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Melges 24 European Championship 2024 in Split - Day 2

by International Melges 24 Class Association 1 Oct 2024 10:09 PDT 27 September - 4 October 2024

The second day of racing at the 2024 Melges 24 European Championship in Split, hosted by the JK Split in collaboration with the International Melges 24 Class Association (IM24CA), was postponed today due to lack of wind.

A fleet of 41 boats was ready to compete, but Principal Race Officer Marko Mišura called the day off, with racing scheduled to resume on Wednesday at noon for the third race of the championship.

After two races in light wind conditions on the opening day, Cuyler Morris' Dark Horse (USA) leads the standings with a narrow one-point lead over Andrea Racchelli's Altea (ITA), and three points ahead of Ivan Kljakovic Gašpic's Universitas Nova (CRO). In the Corinthian division, reigning world champions reigning Corinthian World Champion Mataran 24 (CRO(), led by Ante Botica, remains at the top of the rankings.

Top 10 boats at the 2024 Melges 24 European Championship (after 2 races, no discards):

    1. DARK HORSE (USA 870) - Cuyler Morris, 8 points (7, 1)
    2. ALTEA (ITA 722) - Andrea Racchelli, 9 points (5, 4)
    3. UNIVERSITAS NOVA (CRO 760) - Ivan Kljakovic Gašpic, 11 points (3, 8)
    4. CRO-A-SAIL (CRO 782) - Matija Reljanovic, 13 points (2, 11)
    5. RAZJAREN (CRO 867) - Ante Cesic, 15 points (1, 14)
    6. MATARAN 24 (CRO 649) - Ante Botica, 15 points (12, 3)
    7. MAKAKO 24 (CRO 383) - Marko Matic, 18 points (16, 2)
    8. CEZIBORDO (CRO 517) - Enia Nincevic, 19 points (4, 15)
    9. YIKES (CRO 516) - Tonci Stipanovic, 21 points (14, 7)
    10. MELGINA (ITA 854) - Paolo Brescia, 23 points (17, 6)

Top 3 Corinthian boats:

    1. MATARAN 24 (CRO 649) - Ante Botica, 15 points (12, 3)
    2. ZHIK RACE TEAM (GBR 694) - Geoff Carveth, 24 points (11, 13)
    3. NN (SWE 715) - Jonas Berntsson, 25 points (9, 16)

Full results here

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