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Rolex Trophy • Sydney
Perini records hat trick of victories outside Sydney Heads
Farr 40 World Champion Richard Perini finished the Rolex Trophy One Design Series on a perfect note, recording a hat trick of victories in light and fluky conditions outside Sydney Heads. But no matter what the Australian could do, series leader Vincenzo Onorato was doing sufficient to maintain a strong grasp of the regatta, the Mascalzone (...) -
Rolex Trophy • Sydney, Aus
Perini wins Rolex Trophy Farr 40 class on drama-filled final day
Sydney yachtsman Richard Perini today won the Farr 40 One Design class of the prestigious Rolex Trophy on a dramatic, windy end to the international series off Sydney. -
St. Francis Yacht Club’s Big Boat Series
Six Perpetual Trophy Winners Named in San Francisco’s Big Boat Series
Winners in two IRC classes and seven one-design classes were named this evening at the Big Boat Series presented by Rolex. St. Francis Yacht Club named the six Perpetual Trophy winners, who also received specially engraved Rolex timepieces. -
Rolex Swan Cup
Sardinian sun shines on Solenia 2, Rolex Swan Cup winner
On the fifth and final day of racing at the Rolex Swan Cup 2004, the fleet was put to a final tactical test in very light and shifty conditions. In the end it was Roberto Ferrero’s Solenia 2 that took overall fleet honours and was awarded the Rolex Swan Cup. Individual class winners for the week were: Bugia Bianca (Swan 70) in Class A, (...) -
KEY WEST
Shark Wins Again, But France’s Col Collects Melges 24 Title
Mean Machine? Where’d they come from? Upstaging the Farr 40 establishment, the way Peter De Ridder cleaned house Friday at Terra Nova Trading Key West 2004, presented by Nautica, he’ll be paying excess baggage charges on his way home to Monaco and The (...) -
Women’s keelboat Championship
Olympic Hopeful Barkow Crowned as 2003 Rolex Champion
Sally Barkow of Nashotah, Wis., and her crew of Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, N.Y.), Carrie Howe (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) and Annie Lush (Bournemouth, England), have won US SAILING’s 2003 Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Championship (Rolex IWKC), which began Monday, Sept. 29 and concluded today with two races on Chesapeake Bay off (...) -
Rolex Farr 40 World Championship
Nerone crowned World Champion on a busy, windy day
The fourth day of the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship saw Massimo Mezzaroma crowned as the new world champion after another impressive performance. Three races were run on the last day of the event, and Mezzaroma’s team, which includes tactician Vasco Vascotto, had effectively won the regatta with a race to spare after posting a 2nd and (...) -
Rolex Farr 40 Worlds
Strong winds forecast for first day of Rolex Farr 40 Worlds
37 boats from 11 nations representing the cream of owner-driver keelboat sailing and a veritable "Who’s Who" of international yacht racing have assembled in Porto Cervo, Sardinia for the sixth Rolex Farr 40 World Championship. Racing in the 10-race regatta organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda gets underway tomorrow, Wednesday, and (...) -
Rolex Farr 40 World Championship
Maryland Sailor Steve Phillips Steers Le Renard to Victory
Steve Phillips of Arnold, Md., has steered Le Renard to win the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship, which concluded today at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, Bahamas. Over four days of competition in poster-perfect sailing conditions, Phillips turned in single-digit finishes in all but one of ten races, which proved the key to his (...)