The total number of 34 spectacular maxi yachts have kicked off the 23rd Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup today. These include the largest vessel to compete, the 66m megayacht Hetairos.
Running from September 2 to 8, the 2012 Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup is to kick off in less than one month. This year’s 23rd edition will be marked by the competitive premiere of the 164ft sailing yacht Better Place as well as the 216ft superyacht Hetairos.
The 2nd edition of the Rolex Volcano Race was concluded with the Rolex party and prizegiving at La Canzone del Mare on Friday 25 May, with Sir Peter Ogden’s 60ft Mini Maxi yacht Jethou winning the Rolex Trophy and timepiece as well as the 112ft superyacht Nilaya receiving a Rolex timepiece as a line-honours winner.
The overall victory in the 2012 Rolex Volcano Race has gone to the 60ft yacht Jethou, followed by the 112ft luxury yacht Nilaya taking second place and the Wally 100 superyacht Y3K placing third.
The first vessel to finish the 300-nautical mile course of the 2012 Rolex Volcano Race was the Filip Balcaen’s 112ft superyacht Nilaya, followed by the Claus-Peter Offen’s 100ft sailing yacht Wally Y3K taking second place and the Sir Peter Ogden’s 60ft Mini Maxi yacht Jethou placing third.
The base of every successful race is good teamwork, as confirmed by Bouwe Bekking, a captain of the largest vessel attending this year’s Rolex Volcano Race, the 112ft superyacht Nilaya.
Leg Two of the 2012 Rolex Volcano Race started today with a delay, at 18:00 CEST from Marina Piccola in Capri.
Berenice Bis from Italy, takes the leg one victory of the Rolex Volcano Race.
Expected to arrive in Capri tomorrow, the 15 crews competing in the Rolex Volcano Race left Gaeta in Italy today at 15:00 CEST.
With the participation of such spectacular vessels as the 100ft superyacht Y3K or the 112ft sailing yacht Nilaya, the Rolex Volcano Race officially kicks off on Sunday 20 May.
This year´s Superyacht Cup Palma has only a few last places available for superyachts wishing to take part in this famous race. The recent entries include such splendid vessels as the last year´s winner, the 24m superyacht Drumfire or the winner of this year´s St Barths Bucket Regatta, the 43m charter yacht This is Us.
The second edition of the Rolex Volcano Race, running from May 19 to 25, 2012 is expecting to host 22 magnificent yachts, competing in this Tyrrhenian Sea race, including the 112´ superyacht Nilaya by Baltic Yachts as well as the 100´ luxury yacht Y3K by Wally Yachts and many others.