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A first race ticked off for all the groups in a summer ambiance.<\/strong> Enrapt yet studious, focused on micro-trimming and calculating the race zone with pinpoint accuracy, the crews on the 800 Maxi Yachts got down to business this Tuesday with their first day of racing at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, in its Maxi version. And so it was that they tried to exploit every possible variation in the light E\u2019ly breeze in the four groups of Maxis committed to a double looped circuit of the gulf. Carrying an excess of sails, with an air draught stretching up to 45 m for some (Wallycentos), these huge racing steeds managed to get the very best out of the conditions offered up in the gulf, sparing no effort in the flurry of sail changes amidst their quest for a beneficial puff of breeze. In these gentle conditions though, the event favourites are already posting solid performances: Morgana<\/em> and Jasi<\/em> in Maxi 1, Magic Carpet 3<\/em> in Maxi 2, Capricorno<\/em> in Maxi 3 and Kiwi Magic KZ7<\/em>, all of them fantastically efficient in their hunt for the most optimised course.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Morgana<\/em><\/strong> straight in for the attack<\/strong>\u2026<\/strong> Maxi 2: Wallycento versus Maxi 72<\/strong> Wallycento, in a race of their own!<\/strong> Lyra<\/em><\/strong> makes her mark<\/strong> French Kiss<\/em><\/strong> crosses swords with <\/strong>Kiwi Magic KZ7<\/em><\/strong>…<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Programme 2022<\/strong> Partners to Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez <\/strong> TOWN OF SAINT TROPEZ Organisation:<\/strong><\/a> Photo Credit<\/strong>: Press Relations<\/strong>: Maguelonne Turcat\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A first race ticked off for all the groups in a summer ambiance.Morgana\u00a0makes her mark amongst the Super MaxisWallycento versus Maxi 72: hostilities commence Enrapt yet studious, focused on micro-trimming and calculating the race zone with pinpoint accuracy, the crews on the 800 Maxi Yachts got down to business this Tuesday with their first day…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":{"subtitle":"","autoplay":false,"delay":"","video_mp4":false,"video_webm":false,"poster_image":false,"nugget":false,"partner":false,"tab":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1778"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1782,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778\/revisions\/1782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Morgana<\/em>\u00a0makes her mark amongst the Super Maxis<\/strong>
Wallycento versus Maxi 72: hostilities commence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 46 Maxi Yachts sailing in fleet format in Saint Tropez are split into four separate groups according to their length and measurement. It was the large sloops measuring in excess of 30 m, labelled here as Maxi 1s, which kicked off the week\u2019s racing. Up against a very light E\u2019ly breeze, the giant Wallys, Swans, Hoeks and other Dubois impressed spectators from the get-go with their ability to take off, creating their own wind and shooting off as a tight mass towards the fringes of the gulf. Already, the temptation to make some extreme tactical calls divided the fleet. Rambler 88<\/em>, to her great displeasure, opted to continue on a heavily penalising tack towards Sainte Maxime, whilst all her rivals powered down on Les Canoubiers. Issuing a course reduction, the Race Committee validated one race for each group. Morgana<\/em>, the large Reichel Pugh cruiser racer, managed to make the best of the day\u2019s puffs of breeze to take line honours. Ahead of her in this evening\u2019s provisional overall ranking is Pattoo<\/em> (McKeown 2016), the first Maxi 1 in corrected time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The three \u2018genuine\u2019 Wallycentos, Magic Carpet3<\/em> (Reichel\/Pugh 2013), Galateia<\/em> (Reichel\/Pugh 2015) and Tango<\/em> (Mills 2017) have every intention of injecting some real energy and power into the Maxi 2 group in this event. Their clash with the ex Maxi 72s Jethou<\/em> and Cannonball<\/em> and record hunters like Rambler 88<\/em> and Leopard 3<\/em> promises a thrilling week of fierce competition. Things kicked off today with a subtle attack, which saw Cannonball<\/em> really make a name for herself by leading the way virtually from beginning to end, before finally losing her grip on the top spot in the final few boat lengths to Magic Carpet 3<\/em>. Her very interesting rating has propelled her to the top of the Maxi 2 leader board tonight, ahead of the other two 72 footers, North Star<\/em> and Jethou<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wallycento is a measurement which relies on a so-called box rule. Measuring between 30 and 30.48 m in length, with a displacement of between 45 and 50 tonnes, her water draught with a fixed keel amounts to 5 m, stretching to 6.2 m for a lifting keel. The owners retain the possibility of managing and personalising their projects. As such, they can notably choose their own naval architect and their own yard in consultation with the avant-garde Luca Bassani, the man behind this futuristic 100-foot concept, albeit with the ability to continue racing on an equal footing. Launched in 2013, the first Wallycento Magic Carpet 3, <\/em>a <\/em>Reichel-Pugh design, was built in Ancona. Three more Wallycentos have since been built, Galateia<\/em>, Hamilton<\/em> and the most recent, Tango<\/em>. These four sumptuous boats are gracing Les Voiles this week. Hamilton<\/em>, renamed Open Season<\/em> for a while, has been extended to 107-feet, so she can no longer compete among the Wallycentos. She is instead sailing under the name of Spirit of Malouen X<\/em> in the group of \u2018large\u2019 Maxi 1s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Wally 77 Lyra<\/em>, a familiar force on the podiums of Saint Tropez, didn\u2019t waste any time in getting her bearings in the gulf either. Stealing a march on her twelve fellow protagonists in the Maxi 3 group throughout the day, she was embroiled in a particularly fierce duel with the Italian sloop Capricorno<\/em> (Reichel Pugh design from 1995), aboard which the weight of years seems to have no hold whatsoever. However, it is Les Amis<\/em>, the Swan 601 from Monaco, which knocked spots off them in corrected time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
French Kiss<\/em> has rediscovered in Saint Tropez another legend from the golden age of the America\u2019s Cup 12mRs in the form of her contemporary from New Zealand Kiwi Magic KZ7<\/em>, built from glass fibre in 1986. The first event of the week saw the duo involved in a bitter duel that harked back to their glorious past. Virtually neck and neck throughout, it was only in the closing hundreds of metres that the Danish crew on the New Zealand boat pipped the French on French Kiss<\/em> to the post. However, heading the provisional ranking this evening is the venerable Swan 65 Sa\u00efda<\/em>, launched in… 1973. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Week 2: Les Voiles Maxi Yachts<\/strong>
Wednesday 5, Friday 7, Saturday 8: racing
Thursday 6: lay day\/Reserve day
Saturday 8 October: Prize-giving (week 2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ROLEX
BMW
NORTH SAILS
WALLY
SUZUKI MARINE
MARSHALL
MERCANTOUR
BYBLOS
BESSERAT DE BELLEFON
TORPEZ (VIGNOBLES DE SAINT-TROPEZ)
BERNARD OPTIC
PEPINIERISTE PIERRE BASSET
ESPRIT VILLAGE A SAINT-TROPEZ<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PORT DE SAINT-TROPEZ
LES MARINES DE COGOLIN
FEDERATION FRANCAISE DE VOILE
YACHT CLUB DE FRANCE
INTERNATIONAL MAXI ASSOCIATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Nautique de Saint-Tropez<\/strong>
President: Pierre Roinson
Principal Race Officer: Georges Korhel
Race Secretary: Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Fantino
Technical Manager: Philippe Martinez
Communication and Management Attach\u00e9: Chlo\u00e9 de Brouwer
Editorial: Denis Van den Brink
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