The official America’s Cup Superyacht Regatta 2013 will run over the three America’s Cup Finals lay days: 9, 11 and 13 September. The event is co-sponsored by prestigious luxury yacht builders: Alloy Yachts, Perini Navi, Royal Huisman, as well as Vitters Shipyard.
Three luxury vessels designed by the prominent UK studio, Dubois Naval Architects, have participated in the recently concluded NZ Millennium Cup. These include the last year’s winner, Silvertip yacht, that took second place this year.
Tomorrow morning, Wednesday, February 20, is expected to see the first finishers of the 2013 RORC Caribbean 600 yacht race. One or two records will be presumably broken.
Peter Aschenbrenner’s American trimaran yacht Paradox and Mike Slade’s British Maxi charter yacht ICAP Leopard covered the first 100 miles of the RORC Caribbean 600’s course in an astonishing seven and a half hours at 1700 local time.
Being attended by 53 luxury yachts, this year’s RORC Caribbean 600 yacht race has seen its start. A number of outstanding vessels, such as charter yacht ICAP Leopard as well as superyachts Athos and Adela, are also participating.
The only offshore race in a popular yacht charter destination – the Caribbean, the popular RORC Caribbean 600 is set to start today. It will be attended by eight luxury yachts built by Nautor’s Swan, that will compete for the first of six Swan Challenge Trophies.
The NZ Millennium Cup has once again provided three days of fantastic racing, proving the fierce competitive spirit of the event. The overall victory went to superyacht Zefiro.
Superyacht Zefiro took the line honours in this year’s NZ Millennium Cup, following three exciting days of racing. The second place went to luxury yacht Silvertip, followed by Ohana yacht, Janice of Wyoming and Sea Toy, respectively.
The first edition of Australia’s premier keelboat regatta, Hamilton Island Race Week, was held in 1984, hosting a total number of 93 yachts. Sandy Peacock took the images of the inaugural race.
Antigua Yacht Club hosted the official welcome party to open this year’s RORC Caribbean 600 yacht race that will kick off on Monday, February 18.
To start on Monday, February 18, this year’s 5th edition of RORC Caribbean 600 yacht race will host a record breaking fleet, including the impressive charter yacht ICAP Leopard.
The second day of NZ Millennium Cup racing is over, and sailing yacht Ohana and Silvertip superyacht battled right to the line, finishing within seconds of each other. The ultimate winner of the day was Zefiro yacht.