The US Sailing Center Sheboygan is pleased to announce that they will be hosting the first regatta to be held in the new Olympic women’s match racing boat, the Elliott 6m, in September 2009.

The inaugural "Buddy Melges Challenge", an international women’s match race, will be held September 11-13, 2009 at the US Sailing Center Sheboygan in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. This event will be sailed in eight brand new Elliott 6m match race boats - the first of these boats to be delivered outside of Europe.

For more information and to download the Notice of Race, please visit www.ussailingcentersheboygan.org

The Notice of Race and Request for Invitation are also available on the WIMRA calendar page: www.wimra.org/regatta_detail.asp