As the 2026 Melges 24 World Championship draws closer, a growing international fleet prepares to compete for world titles, prestigious perpetual trophies, and Melges 24 history
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The 2026 Melges 24 World Championship will introduce a new perpetual trophy next September that recognizes excellence at the helm while celebrating a family's enduring connection to sailing and maritime tradition.
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It could hardly have been closer. After eight races at the Melges Reunion, Michele Paoletti’s Strambapapà and Croatia’s Razjaren, helmed by Karlo Kuret, finished the regatta tied on 21 points. Only the tie-break rule separated the two crews, crowning Strambapapà the winner of the 2026 Italian Melges 24 National Championship, the second event of the Trofeo Gaudì, and the seventh event of the 2026 Melges 24 European Sailing Series
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Day Two of the Melges Reunion hosted by the Fraglia Vela Riva in cooperation with the Italian Melges 24 Class and the International Melges 24 Class Association, delivered another classic afternoon of Lake Garda racing as the famous Ora breeze once again built after midday, allowing three more races to be completed in the 2026 Italian Melges 24 National Championship - the second event of the Italian Trofeo Gaudi and the seventh event of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series
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The Melges Reunion got underway in classic Lake Garda fashion as the famous Ora breeze arrived almost on cue after a calm morning
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