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Panerai’s Régates Royales in Cannes - The Grand Finale

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September 2013


Between September 24th and 28th, approximately 90 yachts will do battle in the course of the 35th Régates Royales de Cannes, the final round of the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2013. After the Antibes, Porto Santo Stefano, Naples and Mahon events, the famous Cote d’Azur city stage brings the presentation of the much-sought-after trophies in the Vintage, Classics and Big Boat categories. The victorious boats will go down in the annals of the Mediterranean Circuit of the international competition for classic and vintage yachts sponsored by Officine Panerai for the ninth consecutive year.

Panerai and Ferrari

The fleet - the oldest member of which was launched in 1896 - hails from more than 10 different nations and represents over a century of yachting history, spanning the spectrum from the sport’s earliest days to the present. The hull lines and rigs of the yachts competing are the work of the finest naval architects of all time, including Americans Olin Stephens and Nathanael G. Herreshoff, Fife of Fairlie in Scotland, Camper & Nicholson of England and Italians Cesare Sangermani and Carlo Sciarrelli. Most are also built from hard woods of the likes of teak and mahogany.

Panerai and Ferrari

Each of the participating yachts has her own story to tell. Many have sailed the world’s seas and participated REGATES ROYALES 2013 in historic regattas of the likes of the America’s Cup or completed long cruises across Mediterranean, Northern Europe or the world’s oceans. In fact, White Dolphin, winner of the Panerai Transat Classique 2012, and The Blue Peter, a 1930 Bermudan cutter and Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge regular since the event’s inception, have both recently returned to the Mediterranean from the Atlantic. White Dolphin’s owner will presenting the Panerai Transat Classique 2012 trophy he won just a few months ago at Barbados, at the Officine Panerai stand where we will also be welcoming owners, crews and journalists from all over the world each day. Already inscribed with the names of the winners of the two previous editions, the Cup will also be presented to the winner of the next Panerai Transat Classique, scheduled for winter 2015.

Source: Panerai