Falmouth Week(9th-16th August, 2008) & The Pendennis Cup(11th-16th August, 2008).

Notice of Regatta...

Henri-Lloyd Falmouth Week has developed into the largest regatta in the South West, rivalled only by Cowes Week. It provides a racing schedule to challenge the most competitive sailors, yet retains a ‘fun and friendly’ feel which also attracts families and the less experienced.

Falmouth Week starts with the Falmouth Classics event, providing a special atmosphere and superb spectacle to kick off the week. Then follows six days of match racing for keelboats, traditional craft and dinghies in the waters of Falmouth Bay, the Carrick Roads and the Harbour. A Champagne Day on the final Saturday rounds off the week.

An absolute classic!

This year’s Lindauer Classic Yacht Regatta turned on the conditions to test the mettle of craft and crew. CHAD THOMPSON describes the action ...

2008 had been shaping up to be one of the milestones for classic yachting in New Zealand ever since the return of Thelma and the news of the restoration of the other classics: Rainbow, Rawhiti (now not to be relaunched until late 2008), Loloma and Gloriana. It was also to be a big year for the modern classics with increased participation from the Stewart 34’s, Townsons and H28 fleets. There were certainly no disappointments especially with the challenge by Thelma to Ariki’s supremacy. Ariki has been known historically as the ‘Queen of the Harbour’ and now was the time for her to reclaim her title.

Two new topics are in the forum....
    - restoration advise for a recently acquired Estlander 38 and....
    - in search of the 1912 Swedish schooner, 'Nancy'

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Provisional Dates

April 18-20 Palma Vela - Palma de Mallorca - www.palmavela.es

May 23-25 Voiles Latines - Saint Tropez, France www.snst.org & www.velalatinacircuit.it

May 26-June 1 Régates Imperiales - Ajaccio, Corsica www.regates-imperiales.com

June 2-3 Coupe de Printemps du YCF - Antibes, France www.voilesdantibes.com

June 4-8 13th edition of Les Voiles d'Antibes - Antibes www.voilesdantibes.com

June 13-15 Porquerolles Classics - France
www.cim-classicyachts.org

June 13-14 XVI Coppa "Luigi Durand de la Penne" - La Spezia to Isola di Capraia, Italy
www.ycss.it

June 16-17 Isola di Capraia to Porto Santo Stefano, Italy www.ycss.it

June 18-22 Argentario Sailing Week - Porto Santo Stefano
www.ycss.it/argentariosailingweek.htm

June 18-22 Les Voiles du Vieux Port - Marseille, France
www.lesvoilesduvieuxport.com

June 26-29 Vele d'Epoca a Napoli - Italy
www.leveledepoca.it

June 28-July 19 Trophee Bailli de Suffren(St Tropez-Malta)
www.tropheebaillidesuffren.com

July 16-19 Barcelona Classic Week - Barcelona, Spain

August 8-10 Club de Mar Classic Regatta - Palma de Mallorca www.clubdemar-mallorca.com

August 11-17 Trofeo Almirante Conde de Barcelona - Mallorca
www.fundacionhispania.org

August 21-24 Regatta Balear Classic(Palma-Mahon) www.fundacionhispania.org

August 27-30 Vela Classica Menorca-VI Copa del Rey - Mahon www.velaclasicamenorca.com & www.clubmaritimomahon/cmm.php

August 31-September 2 Mahon to Barcelona ??

September 10-14 Vele d'Epoca di Imperia - Italy www.veledepoca.com

September 15-16 Imperia-Nice
www.veledepoca.com

September 17-21 Trophee Belle Classe - Nice/Monaco www.yacht-club-monaco.mc

September 23-27 Régates Royales - Cannes, France www.regatesroyales.com

September 28 Coupe d'Automne du YCF - Cannes to St Tropez www.ycf-club.fr/HTML/avis_automne.htm

September 29-October 5 Les Voiles de St Tropez - France www.snst.org

The Fife Regatta Returns in 2008


The Fife Regatta is set to return in 2008 and promises to attract some of the most prominent Fife’s that are around today.

The weeks’ racing starts and finishes on the Clyde Estuary to the west of Glasgow on the west coast of Scotland. If the 2003 event is anything to go by Largs Yacht Haven will accommodate the fleet for a few days at both ends of the week, suitably located between Largs and the home of the Fife dynasty, Fairlie. Sadly, a model of the 70ft 1936 Bermudan Yawl, ‘Latifa’, that stands as a wind vane on the Fairlie Parish Church Spire, is one of the few reminders of a by-gone era.