Luxury sailing yacht Esimit Europa 2 is currently getting ready to participate in the 2012 Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, kicking off in Sardinia’s Porto Cervo on September 2. She will do her best to beat the 2003 record, set by the luxury yacht Nariida.
Crews competing in this year’s Audi Hamilton Island Race Week could enjoy the perfect weather conditions on the penultimate day of racing, after the foggy and rainy weather from the day before.
Racing Day 2 was very successful for the home team, ORACLE TEAM USA, taking the leading position. The ORACLE TEAM USA Spithill has thus gained 22 points up to now.
Yesterday, 22 August, saw the start of the America’s Cup World Series in San Francisco, as the first event of the 34th America’s Cup on San Francisco Bay. Both the Luna Rossa team as well as the Ben Ainslie’s J.P. Morgan team were very successful on the first day of racing.
The Newport Shipyard is currently preparing for the 10th edition of the Newport Bucket Regatta, kicking off tomorrow. 17 luxury yachts measuring from 72 to 156 feet in length will attend, with the race debut for the 148ft superyacht Lady B by Vitters and Dubois.
The longest race of the Audi Hamilton Island Race series, the Club Marine Classic Long Race, took place yesterday. The best performing yachts were the two Orma 60 trimaran yachts Team Australia and Team Vodafone Sailing.
During an official ceremony held last evening in the ACWS San Francisco Race Village at Marina Green, the 11 skippers leading crews at ACWS San Francisco were introduced.
Fans of the 34th America’s Cup can now enjoy the new AC mobile application America’s Cup, which includes all the fresh news, as well as the newly launched website and the Digital Boathouse, which is a multimedia studio situated in the AC Race Village.
For the third consecutive year, the 100ft superyacht Esimit Europa 2 has become the overall winner of the Palermo – Monte Carlo yacht regatta. This spectacular vessel is now preparing to compete in the upcoming Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, as well as the Rolex Middle Sea Race.
Day 4 of the 2012 Audi Hamilton Island Race Week saw the 163 yachts competing in the Club Marine Long Race and the Lindeman Island Race. They started early in the morning to be ashore in time for today’s Olympic parade.
The highly anticipated America’s Cup World Series in San Francisco starts tomorrow. There will be 11 competing yachts and 55 sailors coming from 12 countries.
It has been a great success for this year’s Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week, providing great sailing conditions. The overall winner of this popular race has become the J/109 sailing yacht Harlequin. The 2013 dates have been already announced for August 3 to 10.