A splendid week with races every day! Today was the last day of the first week of Les Voiles in its new format: 140 Modern yachts and 82 Classic yachts endeavored to make the most of every last puff of the breeze in the race zone of Saint Tropez. Patrizio Bertelli’s Scud (Herreshoff 1903) with …
The Royale Regates, organized by the Yacht Club de Cannes, ended this Saturday, September 25th. After five days of delightful sailing in shorts and T-shirts, the 43rd edition is now in the annals of history. Karine Grené Regates Royales – Until late Friday evening, the crews were busy finishing craning Dragon and 5.5 MJI at …
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Organized by the Yacht Club de Cannes from September 19 to 25, the 43rd Régates Royales continue. Even today, for this fourth day of racing, The wind was in a very good mood again, with a perfect East-South-East breeze in the morning which decided to abate a bit throughout the day. Karine Grené …
Royal Huisman – Athos (Holland Jachtbouw, 2010) arrived at Huisfit’s non-tidal deep water quay in Amsterdam. The 62m / 204ft classic schooner returned to her birthplace earlier this week and will soon go inside for a conversion by Royal Huisman’s dedicated refit division. . The upgraded workshop floor of the largest hall of Royal Huisman …
St. Francis Yacht Club Featuring Jeff Cowen, Executive Director, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Located 6,225 feet above sea level and stretching down to a depth of 1,645 feet, Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America. This ancient lake also has the clearest lake water in the United States. Yet, there are century-old …
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