Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, the final event of the International Maxi Association’s 2026 Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge got underway today with a record fleet of 51 maxis competing, including the welcome return of three J Class yachts – Svea, Hanuman and Rainbow, the latter two being campaigned by well-known maxi yacht owners Giovanni Lombardi Stronati (of Django fame) and Peter Harrison (Jolt, Sorcha, etc) respectively
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After a dramatic 25 knot penultimate day at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in conjunction with the International Maxi Association, Saturday’s concluding race took place in more benign conditions.
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Following Wednesday’s layday, the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup community awoke this morning to Porto Cervo in a different mood; the sky overcast thanks to a passing front, more breeze and, mercifully, less heat. For the third day of maxi yacht racing’s pinnacle event, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in conjunction with the International Maxi Association, the northwesterly Mistral was blowing at 20+ knots
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To avoid a significant soft patch directly off Porto Cervo, the second day of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in conjunction with the International Maxi Association, saw all six classes dispatched northwest on coastal courses of varying lengths, around the La Maddalena archipelago, to make the most of the available wind
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A light but solid easterly over northwest Sardinia eased the fleets gently into competition at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in conjunction with the International Maxi Association.
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