Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta

Alice Widdows, Giorgio Armani, Porto Cervo, Regatta

Organised by Yacht Club Costa Smeralda the regatta includes monohulls of 90ft and above and multihulls of 50ft and over. For this 15th edition two magnificent schooners, Mariette of 1915 and Shenandoah of Sark gave us a show stopping spectacle in a friendly challenge sail, a preview to the main event.

Challenging courses, champagne sailing and a glamorous social program demanded a certain stamina both on and off the water. There were clear winners in both categories!

Allegra

Following four days of racing Magic Carpet Cubed took overall victory winning the prestigious Silver Jubilee Trophy. Allegra won in the Multihull Division and Morgana claimed the Southern Wind Trophy.

“We had a good comeback here in Porto Cervo and we are very happy now. We like the conditions the more shifty the wind is the more opportunity there is for tacking. A great week for us. “

Jochen Schumann – Magic Carpet Cubed

Sailors always love Sardinia ,

“ It’s wonderful to be back here sailing after a few years. It’s a great place to sail, the best place in the world. The coastline and the islands, there is nothing like it. No matter how many times you round the same island it’s like rounding a piece of art.”

Jim Pugh, Naval Architect sailing on Magic Carpet Cubed

“It just goes to show how close these boats are so every manoeuvre counts; every island and rounding and gust you’ve got to be right on it. It’s a fantastic place for multihull sailing, really special, it’s right in the mix of loading these boats up and on the edge of flying hulls, and then you look at the scenery and just go whizzing past and try and not be distracted by it. It’s beautiful; it’s been great. “

Paul Larsen , Tactician Allegra

Morgana

I enjoyed a wonderful week supporting the YCCS race office, press office and events teams. The video of the event highlights a few of my interviews with owners and rockstar sailors. I’m never happier than on a hot dock!!

Thank you to the amazing team at Giorgio Armani and for supporting this extremely special event. I wish all participants a wonderful summer of sailing and racing superyachts.

Alice x