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.
Due to kick off tomorrow, the preparations for the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta 2012 hosted by prestigious Yacht Club Costa Smeralda are well underway. The biggest vessel to compete in this popular race will be the 57.5m luxury sailing yacht Twizzle.
This afternoon in New York saw 10 Clipper race’s 68ft yachts from Great Britain salute Queen celebrating her Diamond Jubilee over the weekend.
Final day of the 2012 Samui Regatta saw strong winds, with a regatta record broken by the 90ft luxuyr yacht Genuine Risk, taking secured 10 Line honours from 10 races.
There was a steady wind on the penultimate day of the 2012 Samui Regatta, with the last racing tomorrow held off Centara Grand Beach Resort Samui, Chaweng Beach, Samui Island.
Well prepared for transfer to any emergency, the paramedic of MedAire will be aboard a support RIB during this summer’s UK J Class regattas to provide an immediate help.
The fabulous Porto Cervo Marina in Sardinia will welcome the spectacular sailing yachts competing in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup from September 2 to 8. This popular event has already hosted such sailing legends as Niklas Zennström, Larry Ellison, Leonardo Ferragamo, Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones as well as Marco Tronchetti Provera.
Running from June 7 to 10, the first Extreme 40 yachts have started to arrive in Istanbul to compete in Act 3 of the Extreme Sailing Series 2012. The preparations of the Race Village are in full swing, offering a wide range of activities for spectators.