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Tuesday 25 October 2011
| 2012 rendez-vous |
| The Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai 2012 will be from September 25 to 29. Boats will be welcomed in Cannes from September 22 to 30. | |
| Saturday 24 September 2011
| “Lights and shadows” | | The traditional photo contest organized during the Régates Royales in Cannes and named “Lights and shadows” was a huge success with many amateur photographers competing with pictures taken over the week. First prize went to Madame Diane von Schoen ; silver went to Madame Claudette Chautemps ; and bronze, tied at points to Madame Jeannine Copin and Madame Ilhem Semmoud. The prize for the most voted photograph by the public was awarded to Monsieur Alain Rigal. |
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Saturday 24 September 2011
| Limited edition |
Victory, Helen and Mariska have been nominated for the Prize Yacht de Tradition of the Year (PYTA) organized by French newspaper Les Echos. The three yachts that have been selected among those in Cannes by a special Jury that will announce the name of the winner at the end of November in Paris are
Victory a working boat that debuted to the Régates Royales in Cannes this year, Helen an Alfred Mylne’s design dating back to 1936 and Mariska designed by Fife in 1908. The jury was composed by Frédéric Berthoz (President of the French traditional yachts Association AFYT), Gilbert Pasqui (from the Pasqui shipyard), Soazig Guého (Mille & Une Vagues), Christophe Gaumont and Jean-Claude Travert (Race Committee members at the Régates Royales), Jean-Claude Montesinos (President of the Yacht Club de Cannes) and de Jean-Paul Ortelli (project manager for the Société des Régates de Cannes).
Prize organizer Benoît Godeau from Les Echos - Série Limitée, sponsor of PYTA declared:
“The aim of the PYTA is to aknowledge the French and worlds maritime heritage of boats participanting to events on the Atlantic Coast (2) and in the Med (4). The regattas’ organizers choose their local jury who select a boat in each of three categories (less than 12m, from 12m to 18m, more than 18m). Later in the year, in November, a grand jury meets in Paris at the Yacht Club de France to designate the Tradional Yacht of the Year for each category and the overall winner.
The restoration in judged according to criteria such as the most accurate to the original design, the materials used, the respect of the yachting etiquette, etc. The eighteen yachts selected, are supported by the different race organizers. The third PYTA award will be presented during next edition of the Paris Boat Show. Starting from this year the Musée de la Marine (the French National Maritime Museum) is also promoting the award that was previously presented to Moonbeam IV (in 2009) and Bona Fide (in 2010). French fashion brand Vicomta has also created a special blazer that goes from winner to winner, same as it happens at golf master series.” | |
| Saturday 24 September 2011
| Weather forecast
| | Partially cloudy sky today on Cannes. A weak low pressure system on central Italy will generate light easterlies on Côte d’Azur. The sea breeze will then be light, force 2 max, during the afternoon hours for this last day of the Régates Royales –Trophée Panerai. |
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Saturday 24 September 2011
| Race to St-Tropez
| | To close the 2011edition of the Régates Royales and start the Voiles, the Yacht Club de France organize a race between Cannes and Saint-Tropez that will start on Sunday at 11:00. Mrs Yvette Fouga, representing the Mayor of Cannes and Mr Jean-Pierre Tuveri, Mayor of Saint-Tropez, will be at the village to celebrate the event. Most of the yachts taking part to the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai will be on the start line of the coastal race, some twenty miles long. |
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| Friday 23 September 2011
| Weather forecast
| | With an anticyclone centred on Cathay and an occluded front between Bordeaux and Prague the pressure gradient looks weak. The outlook is then for a slightly cloudy sky and a light and variable wind. An easterly should set in the morning and then veer to southwesterly along the central hours of the day and become force 2 to 3 later in the afternoon. The start could be postponed waiting for the breeze to set. Tomorrow, for the final day of the Régates Royales –Trophée Panerai, the weather should remain much the same with light sea breezes in the afternoon. |
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| Friday 23 September 2011
| Overall provisional rankings after three races
| Among the gaffers UK’s Avel is still in the lead with a four points lead on yesterday’s winner Bona Fide and five on Nan of Fife.
In the Big Boats class there are three teams tied at points that is to say MoonBeam IV, Moonbeam of Fife III and Mariquita with fourth placed The Lady Anne distanced only by one point.
The Classic division is dominated by French sailors, with Arcadia, Sagittarius and White Dolphin all flying the “tricolour” flag, leading on Italian Navy’s Stella Polare.
2010 champion Rowdy has taken back the lead in the big Marconi class, closely followed by The Blue Peter and US flagged Manitou.
Among the smaller Marconi it’s a British/ Italian/German affair with Leonore, Cholita and Anne Sophie at the top.
Lionheart scored a win in the Spirit of Tradition class to overtake Shamrock V by one point, whilst the third place is occupied by the “tiny” British Tofinou Jessie. |
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Thursday 22 September 2011
| Weather forecast
| | It's decidedly good weather in Cannes and on the Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai. As a high pressure system is established on a vast area from the Canary Islands to Siberia, the atmospheric activity should remain weak and the weather should be good until the end of the week. This does not mean that there will not be any local variations on the next days over the Côte d’Azur. Actually the south-westerly will be replaced by an easterly , light to moderate, that could change during the afternoon due to the land's thermal effect. The temperatures will still remain summery, up to 27C on the central hours of the day under a perfect blue sky, and flat sea. For today the forecast is for an easterly light and variable wind, but the local sea-breeze could well change everything... |
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Thursday 22 September 2011
| Close racing |
The Big Boats sailing past the Lérins Islands stole everyone’s attention once more, the magnificent high masts and immense sails making spectators and photographers happy. The 20 mile long coastal race was won by Moonbeam of Fife III followed by Moonbeam IV, the couple are still on top of the provisional ranking at 4 and 6 points respectively while James Thom’s Mariquita coming in fourth is tied at points in third place. Among the big gaffers Nan of Fife scored another first that keep her on top with 2 points, British flagged Avel scored another second and is following at 4 and, thanks to a fourth the third provisional place is occupied by Oriole. Among the nine Classics Arcadia is in the lead by a little point on White Dolphin and four on Italian Navy’s Stella Polare. In the big Marconi class, the reigning champion Rowdy left the first step of the provisional podium because of a fourth, and is now tied at points with Havsornen at 5, the top spot going to The Blue Peter thanks to two second places. Among the smaller Marconi Leonore got a clean score and leads with 2 points, but Cholita is still in her tracks at 4 and Anne Sophie is third at 6 points. Irish flagged Shamrock is securely leading the Spirit of Tradition class with two wins, second placed are Gaulois and the modern J Class Lionheart at 5 points. |
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| Wednesday 21 September 2011
| Phoebus II, fast from the lake
| In 1892 French designer Auguste Godinet conceived an original and experimental new rule, offering an alternative to the traditional V-shaped hulls and the fin-keel and bulb-keel. As the former are theoretically more seafaring, more powerful upwind, but heavy and less spacious. The latter are beamer, flatter and subsequently faster downwind but less safe. Considering the real hull shape, by measuring the “offset”, decreasing the stem to half the hull length, Godinet managed to make boats less extreme, more harmonious and sufficiently stable. Poil-de-Carotte, built by Emille Belly and Auguste Godinet himself was the first of the eleven “Three Tonners” produced, they were pretty different from one another and designed by well known architects like Guédon, de Cactus, Herreshoff or Costaguta. Calypso (Guédon) was also a heavy displacement boat with a V-shaped hull contrary to Poil-de-Carotte (Godinet), a lighter, shorter but also faster boat. Phoebus II is a replica of the original Poil de Carotte launched in 1903. She has been built as an identical copy in 1191 using the hull of Phoebus that was in such a bad state that it was impossible to give her a second life. Phoebus II has taken part to several Bol d’Or races on Lake Geneva since 1992, was also present to the classic yachts events in Brest (92-96-2000) and Gironde in 1996.
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Wednesday 21 September 2011
| At the centre of the action |
As tradition in Cannes, the classic yachts offered a superb show to the many spectators’ boats and to the public that crowded the beaches on a warm late summer day. The fleet sailed in the area just off the Lerins Islands, on a twenty and twelve mile long coastal course, for the Big Boats and the other classics respectively. Among the Big Boats it was Chris Barkham’s Cambria to cross in first, followed by Moonbeam IV and Moonbeam of Fife III while James Thom’s Mariquita came in fourth. Nan of Fife, Avel and Oriole were on the top three spots in the Classic gaffers class. Stella Polare, the ketch representing the Italian Navy won among the Classics, leaving behind the French couple White Dolphin and Arcadia. Reigning champion in the Marconi class, Rowdy confirmed her supremacy, coming in front of The Blue Peter and US flagged Manitou at her absolute debut in the Régates Royales. Leonore, Anne Sophie and Harlekin respectively jumped on the provisional podium among the smaller Marconi class. And finally, it was Ireland’s Shamrock V to beat Gaulois and Grey One in the Spirit of Tradition division. |
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Sunday 18 September 2011
| Key dates RégatesRoyales – Trophée Panerai |
Monday September 19thWelcome and registrations Racing–first start signal at 11.00-Dragons Pétanque tournament Welcome Cocktail at the race village
Tuesday September 20th
Racing–first start signal at 11.00-DragonsRacing–first start signal at 12.00-Classics
Football match at the race village
Pasta party and rock concert at the race village
Wednesday September 21st
Racing–first start signal at 11.00 - DragonsRacing–first start signal at 12.00- Classics
Tug of War Pasta party at the race village Thursday September 22ndRacing – first start signal at 11.00 - Dragons
Racing – first start signal at 12.00 - Classics Friday September 23rdRacing–first start signal at 11.00- Dragons Racing – first start signal at 12.00 - Classics & metre classes
Painting contest
Prize giving ceremony for the Dragon class Pasta party at the race village Saturday September 24thRacing – first start signal at 12.00 - Classics 18.00: Prize giving ceremony at the race village for Classic and Spirit of Tradition Yachts Sunday September 25thRelay regatta to Saint-Tropez organised by the Yacht Club de France |
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