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.
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.
At this year’s Rolex Volcano Race, the Swan 80 luxury sailing yacht Berenice Bis won the ‘highest placed Swan’ award, received during the Rolex party at the legendary La Canzone del Mare.
Leg Two of the 2012 Rolex Volcano Cup was completed with the Yacht Club of St Petersburg’s sailing yacht Bronenosec taking 6th place overall as well as 3rd in the mini-maxi category. This lovely Swan yacht is now preparing for the Giraglia Rolex Cup.
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.
Strong winds over Capri cause a delay in today’s Rolex Volcano Race, postponing the start to 18:00 CEST.
The respected Finish builder Nautor Swan is present in the Rolex Volcano Race 2012, running these days until May 25 through its 6 beautiful yachts, belonging to Swan 60, Swan 65, as well as Swan 80 series.
Saint Petersburg Yacht Club’s Swan 60 sailing yacht Bronenosec takes 9th place at the 2012 Rolex Volcano Race – Leg One. Today’s regatta took the fleet of international teams from Gaeta to Capri, in Italy.
Berenice Bis from Italy, takes the leg one victory of the Rolex Volcano Race.