Giraglia Rolex Cup

Genoa, Italy - Neville Crichton and his crew on the yacht Alfa Romeo have beaten the course record in the Giraglia Race, prevously held by none other than Neville Chrichton and crew on the old Alfa Romeo. The 100 foot yacht sailed from St. Tropez, past Giraglia rock on Corsica, and into into Genoa Italy in just 18 hours, smashing Crichton's previous record set in 2003 by 4 hours. The new yacht has 10 more feet, a canting keel, and power winches.

St Tropez, France - Yesterday saw the completion of inshore racing at the Giraglia Rolex Cup in St Tropez (results below), and today a fleet of 170 yachts set out from the Gulf on the 243-mile Giraglia Race, after waiting three hours for the wind to pick up enough to allow a fair start. The course runs from St Tropez, France to Genoa, Italy via Giraglia Rock on Corsica.

St Tropez, France - Light winds and sunny weather ruled day two of the Giraglia Rolex Cup in the Gulf of St Tropez. The racing started in light winds, and it didn't pick up until much of the 167-boat fleet was already more than half way through the 30.7 mile course. That late-coming wind put smaller boats at an advantage, which is shown in the results. Today's winner of the big boat division was one of the smallest, 40' Fissa, now 2nd overall in the IRC Group A.