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Vuitton Launches New World Series of Sailing

We've written about Louis Vuitton's close involvement with world-class sailing before - the long-running Louis Vuitton Cup followed more recently by the LV Pacific Series. Now the famed French luxury goods house, linchpin of the LVMH group, is sponsoring a new World Series of sailing, destined to be second only to the America's Cup. The Louis Vuitton World Series, undertaken in association with a new professional sailing group called the World Sailing Team Association (WSTA), will kick off with a regatta in Nice in November. Eight racing teams, including K-Challenge (France), BMW Oracle Racing (USA), Emirates Team New Zealand, Mascalzone Latino (Italy), Team Artemis (Sweden), Team Synergy (Russia), Joe Fly Italia (Italy) and Team French Spirit (France) will compete for starters, with others expected to sign up shortly. A series of international regattas will determine the ultimate winner.

[via JustLuxe]

Tags: Louis Vuitton, LouisVuitton, LVMH, regatta, sailing, yacht

Maltese Falcon Wins Perini Navi Cup

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Water, Events, Sports

The new owner of the 289-ft. Maltese Falcon, the world's largest, best designed, and most expensive sailing superyacht, must be pretty pleased with his purchase, a relative bargain at $100 million thanks to the recession; the yacht just won the Perini Navi Cup, the world's most stylish and exclusive regatta which we wrote about last month. 19 superyachts all from the Perini Navi shipyard, builders of the Maltese Falcon, competed in the race which took place in the billionaire's playground of Sardinia. The triple masted Falcon reached top speeds of an impressive 21 knots to capture the Cup as well as a Rolex wristwatch presented by the president of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, His Highness the Aga Khan, and master yachtbuilder Fabio Perini.

[via JamesList]

Gallery: The Maltese Falcon

Tags: Aga Khan, AgaKhan, Maltese Falcon, MalteseFalcon, Perini Navi, PeriniNavi, regatta, Rolex, sailing, Sardinia, superyacht, yacht

The World's Most Stylish Yachts Set Sail for Sardinia

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Italian shipyard Perini Navi, builders of the 289-ft. Maltese Falcon, the world's largest, best designed, and most expensive sailing superyacht, will stage the third annual Perini Navi Cup hosted in the billionaire's playground of Sardinia by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda on September 3rd – 5th. It's shaping up to be the world's most stylish and exclusive regatta with 22 Perini Navi sailing yachts gathering for the event, ranging from the 80-ft. Elettra, launched in 1987, to the Maltese Falcon herself, helmed perhaps by her mysterious new owner. All but two of them will top 130 ft.; among them will be the will latest model to sail out of the Perini Navi shipyard, the 183-ft. Riela, recently debuted at the Monaco Yacht Show.

[via Duncan Quinn]

Tags: Maltese Falcon, MalteseFalcon, Perini Navi, PeriniNavi, regatta, sailing, Sardinia, superyacht, yacht

Numero Uno Yacht for Sale

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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As Superyacht Times says if you need a sailing yacht for regatta season you might want to check out La Numero Uno. The 131-foot yacht was built by Perini Navi in 1984 but has since gone through a major refit so that she is in like new condition. The yacht has five cabins and room for a crew of six. The sailboat has a jacuzzi tub and cushions on the sundeck for lounging. The aft cockpit includes a main salon and teak bar. The yachts draft can also be reduced to 2.6 meters which means that she can go into areas not usually accessible by yachts of this size. She is listed at 7.9 million euros.

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Wally Yacht Launches New Y3K

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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The new 100 foot sloop Y3K from Wally Yacht was recently launched during a private ceremony. The new Y3K is an evolution of the old Y3K yacht, a 94-foot sloop which was sold and re-named Angle's share by her new owners. The new Y3K combines the lines of German Frers with the classic Wally style. The interior configuration is a bit different, the salon is aft and the owner's stateroom is located in the front of the vessel. The new Y3K is currently undergoing sea trails. She will be delivered to her new owner at then end of the month and then head off to Portofino to get ready for her first regatta in May.

[via BYM News]

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