Disaster for Highland Fling XI as Lyra wins
September 10, 2021
While it was not the fierce northwesterly and flat water for which the Costa Smeralda is notorious for yacht racers, today, after three relatively light races, the wind was knocking on the door of 20 knots for the penultimate day of competition at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup.
Bomb Alley delivers on day three of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
September 9, 2021
After three races it is the leaders in the largest and smallest/slowest classes that have retained their perfect scorelines at the half way stage of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup. This pinnacle event of the maxi sailing calendar is organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in…
Light, tactical day two at Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
September 8, 2021
With a fine turn-out plus integrating the Wallys into the IRC maxi fleets, racing feels very different at this year’s Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in conjunction with maxi yachting’s governing body, the International Maxi…
Day for the tacticians – Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup gets underway
September 7, 2021
Owner-drivers and crews taking part in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup were eased gently into competition off Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda today as they fought to make the most of variable sub-10 knot winds out of the northeast quadrant. The light start was appreciated as due to the…
Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup – old faces and new gather in Porto Cervo
September 6, 2021
After a year’s hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 43 of the world’s largest and most advanced racing boats have gathered in the jewel of northeast Sardinia that is Porto Cervo, for tomorrow’s start of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup.
First staged in 1980, the world’s…
Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup: Delivering excellence
September 1, 2021
For 40 years the appeal of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup has been unquestionable. On the water, the level of competition is of the highest order and supported by the finest race management. The racecourses are some of the most challenging and spectacular in sailing, offering an…