International Melges 32 Class Blog

The breeze is really nice as it’s Argo, chased by New Wave on second…

Argo takes to the left
New Wave on the right
Star

Going into the final race, it’s as tight as it can get… Q and New Wave are tied with equal points for the win. Calvi network is out only one point…Q trying some thing different with a committee boat start. Q bolts out to the right with Samba Pa Ti going with him…

1. Star

Photo Finish- too close to call
2. Taboo
3. Q
4. Calvi Network
5. New Wave
6. Samba Pa Ti
7. Bliksem
8. Ninkasi
9. Argo
10. Red

The battle for second is between Q and Taboo.

Q the first to jibe out getting a nice lift in the middle of the fleet. Star is over…

The finish… Star miles ahead of the fleet…

Although Samba Pa Ti had the lead at the first mark, Ecklund blistered the lead charging the left gate several boat lengths ahead of the fleet. Next closest was Taboo then, Calvi Network in third.

Star
Taboo
Calvi Network
New Wave – Regatta leader…
Samba Pa Ti

For the start… Red totally launched off the committee boat end. Big lefty at the start putting a bit of a traffic jam at the pin. Highlife looking pretty sharp at the start too!

As teams wondered down to the docks today, they were greeted with overcast skies and again wondered what was in store for the day. On the way out to the course now, and man is it beautiful. Sunny skies are on tap, 10-15 mph are forecasted… We’ll see…

Today is the final day of racing in Ft. Lauderdale at the Gold Cup, photos and video will be coming to you again today. Special thanks to Protector Boats.

A very special thank you to Protector Boats as they have brought all types of action and news from the water to those of you not as fortunate to be with the fleet in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla at the 2008 Gold Cup Regatta.

The International Melges 32 Class has been honored to have world renown photographers such as Sharon Green with UltimateSailing.com. It has been one thing to experience this regatta first hand, but with Sharon, as well as LYC’s Official Photographer John Payne, Sail22′s Ed Furry and class photographer Joy Dunigan — you can relive this event NOW with more than 200+ photos…

Sharon Green | Ultimate Sailing – See something you like, contact Sharon (sharon@ultimatesailing.com)
John Payne – See something you like, contact John (jkparch@aol.com)
Sail22 | Ed Furry DAY 01 – See something you like, contact Ed (sail22@mac.com)
Sail22 | Ed Furry DAY 02 - See something you like, contact Ed (sail22@mac.com)
IM32CA | JOY  - See something you like, contact JOY (joy.dunigan@melges32.com)

Protests ran late last night and they did alter the standings. Marty Kullman and Mike Carroll’s New Wave are still in the top spot, however Jeff Ecklund’s STAR took a devastating DSQ in race six dropping them from second overall to seventh. 

Top Ten Results (After Six Races)
1.) Marty Kullman/Mike Carroll – New Wave
2.) Jim Swartz – Q
3.) Carlo Alberini – CALVI Network
4.) John Kilroy – Samba Pa Ti
5.) Kip Meadows – Roxanne
6.) Edward Tillinghast – Dark N’ Stormy
7.) Jeff Ecklund – STAR
8.) John Taylor – Ninkasi
9.) Joe Woods – Red

Full Results