Melges 20 Hull # 121 has found a very happy home in Southern California. This picture were taken with-in one hour after the maiden launch of the boat! Whoo Hoo"

 MOJO and KO Sailing on their way to Holland, Michigan for the Audi Melges 20 North American Championships

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 KRISTEN LANE - FROM THE SLOPES TO THE OCEAN

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John Kolius Delivers a 'Knock Out' Performance to Win the 2008 Melges 24 ACC, Blouin Overtakes Corinthian Division

Kolius and crew Melges 24 Atlantic Coast Champions

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"Once again the Melges 32 is an amazing boat. We did the Harvest Moon regatta this weekend on Mojo. It is a 150 mile race from Galveston to Port Aransas. The breeze was from about 90-120 degree true wind angle with wind at 12-18kts with gusts as high as 23 or so. We were the first monohull to finish by over an hour, beating two J-122's, J-44 and a 1D35. We corrected out first in fleet by just over a minute using the ORC Ratings. Our boat speed was consistantly in the teens with top speed of 17.6kts, we averaged just over 11kts for the race, which included using a jib twice during the race to get back up to the rhumb line for a total of about 3 hrs. We missed the course record by about 30 minutes which was set by a Andrews 68 (Decision)."

"The boat performed amazingly well. We didnt break anything on board. We even passed a random safety check by the RC!! We retrieved the boat by using the ramp at the marina where all the boats were staying and used the gin pole for the rig, people were amazed at the set up and it was definitely the talk of the regatta."

-Kevin Hayes

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