Corsica

Corsica, France - A luxury yacht was attacked by pirates on Sunday near Porto-Vecchio (Corse-du-Sud), off the French island of Corsica, according to the gendarmerie. The Tiara mega-yacht, which flies the flag of the Cayman Islands, had just sailed from Sardinia, and had only been anchored in the Bay of Santa Giulia, near Porto-Vecchio for a few hours when four masked men, armed with rifles and revolvers, approached the

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.