Pete Melvin and Nacra A2 "Team Up" to Sweep A-Class Championships
with 7 Bullets!
September 23, 2004 - The new Nacra A2 catamaran, with Pete Melvin at the helm,
swept the A-Class North American Championships with 7 bullets out of 11 races!
28 top sailors from North America competed for the championships but were defeated
by Melvin on the A2 who¹s total score was only 13 points.
The boat I sailed was a stock Nacra A2, built with the latest materials
and production processes, fresh out of the box and included a Hall Spars mast
and Ullman sail. "It's performance was outstanding!" says Melvin. The
A2 was very fast in all conditions sailed, including the 20 knot+ conditions
experienced the first two days, as well as the more moderate conditions at the
end of the regatta.
Click on "Read More" to see full story and results.Results
Division: A-Class Catamaran (28 boats)
1 US 69 Melvin, Pete 1 2 [4] 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 DNS 13.00 1
2 US 110 Kinder, Phil 2 [4] 2 2 4 4 2 [19] 2 2 1 21.00 2
3 US 99 Hall, Ben 4 5 1 5 [7] 3 [6] 3 3 4 5 33.00 3
4 US 197 Marshack, Eric 7 [DNF] 7 4 2 5 4 2 [8] 5 6 42.00 4
5 US 200 Johnstone, Peter 3 1 [OCS] 3 3 6 3 [9] 7 8 9 43.00 5
For more information about the A-Class North American Championship, go to www.usaca.info
Winning the prestigious A-Class North American Championship has been the singlehanded
catamaran sailors goal since the inception of the class. A-Class sailing
has always been an individual effort until now. This year¹s champion,
Pete Melvin, credits his entire ³team² with this win.
About the Nacra A2:
The Nacra A2 has low profile wave piercing bows to reduce pitching and wind resistance
upwind, and low wetted surface area hulls to reduce resistance on all points
of sail. The boat tacks and gybes very quickly and without losing much speed
due to the rounded sections and carefully sculpted rocker line.
Designers:
Morrelli & Melvin Design & Engineering with Jeremy Laundergan of Askeland
Engineering.
Manufacturing:
The all-carbon production hulls are manufactured by Morrelli & Melvin, utilizing
a resin infusion process that creates very stiff and strong laminates. In addition
to higher quality, this process is a closed-molded, which eliminates airborn
pollution associated with curing resins.
The production daggerboards, rudders, and rudder housings are also manufactured
by Morrelli & Melvin using more closed mold processes that produce very high
quality parts with more exacting tolerances.
Assembly:
Performance Catamarans utilizes a computer cut assembly jig for the platform,
assuring that all boats are assembled accurately and consistently. The
seaming, assembly of centerboard wells and finishing of the hulls will be performed
at the Performance Catamarans manufacturing facility. And, all components
will be shipped to Performance Catamarans for the final assembly/disassembly
and shipping.
Distribution and Support:
Using the Performance Catamarans sales and distribution channels to efficiently
transport boats along with their other products to their dealers worldwide, the
Nacra A2 has the factory support like no other A-Class Catamaran.
Stay tuned and continue to watch the Nacra A2 performance. The penultimate
regatta in the A Class is the World Championships to be held June 18 through
24 in Sanguinet, France.
For more information, please contact:
Performance Catamarans, Inc., 1800 East Borchard Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92705
(714) 835-6416 phone, (714) 541-6643 fax, pcat@performancecat.com or check out
their website at www.performancecat.com.
Morrelli & Melvin Design and Engineering, Inc., 4952 Warner Avenue Suite
205, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (714) 861-1320 phone, (714) 840-0538 fax, info@morrellimelvin.com
or check out their website at www.morrellimelvin.com.
