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09/2009 -

The countdown clock has just about run out only a week remains until the start of one of the most anticipated yacht racing events of the year – the 2009 12 Metre World Championships.  What is expected to be the largest gathering of …

09/2008-

A PIECE OF HISTORY

As the rain falls on the Voiles d’Antibes, it’s time to reminisce about Lulworth’s extraordinary past.  On Thursday June 5th 2008, as the rain fell outside, I took shelter in the …

01/2007 -

With her original gaff rig, Wayward made a discreet return to the competitive circuit at the 2006 Régates Royales. As a Marconi Yawl back in 1996, Wayward won 2 events at the Rendez-vous Atlantiques in Brest. At the Régates Royales 2006, her return was so symbolic that no victories …

11/2006 -

A powerful contender.

The identical replica of the original two-masted schooner Sunshine made its first appearance in French waters in June 2005. She was back in September at the Régates Royales, much to the delight of classic yacht sailors and fans present in Cannes.

With a deck length of 31m, maximum beam …

09/2006 -

Moonbeam IV: pure pleasure

The weather was perfect for Moonbeam IV as the first regatta of the Voiles d’Antibes got underway on Thursday 1st of June 2006. It had snowed overnight in the Alps, but now the bay was bathed in sunlight and the south-easterly wind was blowing at 15 knots. …

06/2006 -

Seaway: original elegance and spirit

Sitting aboard the Seaway on May 19th, enjoying the sunshine and following the fleet of classic yachts gathered in the Bay of Villefranche for the Trophée Pasqui regatta, is truly a unique and privileged position to be in.

The TSMY Seaway was loaned by her owners to the organisers …

11/2005 -

Serene sailing on board Shamrock V

When Shamrock V was launched in 1930 she was the first yacht to be built under the J Class rules created one year before.

Inspired by the works of Nathanael Herreschoff, the J Class ensured that all sailing yachts competing in the Americas Cup had identical …

09/2004-

Hardly believable, largest sloop of the world, Mirabella V, with impressive measurements (75.2 m length, 14.82 m broad, draught 3.90m, 740 tons of displacement, a mast of almost 91 m) and 2100 HP engines, was failed today, September 16th, 2004, on the rocks of St Jean Cap Ferrat (close to Nice).

During 3 hours, …