming of the air and land make for strong thermal wind conditions on flat water. Every year sailors find themselves thrown into their season with full-on hiking and planing conditions.
If you are interested in bringing out the real speed of your Audi Melges 20, please contact Regatta Chairman, John Schumacher on e-mail, or call +1 (231) 740-8088.
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Team SuperFly is THERE !!
Eric
Very cool… Will Team Superfly be seen tearing up Charleston Harbor for Race Week? We sure hope so! Going to be an awesome event!!!
10-4 on Charleston. See you there ! Our Great Lakes Fleet sailors are considering the merits of a seperately-scored Great Lakes ‘circuit’ which would likely commence with the Muskegon event.
Any input from Audi/Melges 20 sailors is welcome here. Thus far, we’re considering the following:
1) Muskegon M24 / M20 / M17 regatta May 15-16
2) Detroit NOOD’s Regatta May 29-31 (?)
3) Audi/Melges 20 National Championships @ macatawa bay YC mid-august
4) one fall regatta — MBYC ? Lake Geneva ? Detroit area ?
As time goes on we can revise the schedule to suit the best interests of the largest number of Audi/Melges 20 sailors. This is a starting point only, but– a Great Lakes fleet with it’s own scoring is in the works !
Eric Wynsma
USA 116 SuperFly