For its seventh edition, the “Voiles de Saint-Tropez” (St Tropez Sails) welcomes, from October 2nd to 8th , 2005, 250 sailing ships gathering at the same time the most recent prototypes of race and the most beautiful traditional yachts. No sailor would like to miss this last stopover of the Yachting season. Since the stop […]
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From September 25th to October 1st 2005, Cannes hosts the Régates Royales, the penultimate stage in the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge. The Société des Régates de Cannes was founded in 1859 and organised the Mediterranean’s first ever regatta for large sailing boats in 1863. In 1894, the reigning champion, the Prince of Wales’ yacht Britannia, […]
Continue Reading ...9th NICE COTE D’AZUR BOAT SHOW 2005 ! For its 9th edition, from the 18th to March 21st, 2005, “NICE COTE D’AZUR BOAT SHOW” (ex “Nautical Boat Show of Nice”) takes a new dimension. Reflection of the good health of the nautical sector (nearly 10% of growth in 2004 according to the FIN – Nautical […]
Continue Reading ...First contact – Immense car parks, thousands of cars… gentle breeze blows.On the way, warehouses, manufacturers and ship chandlers face a university and an aquarium, one of the most visited in Europe. Ten knots of wind and familiar slappings are made hear… Little by little, crowd is done denser; it seems to converge towards a […]
Continue Reading ...The 2004 edition of this mystical race started on november 7th at the Sables d'Olonne. Here is the official list of the 20 challengers: – Patrice Carpentier (FRA/VPM Matériaux) – Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA/Virbac-Paprec) – Raphaël Dinelli (FRA) – Mike Golding (GBR/Ecover) – Conrad Humphreys (GBR/Hellomoto) – Sébastien Josse (FRA/VMI) – Roland Jourdain (FRA/Sill) – Hervé […]
Continue Reading ...BMW Oracle Racing keeps its promises After the regattas in fleet, first round of the Marseilles Louis Vuitton Act 1, the victory of TEAM BMW Oracle Racing is clear. The American challenge did not leave any chance to its competitors. The 32nd edition of America’ s Cup began last weekend and offered to the Marseilles […]
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From September 13th to 18th, the Mediterranean’s finest yachts gather in the bay of Monaco. Since it was founded in 1994, the Monaco Classic Week has always reached the height of excellence. Every two years, the Monaco Yacht Club offers an outstanding line-up of all the Mediterranean has to offer in the way of prestigious […]
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For its 6th edition, the spectacular meeting of modern and traditional sailing ships once again associated the general public and the elite of the international yachting in a festive atmosphere. Small historical background: during a meal, a tropezian restorer and a navigator friend of him launched out a sporting challenge. They decided on a nautical […]
Continue Reading ...Route des Iles 2004 : bis repetita for Dimitri Deruelle 09/2004 – Wind, sunshine an unexpected facts for the 12th edition of the “Route des îles” race which was won for the second time by the Deruelle-Paul team wheeling the Défi Partagé Marseille. Organized since 1993 by Paul D’Ortoli, well-known skipper, this high level race rejoins […]
Continue Reading ...09/2004 – The result of Louis Vuitton Act I held in Marseilles proves to be in conformity with the forecasts: BMW Oracle Racing justified its place of favourite by gaining the first pre-regatta of this 32nd America’s Cup new formula. The magic of the sail and of these boats – of which design is a […]
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