2022 Tre Golfi Sailing Week - ORC Mediterranean Championship
by Tre Golfi Sailing Week 20 May 2022 15:05 BST
ORC Mediterranean Championship © ROLEX / Studio Borlenghi
A stunning race, the start of which was wisely postponed by a couple of hours, when the north-easterly breeze had been replaced by a stable Mistral. The race was therefore validly held.
"A beautiful race," commented Giuseppe Montella, an experienced tactician who on this occasion is on board the Committee Boat, "I am a sailor and my first loves are the TP52s - great, fast boats that are a bit like the little sisters of the Maxi 72s. After that, for sentimental reasons, come the Swan 42s and the Italyacht. Congratulations go to the shipyard, there are so many here because they have found the right compromise between aesthetics and performance."
The day ended with a lavish crew party as guests of the Mayor of Sorrento, held in the enchanting gardens of Villa Fiorentino, brimming with roses, camellias and citrus fruits.
Tonight the awards ceremony for the Maxis will take place at the Regatta Village, followed by a cocktail on the Li Galli islet and a "farewell dinner" for the Maxi owners on the M/Y Patrizia, a small and beautifully restored 1960s ship that offers cruises in the Gulf of Naples.
The ORC crews and owners will instead enjoy the "Borgo Aperto" experience, a gastronomic journey through the villages of Piano and Sant'Agnello. For the occasion bars and restaurants will offer a range of local specialties to participants.
Here the live tracking.