.jpg "Photo by: Carlo Borlenghi/ Rolex") The pre-race favourite Alfa Romeo may well have seized the lead soon after the start of the Rolex Middle Sea Race, but Neville Crichton spent the first night locked in a close battle with two other canting-keeled SuperMaxis, Morning Glory and Thuraya Maximus. |
.jpg "Photo by: Kurt Arrigo/ Rolex") The only doublehanded team in the Rolex Middle Sea Race led the 68-strong fleet out of Marsamxett Harbour on a beautiful sunny morning in Malta. The 34-foot J/105 Slingshot, raced by British duo Shaun Murphy and Ric Searle, shot out of the first of six staggered starts and led her division comfortably around the Rolex turning mark at Tigne Point, just under a mile out of the start. |
.jpg "Photo by: Kurt Arrigo/ Rolex") The sailors due to start the Rolex Middle Sea Race tomorrow morning from Malta's beautiful Marsamxett Harbour are an intriguing mix of the professional and Corinthian. At the big boat end of the fleet, sailing aboard the big Maxi yachts are a host of ocean-racing veterans, including five skippers from the recent Volvo Ocean Race - Mike Sanderson, Paul Cayard, Sébastien Josse, Bouwe Bekking and Matt Humphries. Other big names include Olympic Champion Sofia Bekatorou from Greece, competing in her first long-distance offshore race, and singlehanded round-the-world sailor Emma Richards sailing on board ABN AMRO ONE with Mike Sanderson, whom she married earlier this year. |
.jpg "Photo by: Carlo Borlenghi/ Rolex") The Russian Transpac 52 Rusal Synergy today took another victory in the final coastal race before the Rolex Middle Sea Race begins this Saturday. Alexei Nikolaev's crew enjoyed an incredible boat-for-boat contest against the 78-foot Reichel/Pugh Maxi yacht, Damiani Our Dream, and the smaller yacht just pipped the Italian Maxi across the finish line after almost five hours of close racing. |
.jpg "Photo by: Carlo Borlenghi/ Rolex") Russian Transpac 52 Rusal Synergy won today's first inshore race in the build-up to the start of the 608-mile Rolex Middle Sea Race this Saturday. When skipper Alexei Nikolaev crossed the finish line off Fort Manoel in Malta, he suspected that he'd had a good race, which was later confirmed by the IRC handicap results. He beat second-placed Damiani Our Dream from Italy by 8 minutes. |
.jpg "Photo by: Carlo Borlenghi/ Rolex") The site of the prizegiving ceremony for the 8th annual Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez (and the 25th anniversary of the original La Nioulargue) took place in a spectacular setting under the walls of the ancient Citadelle, with a view overlooking the bay of Saint-Tropez. André Beaufils, President of Les Voile Organizing Committee welcomed the competitors, along with the Jean-Michel Couve, Deputy Mayor of Saint-Tropez. Hundreds of guests hiked up to the vantage point where the awards for the week of racing were presented. |
.jpg "Photo by: Carlo Borlenghi/ Rolex") It doesn't get much better than the conditions off Saint-Tropez today - sailors and photographers live for days such as this, with 25-30 knots of wind, sunny skies and a fleet of the most beautiful sailing yachts in the world. After a week of extremes: too much wind or too little, the competitors were delighted to awaken to a fresh breeze that, for the classic division, continued to build throughout the day. |
.jpg "Photo by: Carlo Borlenghi/ Rolex") When the classic fleet left the port for today's racing at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, the wind was light and conditions not very promising. But after a delay of less than one hour, a northeasterly breeze of 8-10 knots filled in under a brilliant clear and blue sky and all of the starts for the six classes went off in succession. |
.jpg "Photo by: Carlo Borlenghi/ Rolex") After yesterday's fresh mistral which kept the Les Voiles fleet in port, by Thursday the wind had dropped significantly with 4-6 knots providing a different sort of challenge for the fleet. Today's racing highlight was the 3rd annual Trophée Mer & Bateaux de la Grande Classe, as well as the Challenge Jean Laurain, in which individual yachts challenge another yacht, of similar length or design, to a race. |
.jpg "Photo by: Carlo Borlenghi/ Rolex") The Les Voiles fleet awoke to a crystal clear morning with an azure sky and seas. The day would have been perfect, without the mistral that appeared in the morning. By 1030 this morning, the race committee of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez made the obvious decision to cancel racing given the forecast for the wind to increase to 40+ knots through the day. While many yachts and crew in the fleet were more than prepared for some heavy air sailing, it is almost impossible to safely get all of the yachts off the quay and back again safely. |
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