{"id":4426,"date":"2025-10-06T10:15:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr\/?p=4426"},"modified":"2025-10-06T10:15:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:15:36","slug":"a-superlative-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr\/en\/a-superlative-edition","title":{"rendered":"A superlative edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The anemometer readings were no joke this morning in the port of St Tropez. Indeed, whilst the sailors were doubling up on their mooring warps and the Cap Dramont signal station recorded gusts of up to 55 knots, the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Nautique de Saint-Tropez quickly organised a prize-giving in the shelter of the Place des Lices. It was the perfect opportunity to cross paths with some of the top sailors on the planet, winners of the America\u2019s Cup, the Route du Rhum, single-handed and crewed round the world races, Olympic medallists, world champions, match racing stars and even the recent winner of the Solitaire du Figaro.\u00a0<\/strong>
A fabulous way to round off this latest action-packed edition of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez that more than fulfilled its brief once again.<\/strong>
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Pierre Roinson, President of the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Nautique de Saint-Tropez<\/strong>
\u201cEveryone aboard these boats loves the sea and yachting\u201d<\/strong>
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\u201cThis 2025 vintage has been especially successful. We\u2019d never had so many big boats among the 81-strong Tradition yachts and the fleet of 41 Maxis was both dense and a very high standard. The breeze was certainly a little light but it was enough for the event to be run in the three large groups.<\/em>
The presence of so many very big classic yachts was an unknown quantity and I was blown away to see the easy with which a boat like the schooner\u00a0Atlantic\u00a0<\/em>moves. She always got off to an excellent start and paraded in front of the quayside throughout the week to the great delight of all the spectators. It\u2019s safe to say that they really worked their magic! Everyone aboard these boats loves the sea and yachting and they behave in such a lovely way. Three thousand crewmen and women came together at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez and they celebrated in style with no incidents to lament. The famous Corinthian spirit which Patrice de Colmont cherishes was very much in evidence. On top of that, the Friday fireworks display, which lasted more than 20 minutes, was a wonderful gift to round off proceedings.
We\u2019re very pleased to have played host to our prestigious new partner, Edmond de Rothschild. They really got involved and were ever-present. The crew soir\u00e9e they organised on Friday with the boules competition and the participation of so many sailors proved to be a big hit. They are very familiar with Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez as some of the Gitana craft have secured victory in the Nioulargue in the past. They have also partnered the event before and immediately grasped the kind of spirit we\u2019re keen to preserve here. Charles Caudrelier\u2019s presence here this weekend was especially important because his calm, accessible demeanour really opens up this milieu. The celebrities who come along and chat with everyone about this shared passion for boating is very much in keeping with the spirit of Les Voiles.
A final favourite? To say nothing of\u00a0Atlantic<\/em>, that\u2019s a tough ask! I\u2019d like to give a special mention to all the passionate boat owners, including Jean-Pierre Dr\u00e9au, who has just purchasedSumurun<\/em>\u00a0and is eager to get her out sailing in order to preserve her. We\u2019re incredibly lucky to have owners here who are all too aware of the value of these boats\u2019 heritage and they will always receive a warm welcome at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez.\u201d
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Georges Korhel, Principal Race Officer<\/strong>
\u201cIt was my 27th edition and I have not denied myself a good thing!\u201d<\/strong>
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\u201cYear in year out, we make the most of the previous edition to raise our game. We\u2019ve made stellar progress among the Maxis in terms of managing the boats and courses, as well as our relationship with the IMA (International Maxi Association), which includes keeping them informed of our intentions. The results are very positive.
The committees have been coming here for four or five years and they have a very good handle on the event, which is very unique. The racing areas and the exclusion zones have also been very well managed among the Modern and Tradition fleets and it has to be said that the competitors have behaved very well. They stay well back from the red buoys and respond quickly when it\u2019s their turn so we get into a very good rhythm when launching the starts.\u00a0
As far as the Modern and Tradition yachts are concerned, we will now have to consider how to develop the courses further so that going forward we can avoid long reaches where those heading down the course cross tacks with those coming up the course. It\u2019s also a shame that we can\u2019t offer the big IRC boats their own windward-leeward courses too but it all becomes very complicated given the number of entries and the limited space at our disposal.
Also up for discussion, is the fact that I\u2019m advocating a slightly different system for dividing up the Tradition yachts. We have nine classes currently but there needs to be five or six I believe. We\u2019d have to work through the different scenarios with the measurers and try to adapt but that would take things in the right direction.\u00a0
Friday\u2019s Big Boat start for the Rolex Trophy is something that will be etched in my memory for a long time to come. There were some complaints about annulling the first start but the second was absolutely incredible. Having the three-masted schooner\u00a0Atlantic<\/em>\u00a0and the very big boats on the same starting line was a bit of a worry for us but everything went smoothly actually, resulting in some fantastic images.\u201d
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They were at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez 2025:<\/strong>
Guillaume Altadil, Francesco de Angelis, Christophe Babule, Ed Baird, S\u00e9bastien Bazin, Annemieke Bes, Bertrand de Broc, Brad Butterworth, Dee Caffari, Tanguy Caradec, Charles Caudrelier, Paul Cayard,\u00a0\u00a0Catherine Chabaud, Aymeric Chappellier, Tommaso Chieffi, Boris Cyrulnik, Simon Daubney, Pascale Decaux, Peter Dubens, Abby Ehler, Flavio Favini, Philippe Frantz, HM King Frederik X Danemark, Robin Follin, Thierry Fouchier, German Frers, Beno\u00eet de Froidmont, Tara Getty, Reinold Geiger, Torben Grael, Peter Harrison, Damien Iehl, Peter Isler, Bill Jayson, Murray Jones, Bruno Jourdren, Juan Kouyoumdjian, Devan Le Bihan, Simon Le Bon, Karine Le Marchand, Arthur Le Vaillant, Cyril\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lignac, Alexis Loison, Pier Luigi Loro Piana, Philippe Monnet, sir Peter Ogden, Lionel P\u00e9an, Marc Pajot, Mauro Pelaschier, Laurent Petit, Lo\u00efck Peyron, Jim Pugh, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Puzin, Ken Read, Marie Riou, Ariane de Rothschild, Marie Tabarly, Bruno Troubl\u00e9, Sophie de Turckheim, Maurits Van Oranje, Vasco Vascoto, Tom Whidden.
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The full list of trophies awarded at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez 2025<\/strong>
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MAXIS\u00a0<\/strong>
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Edmond de Rothschild Trophy for the best Maxi 1<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0V<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(Karel Komarek) 6 points
2nd:\u00a0Capricorno<\/em>\u00a0(Alessandro del Bono) 9 points
3rd:\u00a0Leopard 3<\/em>\u00a0(Joost Schuijff) 18 points
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Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Trophy for the best Maxi GP<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Django 7X<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Giovanni Lombardi Stronati) 10 points
2nd:\u00a0Vesper<\/em>\u00a0(James Swartz) 11 points
3rd:\u00a0Jethou<\/em>\u00a0(Sir Peter Ogden) 12 points
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Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Trophy for the best Maxi 3<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Twin Soul B\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(Federico Lunardini) 7 points
2nd:\u00a0Lyra<\/em>\u00a0(Terry Hui) 8 points
3rd:\u00a0Rose<\/em>\u00a0(Sven Wackerhagen) 15 points
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Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Trophy for the best Maxi 4\u00a0<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Yoru\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(Luigi Sala) 9 points
2nd:\u00a0Kallima\u00a0<\/em>(Paul Berger) 10 points
3rd:\u00a0Seaquill<\/em>\u00a0(Alessandro Doria) 12 points
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Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Trophy for the best Maxi 5\u00a0<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Crazy Diamond\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(Enzo Pellizzaro) 4 points
2nd:\u00a0Viva la Vida\u00a0<\/em>(Barry Parkin) 9 points
3rd:\u00a0Saida\u00a0<\/em>(Juerg Schneider) 15,8 points
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IMA Maxi Mediterranean Inshore Challenge Cup Trophy<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Galate\u00efa<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(Chris Flowers), Maxi 1
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The Town of Saint-Tropez Cup for the first overall Maxi<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Crazy Diamond\u00a0<\/em>(Enzo Pellizzaro)<\/strong>
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Yacht Club de France\u2019s \u2018tape de bouche\u2019 (canon muzzle award)<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Magic Carpet e<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(Sir Lindsay Owen Jones)
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Trophy for the best crew parade:\u00a0<\/strong>
Joint winners:\u00a0Beautiful Day<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Viva la Vida<\/em><\/strong>
2nd:\u00a0\u00a0Sa\u00efda<\/em>
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TRADITION YACHTS\/<\/strong>
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ROLEX Trophy for the best Big Boat<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Cambria<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Chris Barkham)
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Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Trophy for the best yacht in the Big boat category<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Cambria<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Chris Barkham) 4 points
2nd:\u00a0Elena of London<\/em>\u00a0(Steve MacLaren) 5 points
3rd:\u00a0Atlantic<\/em>\u00a0(Fosse Fortuin) 11 points
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Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Trophy for the best yacht in the Grand Tradition category<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Spartan<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Aladin Agosto Montel) 3 points
2nd:\u00a0The Lady Anne<\/em>\u00a0(Gonzalo Botin) 7 points
3rd:\u00a0Hallowe\u2019en<\/em>\u00a0(Inigo Strez) 10 points
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Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Trophy for the best yacht in the Epoque Aurique category<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Kizmet<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(Sir Richard Matthews) 3 points
2nd:\u00a0Oriole<\/em>\u00a0(Juan Carlos Eguiagaray) 8 points
3rd:\u00a0Viola<\/em>\u00a0(Fabien Despres) 10 points
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Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Trophy for the best yacht in the Epoque Marconi A category<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Varuna VII\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(Jens Kellinghusen) 4 points
2nd:\u00a0Emilia Prima<\/em>\u00a0(Luigi Guarnacia) 8 points
3rd:\u00a0Sormy Weather<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(Tarquin Place) 16 points
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Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Trophy for the best yacht in the Epoque Marconi B category<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Sonny<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(Tobias Brand) 6 points
2nd:\u00a0Dan<\/em>\u00a0(Gianni Sommariva) 7.5 points
3rd:\u00a0Andale<\/em>\u00a0(Bertrand de Broc) 12 points
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Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Trophy for the best yacht in the Classique Marconi A category<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Argynne III<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Pietro Dalmasso) 4 points
2nd:\u00a0Maria Giovanina II<\/em>\u00a0(Jean Pierre Sauvan) 10 points
3rd:\u00a0Lys<\/em>\u00a0(Philippe Monnet) 10 points
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Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Trophy for the best 12mR\u00a0<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Kiwi Magic<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Marianne Petersen) 4 points
2nd:\u00a0KZ5\u00a0<\/em>(Tiziano Nava) 9 points
3rd:\u00a0South Australia<\/em>\u00a0(Gil Steyaert) 9 points
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Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Trophy for the best Cruiser<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Lelantina<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Patrick Gibert) 3 points
2nd:\u00a0Eugenia V\u00a0<\/em>(Baptiste Garnier) 9 points
3rd:\u00a0Veronique<\/em>\u00a0(Alejandro Veccia) 10 points
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Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Trophy for the best yacht in the IOR category<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Il Moro di Venezia<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(Massimiliano Ferruzzi) 5 points
2nd:\u00a0Matrero<\/em>\u00a0(Rafael Pereira Aragon) 5 points
3rd:\u00a0Ojala\u2019 II\u00a0<\/em>(Michele Frova) 8 points
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Centenary Trophy, awarded by the Gstaad Yacht Club<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Leonore<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Mauro Pelaschier)
2nd:\u00a0Olympian<\/em>\u00a0(Philippe Oddo)
3rd:\u00a0Mariska<\/em>\u00a0(Dan Poljsak)
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MODERN YACHTS<\/strong>
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The Town of Saint-Tropez cup for the first overall Modern yacht<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Pride<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(William Grave)
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BMW trophy for the best IRC 0<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Vesper<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(David Team) 8 points
2nd:\u00a0Zen<\/em>\u00a0(Gordon Ketelbey) 11 points
3rd:\u00a0Nanoq<\/em>\u00a0(H.M King Frederik of Denmark) 13 points
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BRIG trophy for the best IRC 1<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Vito 2<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(Gian Marco Magrini) 12 points
2nd:\u00a0Zappy S<\/em>\u00a0(Christophe Wargny ) 13 points
3rd:\u00a0Arya<\/em>\u00a0(Giovanni Laviosa) 14 points
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Suzuki Marine trophy for the best IRC 2<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Give me Five<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(Adrien Follin) 6 points
2nd:\u00a0Happy forever<\/em>\u00a0(Perico Hook) 9 points
3rd:\u00a0Heat<\/em>\u00a0(Max Augustin) 11 points
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Marines de Cogolin trophy for the best IRC 3<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Pride<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(William Grave) 4 points
2nd:\u00a0Jedi\u00a0<\/em>(Peter Lezhnin) 15 points
3rd:\u00a0Einstein<\/em>\u00a0(Rainer Badent) 17 points
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Les Voiles de Saint-Troph\u00e9e trophy for the best IRC 4<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Corto Maltese<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Michele Colosante) 6 points
2nd:\u00a0Expresso<\/em>\u00a0(Guy Claeys) 8 points
3rd:\u00a0Mikala\u00a0<\/em>(Serge Ehrhardt) 14 points
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Boules competition:\u00a0<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Moogli<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(Caroline Palou and Alice)
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Crew parade: Domaine Bertaud Belieu prize<\/strong>
Winner:\u00a0Pride<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(USA)\u00a0\u00a0
2nd:\u00a0Forban V<\/em>\u00a0(Pirates)
FAVOURITE:\u00a0Moogli\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(<\/em>Les Naufrag\u00e9s)
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Club 55 Cup<\/strong>
Il Moro di Venezia<\/em>\u00a0(Classic IOR 1976) against\u00a0Mariella<\/em>\u00a0(1938 Bermudan yawl)
Winner:\u00a0Il Moro di Venezia<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Massimiliano Ferruzzi)
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Principal Partners of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez<\/strong>
ROLEX
BMW
EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD
WALLY
SUZUKI MARINE
BRIG
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Partners<\/strong>\u00a0and Official Suppliers to Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez<\/strong>
NORTH SAILS
PORT DES MARINES DE COGOLIN
MERCANTOUR\u00a0
BYBLOS
EKLE
VSC
PEPINIERE DU GOLFE
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CHAMPAGNE BARONS DE ROTHSCHILD\u00a0
CHATEAU SAINT-MAUR CRU CLASSE
DOMAINE BERTAUD BELIEU
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Institutional Partners<\/strong>\u00a0of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez<\/strong>
VILLE DE SAINT-TROPEZ
PORT DE SAINT-TROPEZ
ESPRIT VILLAGE A SAINT-TROPEZ
SAINT-TROPEZ TOURISME
FEDERATION FRANCAISE DE VOILE
YACHT CLUB DE FRANCE\u200b
INTERNATIONAL MAXI ASSOCIATION
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Organisation<\/strong>:\u00a0
Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Nautique de Saint-Tropez President: Pierre Roinson\u00a0
Principal Race Officer: Georges Korhel\u00a0
Race Manager: Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Fantino\u00a0
On-Water Operations: Gilles Doyen\u00a0
Communications & Executive Assistant: Chlo\u00e9 de Brouwer\u00a0
Editorial: Pierre-Marie Bourguinat
Websites:\u00a0lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0societe-nautique-saint-tropez.fr<\/a>
Socials: Facebook (Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez officiel) | X\/Twitter: @VoilesSTOrg | Instagram: @les_voiles_de_saint_tropez
Video:\u00a0Guilain Grenier, Images 6 G Production\/SNST 2025
Photography: Gilles Martin-Raget
Press Relations: Maguelonne Turcat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The anemometer readings were no joke this morning in the port of St Tropez. Indeed, whilst the sailors were doubling up on their mooring warps and the Cap Dramont signal station recorded gusts of up to 55 knots, the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Nautique de Saint-Tropez quickly organised a prize-giving in the shelter of the Place des Lices….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4426","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,"supplier":false,"tab":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4426","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=4426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4433,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4426\/revisions\/4433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}