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International Maxi Association
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez : Capricorno claimed IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge
At the end of a challenging week of maxi racing at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez when the wind never exceeded seven knots, conditions on the final day did at last prove too light and fickle to complete a race. While all four classes for the 46 boat fleet got under way, the wind vanished and at 1500 the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez’s (...) -
Giraglia Rolex Cup
Franck Nöel’s TP52 Near Miss has been confirmed as the overall winner of the 2012 Giraglia Rolex Cup
A big boat race was predicted ahead of the historic 60th edition of the race from Saint-Tropez to Sanremo. And so it proved. Yesterday morning, the 100-foot Maxi Esimit Europa 2 (SLO) smashed the four-year old race record Record #sailingrecord by over three hours, completing the circa 242-nautical mile course in 14 hours, 56 minutes and 16 (...) -
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez
Avel crowned winner of Rolex Trophy at Les Voiles
It seems the summer may never end in St Tropez this year. For more than one week straight, unseasonably hot weather has dominated the region, caused by a high pressure system that seemingly stalled over the northern Mediterranean. It was a week of hot sunny days and little breeze, unusual in its duration. Again today, not a cloud could be (...) -
Giraglia Rolex Cup
Dominique and Michel Heyraud won 59th Giraglia Rolex Cup
The surprise overall winner of the 59th Giraglia Rolex Cup is the 37ft-Foxy Lady (FRA), co-skippered by brothers Dominique and Michel Heyraud. Foxy Lady finished the race in a time of 48 hours and four minutes, at 12:08 CEST today, and went on to win on corrected time by 11 minutes, 30 seconds ahead of a fellow 37-footer Jeminy (FRA) with (...) -
Voiles de Saint-Tropez
Ikra wins the Rolex Trophy
The 2010 edition of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez concluded today with the prizegiving at La Citadelle, the 16th century fortress set imposingly overlooking the white-capped Golfe de Saint-Tropez. More than 1000 competitors and supporters gathered on a sunny, windy, beautiful fall day, as Andre Beaufils, President of the Les Voiles Organizing (...) -
Voiles de Saint-Tropez
Ten year of racing in St Tropez for classic yachts
Sunday morning the sun shone bright and clear as participants and spectators gathered in La Citadelle of Saint-Tropez for the prize giving ceremony that marks the official ending of this year’s edition of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez. Teams applauded each winner with great enthusiasm, already speaking of plans for the 2010 edition of this (...)