The Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge, the leading international circuit for vintage and classic sailing craft, is making ready for the 2013 season, and is also pleased to announce the addition of a new host city and event to its ranks. Naples, one of the world’s most extraordinary cities, joins the PCYC’s Mediterranean circuit this year, with its legendary Bay providing the backdrop for the 10th edition of “Le Vele d’Epoca a Napoli” between June 26th and 30th 2013.

This debut on the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge international circuit is an acknowledgement of the Neapolitan regatta’s burgeoning status on the classic sailing scene.

It also crowns the partnership between its organisers of the last decade, the exclusive Reale Yacht Club Canottieri Savoia and the Italian Navy’s Staff Sailing Office, and the Officine Panerai haute horlogerie brand, itself a sponsor of the circuit for the last nine years, thanks to its historic links to the sea and seafaring.

The 2013 Panerai Classic YachtsChallenge opens, as per tradition, with the big Antigua regatta in the Caribbean. The long-­standing events on both international circuits (Mediterranean and North America) also return as does Cowes on the Isle of Wight which is gaining in impetus with each passing year.

The full calendar for the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2013 is as follows:

24th– 28th September 2013

Source: Sparkle PR Solutions for Panerai