Attended by 20 beautiful yachts built by the prestigious UK-based shipyard Oyster Yachts, the 29th Oyster Regatta in Cowes kicked off yesterday. The biggest luxury vessel to compete is the Oyster 82 superyacht Starry Night of the Caribbean.
The overall winner of this year’s Westward Cup has become the luxury sailing yacht Mariette, followed by the charter yacht Eleonora E (ex Eleonora) and the superyacht Mariquita, respectively.
With no competing on the final day Saturday 16 June, this year’s Westward Cup, attended by three big class vessels, including charter yacht Eleonora E (ex Eleonora), Mariette superyacht and luxury yacht Mariquita, was concluded today.
The three Big Class yachts racing in this year’s Westward Cup gathered today the Eatern Solent to compete for Yacht Club de Monaco Trophy. These include the 49.5m (160ft) charter yacht Eleonora E (ex Eleonora), the 42.06m (138ft) luxury yacht Mariette, and the 38.1m (125ft) superyacht Mariquita. Today’s race was won by Mariette, now having 3 points in the overall competing.
Day 1 of this year’s Westward Cup in Cowes, UK saw the 42m superyacht Mariette take the top position, followed by the 38m luxury yacht Mariquita and the 41.5m charter yacht Eleonora E (ex Eleonora) respectively.
The respected UK-based Dubois Naval Architects had a unique chance to see the 51.7m luxury yacht Mondango built by Alloy Yachts in 2008 anchored close to their office. This exceptional vessel offers beautiful accommodation in 5 comfortable staterooms.
The Southampton-based Solent Refit is going through a busy season, working on projects such as the luxury charter yacht Light Blue, the motor yacht Osprey, the charter yacht Sudami, the luxury yacht Spada, as well as the Lunar Mist yacht. The company has also recently welcome project-management expert Phil Millard and a Project Manager Johnny Byrnes.
The winners of the J Class Solent Regatta, running from July 18 to 20, will be given an honour to receive the Corinthian King’s Cup trophy as well as the King’s Hundred Guinea Cup trophy, in addition to the Queen’s Cup trophy by Royal Southampton Yacht Club.
MDL’s Ocean Village Marina, a Southampton superyacht marina, will play host to the four J Class yachts, racing in the Solent Regatta (July 18-21) and the Hundred Guinea Cup Race, held on 21 July.
The Falmouth Regatta will be finally attended only by the four J-Class superyachts and not the six as expected, without the presence of the sailing yacht Hanuman as well as the charter yacht Endeavour. The latter is supposed to race only in the Solent regattas.