The Golden Globe Race leaves Les Sables on Sunday
The retro single-handed circumnavigation starts 6 September at 14:30 — no satellites, no GPS, paper charts — with the farewell fortnight already drawing the crowds to Port Olona.
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Copa del Rey closes tonight: the Bay of Palma's August verdicts
The 44th edition's final races and prize-giving conclude today, 8 August — a week later than the recent pattern, and against the fullest fortnight of the Mallorcan summer.
Copa del Rey builds toward its August start in Palma
The 44th edition of the Bay of Palma's summer classic runs 1-8 August, per the published notice of race — a hundred-plus boats and the season's biggest shore operation.
The Giraglia fleet is at sea: the offshore race runs to Genoa
The 17 June start sent the fleet east from Saint-Tropez around the Giraglia rock toward Genoa — with prize-giving Saturday closing the organisers' published programme.
The June regatta calendar firms: Saint-Tropez's week, Palma's 30th
The Mediterranean season's opening fortnight is now set in published programmes: the Giraglia's inshore week and offshore race mid-June, Palma's anniversary cup at the month's end.
The World Superyacht Awards convenes in Venice this weekend
The industry's flagship prize-giving runs 1-2 May in Venice — the yachts are judged, the tables are set, and the results land Saturday night.