Melges 24 Pre-Worlds win to Melleby on Full Medal Jacket + images

12:34 AM Mon 16 May 2011 GMT

'Melges 24 World Championship - Pre-Worlds' Fiona Brown &copy

The concluding day of the Pre-Worlds Regatta at the 2011 Melges 24 World Championship in Corpus Christi, Texas, saw an unexpected return to the breezier conditions with which the venue is more synonymous, with the final two races being completed in 15 - 18 knots. A 6,2 scoreline today for overnight leader Eivind Melleby on NOR 804 Full Medal Jacket, was enough to seal an overall win in the Pre Worlds Regatta. Melleby finished the two day series tied on points with second placed Lorenzo Bressani on ITA 817 Uka Uka Racing, who chalked up a win in the first ...

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by Justin Chisholm