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Giraglia Rolex Cup: 12th � 19th June 2004

Raced every year since 1953 over a variety of similar courses, the �Giraglia� has grown in stature over the years and has now evolved into the Giraglia Rolex Cup, a week-long regatta open to all offshore keelboats fitting into the permitted classes. Considered by many to be the �Fastnet of the Mediterranean�, the Rolex Giraglia Cup is organised by the Yacht Club Italiano in collaboration with the Yacht Club de France and in particular the Soci�t� Nautique de St Tropez. The event runs over a full week of June, initially in the Gulf of St Tropez with inshore races, but from the fourth day, offshore, over a course that takes the fleet to Genoa in Italy via a rocky outcrop just to the North of Corsica that goes by the name of La Giraglia.

Click here for the event website  -  Photos by Carlo Borlenghi