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  1. Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez: one of the world's largest Maxi Yacht meets!

    Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez: one of the world's largest Maxi Yacht meets! 30 September 2023 Les Voiles 2023 is starting with a bang on Sunday. 40 Maxi Yachts, jewels of both elegance and technology, are hitting the racetrack and the outright winner of the International Maxi Association's Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge will be crowned ...

  2. Les Voiles Maxi version!

    The Yacht Club de France's Autumn Cup The Autumn Cup typically rounds off the Regates Royales in Cannes by enabling its fleet of Classic yachts to race to Saint Tropez and compete at Les Voiles. Alas, the weather gods had other plans, but tonight Saint Tropez is brimming with these sublime race boats from the golden age of yachting, which ...

  3. Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez

    Making up the Classic, Modern and Maxi classes, nearly 250 boats are officially entered in Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, which begins September 28. Scrolling the entry lists made available on-line by the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez, are some familiar names, the best images from past editions, notable newcomers, all showcasing an ...

  4. Record line-up for Les Voiles de Saint Tropez Maxi Week

    Les Voiles de Saint Tropez Maxi Week gets underway with 46 yachts. 4 October 2022 • Written by Holly Overton. The second week of Les Voiles de St Tropez kicks off today (October 4) with a record number of Maxi yacht entries - 46 - including high-performance regatta winners and showstopping modern classics. Here are some of the largest ...

  5. Cannonball, Lyra and Wallyño crowned Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez maxi

    The final day of maxi yacht competition at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez saw the fleet take on a trapezoidal course off the Bay of Pampelonne with Cannonball, Lyra and Wallyño sailing to victory to secure wins in their respective fleets.. The 39 competing maxi yachts were divided into four classes, the largest competitors being Bernard Sabrier's 34-metre Silvertip and 34-metre Spirit Yachts ...

  6. Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez

    Understanding Maxi week at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez No fewer than 45 yachts measuring 20 to 40 metres will begin racing in the bay Tuesday, split into 4 separate groups. Two of these groups, IR1 and IR2, group together the Super Maxis with a waterline length of between 80 (24 m) and as much as 100 feet, like the Swan 115 Odin (35 metres).

  7. Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez: one of the world's largest Maxi Yacht meets

    Related Articles Voiles de Saint-Tropez: Les Voiles unveils! We know a little more about what's new for this anniversary edition With two and a half months to go before the opening of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, which runs from September 28 to October 6, we know a little more about what's new for this anniversary edition. Posted on 12 Jul Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez 25th anniversary

  8. Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez

    Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez is now the 6th and final Maxi meeting in the IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge 2022, which is placed under the aegis of the International Maxi Association, presided over by Benoit de Froidmont. Their 2022 races began with the Palma Vela in May, the Rolex Giraglia in June, the Copa del Rey MAPFRE in July and the ...

  9. Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez 2023

    Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez is also the final round of the IMA Mediterranean Inshore Challenge, one of the most prestigious trophies in the Maxi circuit. 2023 will be the second edition of the IMA Club 55 Cup which will be held during the Lay Day- the quintessence of the festive and sharing spirit of the event.

  10. Wallyño wins Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez class with a day to spare

    Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez is organised by the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez, part of the French Sailing Federation, in collaboration with the city of Saint-Tropez, the International Maxi Association (IMA) and the support of the Yacht Club de France. It is the final event of the IMA's Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge. 4 October 2023

  11. Cannonball, Lyra, Wallyño and Stella Maris crowned at Les Voiles de

    The final day of maxi yacht competition at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez took place on a large trapezoidal course off the Bay of Pampelonne in a 7-10 knot easterly in seas that ranged from flat to occasionally lumpy and irregular. The 39 competing maxi yachts, ranging in size from numerous 60 footers up to Bernard Sabrier's 112ft superyacht ...

  12. Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez

    Pour les 25 ans des Voiles de Saint-Tropez du 28 septembre au 6 octobre 2024 ! ... En Classique, Moderne ou Maxi, près de 250 bateaux sont officiellement inscrits aux Voiles de Saint-Tropez dont l'édition anniversaire des 25 ans débute le 28 septembre prochain. Egrainer les listes mises en ligne par la Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez, c ...

  13. Record line-up for Maxi Week at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez 2022

    The Maxi Week at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez begins today with a record-size fleet of 46 yachts competing in France. See more. Sailing Record line-up for Maxi Week at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez 2022. Written by Sophie Spicknell. Tue, 04 Oct 2022 | 10:15.

  14. Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez concludes with maxi owners praising new format

    Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez concludes with maxi owners praising new format. Despite the wind turning light and complicated for the last two days, maxi yacht competition at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez was successfully held on three out of four days. The event that traditionally concludes the inshore maxi sailing season in the Mediterranean was ...

  15. Maxis prepare for their Mediterranean inshore grand finale

    Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez marks the conclusion of the International Maxi Association's six event 2023 Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge (MMIC). This started in May with PalmaVela and continued with the IMA Maxi European Championship in Sorrento, the inshore races here in Saint-Tropez for Rolex Giraglia and Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup.

  16. Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez

    Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez - Saturday, September 28 - Sunday, October 6, 2024. Making up the Classic, Modern and Maxi classes, nearly 250 boats are officially entered in Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, which begins September 28. Scrolling the entry lists made available on-line by the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez, are some familiar names ...

  17. Les Voiles in XXL format!

    This 24th edition of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez is undoubtedly a red-letter year. Coloured by big breeze or light airs, each of the two weeks of racing pitted the most beautiful classic and modern yachts in the world against one another in a truly sumptuous setting. 46 of the latter group, the so-called Maxis, which measure in excess of 60 feet ...

  18. Les Voiles de Saint Tropez 2023, new dates

    This year Les Voiles de Saint Tropez has swapped the dates for Maxi's and for the Classic yachts. So from the 23th to the 30th September the MAXI yacht fleet will be taking the stage in port at Saint Topez, while from the 1st to the 7th October St Tropez will welcome the Schooners (ISA), the Big Boats (GTR) and all classic and modern boats.

  19. Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Overall

    Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Overall. Quarter of a century next year, Les Voiles forever! When the planets of the sailing galaxy are aligned! Gorgeous sunshine, breeze, the Gulf of Saint-Tropez as a backdrop, the most beautiful Maxi, Modern and Classic yachts in the world, sailors from all different backgrounds, a sociable atmosphere leading to ...

  20. Wallyño wins Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez class with a day to spare

    Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez is organised by the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez, part of the French Sailing Federation, in collaboration with the city of Saint-Tropez, the International Maxi Association (IMA) and the support of the Yacht Club de France. It is the final event of the IMA's Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge.

  21. 2019 Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, Day 2

    2019 Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, Day 2 - Maxi racing gets underway by James Boyd / International Maxi Association 2 Oct 2019 13:47 BST 28 September - 6 October 2019 After the first day was blown off due to excess wind, the Mistral gave way today to light conditions enabling racing for the maxi yachts to start finally at Les Voiles de Saint ...

  22. Big breeze and hot competition forecast for Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup

    Matteo Fossati and his 64ft Stella Maris will be hoping to repeat last year' Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez success when they won class, while no Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup is complete without Gerard Logel's Swan 601 @robas. ... For a second year the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup features a Multihull class, which will again see a catamaran show-down between ...

  23. Final act of the breathtaking Voiles de Saint-Tropez 2022!

    Final act of the breathtaking Voiles de Saint-Tropez 2022! 12 October 2022. - The winners of the four Groupe Maxis awarded tonight. - Capricorno, winner of the IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge 2022 - See you in 2023. Two weeks! 15 days already that the Voiles de Saint-Tropez have been illuminating the Gulf, the Var and the ...

  24. Big breeze and hot competition forecast for Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and

    Posted on 27 Aug Voiles de Saint-Tropez: A sense of celebration Nearly 250 boats are officially entered for the 2024 edition Making up the Classic, Modern and Maxi classes, nearly 250 boats are officially entered in Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, which begins September 28. Posted on 26 Aug After the records, many arrivals in Monte Carlo