Melges 24 World Championship - A showdown for the podium

2:21 AM Sat 21 May 2011 GMT

'Melges 24 World Championships Corpus Christi, Texas.
Day 5 Friday , May 20, 2 races sailed in 17-22 knots.' Rick Tomlinson &copy

Melges 24 World Championship's international fleet is currently competing at the 2011 event in Corpus Christi, Texas and enjoying two more breezy races on day five of the regatta. By way of a 1,5, performance today, Lorenzo Bressani on ITA 817 Uka Uka Racing extended his lead at the top to 26 points over second placed Brian Porter on USA 749 Full Throttle. Alec Cutler on BER 655 recovered from an eleventh in the first race of the day to take victory in the second race, and he moves up into third overall tonight, two points behind Porter. Nathan Wilmot ...

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by Justin Chisholm