Loro Piana Giraglia, the Yacht Club Italiano’s offshore race from Saint-Tropez to Genoa via the Giraglia Rock, and fifth event in the International Maxi Association’s 2024-25 Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge, has often seen leader changes in its last miles, but yesterday it concluded with a neck and neck dash for the finish.
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The pecking order at maxi events is typically well defined with the largest, fastest yachts coming home first
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After getting underway yesterday in light to moderate conditions, day two of inshore racing took on a different complexion at Loro Piana Giraglia. When the first of today’s two windward-leewards started at 1130 it was in an offshore northwesterly, blowing off Saint-Tropez’s famous Plage de Pampelonne.
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Saint-Tropez laid on fine conditions for the first day of inshore racing at Loro Piana Giraglia, organised by the Yacht Club Italiano in collaboration with the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez.
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The International Maxi Association’s 2025 Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge (MMIC) continues tomorrow, Saturday 7 June with the first of four days of inshore/coastal race of Loro Piana Giraglia, organised by the Yacht Club Italiano in collaboration with the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez, prior to the event’s famous offshore race to Genoa starting on Wednesday 11 June.
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