The Melges 15 Class is excited to announce the 2025 U.S. National Championship, October 3-5, hosted by Brant Beach Yacht Club in New Jersey.

The Melges 15 U.S. Winter Series has a new home at the Melges Watersports Center in Merritt Island, FL. Along with an exciting new venue, the series has added a fourth event in November!

Darragh O’Connor and Brian (Teddy) Byrne of Howth Yacht club are the winners of the 2024 Melges 15 Irish National Championships. 

Christopher Alexander and Hamilton Barclay are the 2024 U.S. Melges 15 National Champions. The racing was contested by 55 boats at Grand Traverse Yacht Club over the course of three days.

It has been a busy and exciting dinghy pen in Howth this week, with the green gate witnessing the departure of the many visiting Optimists to be replaced by the ad hoc arrival of Melges 15s.

The stage is set in Traverse City, MI, for the largest Melges 15 U.S. National Championship to date, with 62 boats registered for the regatta August 23-25, 2024. The Championship regatta has tripled in size since 2021, just a sample of the Class’s massive international success. 

Race Officer Richard Kissane and the team are getting ready for a new challenge as they prepare for the upcoming Melges 15 nationals in Howth on August 24th and 25th. The championships will see the Irish debut of RaceSense, a new innovative digital way to run racing. New technology solving old problems.