Sean Langman’s Team Australia from Sydney and Simon Hull’s Team Vodafone from Auckland will face each other in this year’s Audi Hamilton Island Race Week. The winner will become the fastest offshore racing yacht in the South Pacific.
The opening day of Act 3 of the Extreme Sailing Series in Istanbul saw the Austrian sailing icon Roman Hagara and his Red Bull Sailing Team take the top position in the leaderboard.
With the Cruising Division on lay day on Day 3 of the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta 2012, the Performance Division continues to be led by the superyacht Highland Fling, followed by Aegir, My Song and Alpina, respectively.
Ready to win for the third year running in the 60th edition of the Giraglia Rolex Cup from Saint Tropez to Sanremo, kicking off on June 13th, the 30m luxury yacht Esimit Europa 2 is now technologically improved and boasts new amazing crew.
The 25m luxury yacht Highland Fling continues to dominate in the Performance division of the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta 2012 after day 2, followed by Aegir and My Song respectively. In the Cruising division, the 29m superyacht Scorpione dei Mari built by Jongert takes the first place, with charter yacht Ganesha in the second place and KibokoDos in the third place.
Starting tomorrow (Thursday 7 June), for the first time the fleet racing in Act 3 of the Extreme Sailing Series in Istanbul will need to put all their forces together to pass through the infamous Bosphorus on Saturday morning.
Following the challenging conditions of the Rolex Vulcano Race, taking place from May 19-25 in the Tyrrhenian Sea, twenty competing yachts are now preparing for the 60th edition of the Giraglia Rolex Cup.
Until Thursday, when the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race kicks off again, the Dennis Conner’s North Cove superyacht marina situated in New York City hosts the 10-yacht fleet competing in the world’s longest race.
Day 1 of the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta 2012 saw the 25m superyacht Highland Fling take the top spot in the Performance class, followed by My Song and Aegir respectively, while the Cruising division was won by the 38.8m charter yacht Ganesha, with the 37m luxury charter yacht Moonbird taking the second place and the 29m Scorpione dei Mari placing third.
Currently the first in the leaderboard, the ORACLE TEAM USA Spithill will try to gain the overall victory in the upcoming Newport America’s Cup World Series, running from June 27 to July 1, while Russel Coutts returns to helm boat No. 5.
The 50 years of the legandary Aquarama yacht as well as the world premiere of the new 63′ Virtus yacht will mark this year’s 170th anniversary of the well known Italian builder Riva, a brand of the Ferretti Group. There will be plenty of events running along the Italian and French Riviera from June 27 to July 1, 2012.