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THE MANAGEMENT OF SUCCESS
The 19th Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup ended today, not quite as hoped as the wind eventually fizzled out along with the ambitions of the owners and crews hoping for one final chance to get to the top of the podium. The Yacht Club Costa Smeralda Race Committee, led by Principal Race Officer Peter Craig, held...
ANOTHER DAY IN MAXI PARADISE
Day four of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup started late, but did not come up short on excitement or entertainment, especially in the Cruising Division. Today was another day for the holiday-makers in this vacation paradise to witness the impressive array of the big, the beautiful and the fast in the saili...
Big wind, big waves, big day
If they ever invent a 4x4 RIB the photographers and film crews that covered today's proceedings at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup will be in the market for it. A one-hour postponement saw the wind build from zip to 20 knots and more. With the wind came the sea - short, sharp and steep. Great in a Maxi, dr...
Sirocco blows in to Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2008
After three days of racing and with winds having picked up considerably following yesterday’s light air the leaderboard at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup has changed for the Racing and Wally divisions which now see Neville Crichton’s Alfa Romeo (NZL) and Jean Charles Decaux’s J One (FRA) leading respectiv...
Fleet manoeuvres
Imagine you are sat on your boat in the middle of an emerald sea enjoying a quiet bit of fishing. Imagine in the distance an array of colourful spinnakers is heading towards you under a cloudless blue sky in ten to twelve knots of warm breeze. Imagine that the leading boats all turn in unison toward...
A bird's eye view of the big fellas
Without doubt one of the best views in the house at the 19th Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup is that of the helicopter pilot tasked with positioning the film and photographic teams recording events unfolding. It is an enviable job and an addictive one too. Forty of the biggest, fastest, best-looking yachts on ...
DOUBLE CHALLENGE FROM ALFA ROMEO AND NEVILLE CRICHTON
Alfa Romeo Yacht Racing Team is entering a double challenge at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in Porto Cervo which will see over 40 yachts competing from 2 to 6 September. Super maxi Alfa Romeo 2, which has already notched up a long list of international racing wins, will be joined by brand-new mini maxi ...
The who's and who and What's what of the maxi racing scene
The 19th Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda gets underway tomorrow with an entry list of 40 yachts representing a broad spectrum of maxi scene. Once again the canting keeled, carbon-fibre, super-maxi Alfa Romeo will brush shoulders with the polished brass and bright work...
No mid-life crisis for Rolex Middle Sea Race
With three months to the start of the Rolex Middle Sea Race 2008, the fleet is shaping up to provide a cracking demonstration of offshore sailing. Thirty boats have entered to date, from the 100-foot Rapture (MAR), through the 65-foot Rolex Sydney Hobart winner, Rosebud (USA), to the Cookson 50 Lee ...
Stripes wins 4 in second by three seconds per mile
Bill Martin (Ann Arbor, MI) steered his Great Lakes 70 Stripes to three first place finishes in three races in IRC Class 1 on Sunday to grab first place in the Rolex US-IRC National Championship. Martin wins the second annual championship trophy and much more, a specially engraved Rolex Steel and Pl...
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