Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup - Porto Cervo

Organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS) in conjunction with the International Maxi Association (IMA), the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup takes place in the first weeks of September, and is the third of five events in the IMA's Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge.

This year’s Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup has an impressively strong fleet, with 50 yachts entered from across the globe spread across the three fleets - Super Maxi, Maxi and Mini Maxi.

Stealing the show in the Super Maxi class will be 4 magnificent J Class yachts, Velsheda, Topaz, Svea and Ranger, their owners & highly experienced crews sailing them around the course with all the intensity of America’s Cup racing, for which most were designed.

In the fiercely competitive Maxi 72 class Cannonball, owned by YCCS member Dario Ferrari, will be returning to defend the class title claimed last year.
Other famous names include the Wally Cento Magic Carpet Cubed and the maxi racers Deep Blue and Rambler. Making their debut outings at the event will be the foiling mini maxi FlyingNikka, owned by Roberto Lacorte, and the ClubSwan 80 My Song, owned by YCCS member Pier Luigi Loro Piana. 

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De Froidmont as President of the IMA commented last year, “As a sailor, the Costa Smeralda offers some of the most tactically challenging sailing in the most picturesque of surroundings. In our hosts the YCCS, we could not hope for a better co-organiser of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, maxi yachting's premier event."

One reason they come to Porto Cervo every year is because competition here is the highest available...

Let's hope the weather is kind, winds is fair and all yachts and their crew enjoy 5 days of incredible racing!

With thanks to Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup