Official Melges 32 Blog

The Melges 32 Miami Grand Prix concludes today. Currently in the lead is Jean-Francois Cruette aboard Teasing Machine in first place, ahead by 4 points. Overall, in second place is Pieter Taselaar on Bliksem and in third, is Joe Woods on Red. We’ll have to wait and see how things shake out today. We’ve got two more races to make a complete series… Stay tuned…

Fantastica
Calvi
Arethusa
Full Throttle
Yasha Samurai
Volpe

Fantastica ahead of the fleet by a minute and a half…
Calvi and Ninkasi split the difference rounding in second simultaneously…
Then Star…

Fantastica blazes downwind…
Red follows
Ninkasi out on the right for pressure…

Fantastica
Atlantica 19
Full Throttle
Calvi
Red
Heartbreaker
Star
Ninkasi
Viva
Teasing Machine
Arethusa
Argo
Lake Effect
Delta
Leenabarca
Celeritas
Bliksem
Yasha Samurai
Volpe
Samba Pa Ti
Taboo
Team Barbarians
Dark n’ Stormy

Upwind…
Starting to get a little swell action.

Fantastica and Ninkasi looking strong coming up to the mark…

Fantastica around in first…
Red
Calvi
Ninkasi

020, Course 5, 1.7nm

Several OCS – Taboo and Yasha Samurai over…
Sunny, cool temps, 12-15 knots of breeze…

http://premiere-racing.com/10_MGP_Results/MGP10_results.htm

Teasing Machine
Viva
Lake Effect
Red
Star
Leenabarca
Bliksem
Calvi

Teasing Machine
Viva
Lake Effect
Red
Calvi Network
Leenabarca
Star
Yasha Samurai
Full Throttle

Viva and Star stay to the left, rest of the fleet out on the right for the finish…

020… Course change at the gate…

Viva
Teasing Machine
Calvi
Lafe Effect
Red
Bliksem
Star

Lake Effect
Yasha Samurai
Teasing Machine