Cannes Regates Royales 2011
Cannes, capital of classic yachting.
The Croisette has again vibrated to the rhythm of Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai who celebrate their 33 year of history. This is one of the oldest races since the first edition took place in 1929 in honor of King Christian X of Denmark. With a fleet of over sixty Dragon and an armada of nearly eighty classic yachts, some of which were blithely over a hundred years old ! A colorful show which welcomed Manitou for the first time, the plan Olin Stephens of President John F. Kennedy and Eilean, an old 1936 sailing ship of Scottish descent, who was abandoned on the island of Antigua after many crossings (a total of 150.000 miles - six times around the earth) and have had her hour of glory when a clip of the group Duran Duran was recorded on board. Recovered by the President of Panerai, Angelo Bonati and restored for two years in an Italian shipyard, in Viaregio, with traditional wood and steel from the epoch, he became the brand ambassador with 24 meters long and a 30 meters high mast, her bridge of Burmese teak and mahogany interior. Cannes has now turned to the glorious years of yachting by hosting the gaff rigs, schooners, cutters, sloops, yawls, Class J, last century monotypes, 12mJI... Five days of regattas off the Lerins islands for a fleet distributed into seven categories by size, age, sailboat rigging. An exceptional collection as the largest and most famous yachts of the last century came to a fight like the majestic Elena (55m, Nathanael Herreshoff plan), Cambria (40m, William Fife Plan), Mariquita (38.20 m, William Fife Plan) , Sunshine (38m, William Fife Junior level), the Class J Shamrock V (36.50 m Charles Nicholson plan), or both Moonbeam III and Moonbeam IV (31m, William Fife Plan). Nan, Moonbeam IV, Arcadia, Shamrock V and Leonore were the big winners of Cannes !
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Thank you Panerai !
Every day, Panerai welcomed with kindness and elegance yachts owners and crews at the Panerai Lounge. By sponsoring The Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge, in its seventh edition this year, Officine Panerai works to protect and promote the culture of classic yachts on behalf of his own story about the sea (official provider to the Italian Marine) and the values of beauty, classic, craft and excellence that gives a classic yacht its uniqueness, like that of a luxury watch.
Officine Panerai creates a special limited edition watch for each year of the circuit. For the 2011 event, it’s the Luminor Submersible 1950 Regatta 3 Days GMT Automatic Titanio - 47mm: a professional underwater watch, water resistant up to 30 atmospheres (approximately 300 meters), fitted with a rotating bezel with graduated scale to calculate dive duration and a hand indicating the second time zone. All the seafarers have said «Thank you Panerai !» for his support.
This year, the Cannes Régates Royales have been honored woith the presence of Panerai yacht, Eilean, ambassador of the trademark.Eilean, the 22-metre Bermudian ketch, designed and built in 1936 by the legendary Scottish boatyard Fife, has been returned to her original splendour after more than two and a half years of extensive restoration work. She has a 30 meters high mast, a bridge made of Burmese teak and a mahogany interior.
