SAILING: Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez 2011

01. Oktober 2011, 20:05

MUDBANK TO THE PODIUM

Another sultry day on the French Riviera as racing concluded for the week at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez. For the 300+ boats at this year’s edition, no amount of wind dances or prayers could conjure up enough breeze for a final day of racing. While both Tradition and Modern boats managed to get a race started, in the end, only the smaller modern boat classes were able to finish. For the Tradition fleet, with a bit of déjà vu for the week, after a few hours of the fleet struggling to get upwind, the decision was made to abandon racing for the day. All standings as of Friday would remain intact. AVEL at the dockside Dockside - AVEL, Sail n: , Model: GAFF CUTTER, Year: 1896, Class: EAB .Photo By: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi . »

01. Oktober 2011, 19:55

ROLEX TROPHY STARTS TO UNFOLD

Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez is notable for the diverse fleet of boats that turn up each September on the Cote d’Azur for a week of racing. Nearly half the fleet of 300 modern and classic boats is sailing in the Tradition/Classic classes. Foto Race Start. Photo By: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi . »

01. Oktober 2011, 19:54

CLASSICS ON STAGE IN SAINT-TROPEZ

There could not be a more impressive fleet of classic boats then the more than 100 racing this week at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez. It's an armada that showcases designers from the golden ages of yachting history: among them, Herreshoff, Fife, Sparkman & Stephens, Rhodes, Mylne, and Alden. The summer-like conditions that prevailed on the Golfe of St Tropez outside of the old port featured plenty of blue sky, an unseasonably hot sun, and light breeze. Photo By: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi. »

01. Oktober 2011, 19:54

SUMMER CONDITIONS PREVAIL

The fleet that gathers in St Tropez each autumn comes as much for the competition as to soak up the atmosphere that over a hundred classic boats can easily provide. While some of the yachts and sailors are experiencing Les Voiles for the first time, many have raced here before and have been frequent participants over the past three decades of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez (since 1999) or La Nioulargue before that. THE LADY ANNETHE LADY ANNE, Sail n: D, 10, Model: 15METRE, Year: 1912, Class: GEB. photo id: 18956 Photo By: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi »

29. September 2011, 20:43

S & S: SPEED UNDER SAIL

Midweek in St Tropez is traditionally a layday for the modern fleet, and sort of a busman’s holiday for the classic fleet. Today is Challenge Day with one ‘featured’ race of the day, and a host of other informal challenges were struck for match races between competitors, solely for bragging rights. This year, the Club 55 Cup match was between the 140-foot 19 Metre Class, Mariquita and the 128-foot gaff schooner, Altair – both designed by William Fife III.Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Saint-Tropez, FranceSeptember 24 - October 2, 2011 GANYMEDE and VICTORY GANYMEDE, Sail n: 54, Model: MARCONI KETCH, Year: 1948, Class: EMA VICTORY, Sail n: , 7, Model: GAFF CUTTER, Year: 1883, Class: EAA - Photo By: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi . »