International Melges 32 Class Blog

Heartbreaker sitting this one out!

Warpath with another nice lead in from the left.

Warpath
Celeritas
Three wide between Volpe, Argo and Pisces…

Waiting for the start of race two…

Samba retiring! Main is down and they are headed back in!

In between races… Tender action. Volpe tender almost took the Argo tender on board… Too bad that with all the photographers on board that not one camera was ready to capture the bottom of the Argo tender on top of a huge wave (10ft) looking down at Volpe.

Everyone laughing though as all reminisced about the look on Jim Condon and Dave Ullman’s faces as they looked down to see Volpe!!!

Crazy!

Teams are blazing downwind to the finish! Massive wipeout for Heartbreaker…

What a finish!

Samba
Volpe
Pisces
Red
INTAC
Argo
Ramrod

Wow!
Right after the finish Samba shrimps the spinnaker as a batten shot out a main. Batten pocket rips off the main too!

Picture perfect day for the Melges 32 fleet! Still breeze on conditions, big waves still on… About 23 knots.. Lots of sunshine…

Samba
Pisces
Volpe
Warpath four wide, heated battle for the top spot!

Warpath
Samba
Pisces
Heartbreaker

Warpath
Samba
Pisces
Heartbreaker…

Lots of wipe outs and spinouts on the douses!

Big waves and a gnarly 20-23 lknots of breeze as teams head to the top. Teams are wound up on the left. Middle pack doing well… Samba could be in the lead..

Warpath and Heartbreaker did not go back for the OCS.

At the top…

Warpath
Heartbreaker
Samba takes the lead
INTAC

We are in sequence! Warpath, Fantastica, Heartbreaker all OCS…

Teams are headed out to the course. Crazy, breezy conditions are forecasted. Stay close as all the action will be posted here!

Sea state: OUTRAGEOUS

Teams are waking up to the roar of the ocean here at Bahia Mar Marina in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Friday’s racing was pretty intense, but we don’t think we’ve seen nothing yet. Commanders Weather Forecasting has 18-25 knots of breeze predicted with gusts pushing that or higher. The Bahamas forcast is calling for 25-30 knots which apparently will push for more swell in Fort Lauderdale – 6-8 ft seas today, maybe more.

We are sad to report that unfortunately, the call was made last evening to cancel the Lauderdale Yacht Club Sailing Foundation Take A Junior Sailing Day due to safety reasons and concerns. By the looks of this image of waves now pounding the beaches, it’s probably the best call.

Warpath
Samba
Delta
Argo
Red
Volpe
Catapult
Fantastica
heartbreaker
Leenabarca
Sicktrix
Ramrod
Pisces
Celeritas
Mojo