{"id":1097,"date":"2012-06-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-10T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/giraglia-rolex-cup-2012-review-of-the-first-day-june-10-2012-n1221\/"},"modified":"2012-06-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-10T22:00:00","slug":"giraglia-rolex-cup-2012-review-of-the-first-day-june-10-2012-n1221","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/giraglia-rolex-cup-2012-review-of-the-first-day-june-10-2012-n1221\/","title":{"rendered":"Giraglia Rolex Cup 2012 : review of the first day, June 10, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 10, 2012 <\/p>\n<div>The 2012 Giraglia Rolex Cup is underway. Today, under alluring blue skies in Saint-Tropez, the first of three days of inshore racing took place with the event\u2019s international fleet, in excess of a hundred yachts, divided into two groups. The larger boats, including the Maxi yachts (measuring over 60-feet), attacked a 31.9-nautical mile course, whilst the smaller classes were confronted with a 26.4-nm challenge.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Conditions were testing: 15-18 knots of breeze were present for the 11:20 CEST start, reaching 30 knots during parts of the race. Impressing on the water were today\u2019s winners: <em>Jethou<\/em> (GBR) in Group 0 IRC, <em>Near Miss<\/em> (SUI) in Group A IRC, <em>Swift<\/em> (FRA) in Group B IRC, <em>Mandolino<\/em> (ITA) in Group A ORC and <em>Baciottinho<\/em> (ITA) in Group B ORC. The inshore racing followed Friday\u2019s prologue race, which ran from Sanremo to Saint-Tropez. Sixty-two boats participated with the 52-foot Maltese yacht <em>Dralion<\/em> prevailing on handicap.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Meanwhile, thoughts are firmly focused on the week\u2019s main event \u2013 the circa 242-nm race from Saint Tropez to Sanremo via the Giraglia rock, located off the northern tip of Corsica, which commences on Wednesday 13 June. Yachts representing almost twenty countries are expected to participate in this historic 60th edition of the race.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Carlo Croce, President of event organizers Yacht Club Italiano, is looking forward to the contest ahead: \u201cAlmost two hundred boats should be participating, demonstrating that the Giraglia Rolex Cup has a place in everyone\u2019s heart. Many nations, from almost everywhere, are represented and above all lots of larger boats which hasn\u2019t always been the case. A very high level of competition is in prospect.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Croce, whose father Beppe was one of the race\u2019s co-founders, is delighted that the ethos and traditions of the event have been maintained despite the enormous changes that have taken place during sixty years of competition. \u201cThe spirit of the Giraglia comes from having a mixed fleet: from small, family-run boats to professional crews who have taken part in events like the America\u2019s Cup. This is the essence of the Giraglia Rolex Cup and it is important that it has not been lost.\u201d Fittingly, this year\u2019s race finishes in Sanremo \u2013 just like the inaugural event in 1953 (when the start was from Cannes) and the subsequent editions from 1954-1958 which departed from Saint-Tropez.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Today\u2019s full results from the inshore race are available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yachtclubitaliano.it\/it\/regate\/tutte-le-regate\/giraglia-rolex-cup\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>2012 Giraglia Rolex Cup Programme<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Friday 8 June: <br \/> Prologue race from Sanremo to Saint-Tropez <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Saturday 9 June: <br \/> Registration and inspection <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Sunday 10 June: <br \/> Inshore Race(s) <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Monday 11 June: <br \/> Inshore Race(s)<br \/> Rolex Crew Party at La Citadelle <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Tuesday 12 June: <br \/> Inshore Race(s)<br \/> Inshore Races prizegiving, Saint-Tropez <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Wednesday 13 June: <br \/> Offshore race start \u2013 Circa 242-nm Saint-Tropez &#8211; La Fourmigue &#8211; La Giraglia &#8211; Sanremo <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thursday 14 to Friday 15 June:<br \/> Arrival of participants, Sanremo <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Friday 15 June: <br \/> Final prizegiving, Yacht Club Sanremo <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Giraglia Rolex Cup is organized by the Yacht Club Italiano, in conjunction with the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Nautique de Saint-Tropez and the Yacht Club de France, prestigious organisations with well-established ties to Rolex.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>About Rolex<\/div>\n<div>Leading brand of the Swiss watch industry, Rolex, headquartered in Geneva, enjoys an unrivalled reputation for quality and expertise the world over. Its OYSTER watches, all certified as chronometers for their precision, are symbols of excellence, performance and prestige. Pioneer in the development of the wristwatch as early as 1905, the brand is at the origin of numerous major watchmaking innovations, such as the OYSTER, the first waterproof wristwatch, launched in 1926, and the PERPETUAL rotor self-winding mechanism introduced in 1931. Rolex has registered over 400 patents in the course of its history. A truly integrated manufacturing company, Rolex designs, develops and produces in-house all the essential components of its watches, from the casting of the gold alloys to the machining, crafting, assembly and finishing of the movement, case, dial and bracelet. Rolex is also actively involved in supporting the arts, sports, the spirit of enterprise, and the environment through a broad palette of sponsoring activities as well as philanthropic and patronage programmes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/333_834.jpg\" alt=\"Giraglia Rolex Cup 2012 - Competition in the Bay of St. Tropez\" \/><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/333_835.jpg\" alt=\"Giraglia Rolex Cup 2012 - Competition in the Bay of St. Tropez\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 10, 2012 The 2012 Giraglia Rolex Cup is underway. Today, under alluring blue skies in Saint-Tropez, the first of three days of inshore racing took place with the event\u2019s international fleet, in excess of a hundred yachts, divided into two groups. 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