Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai day 1 - Mistral conditions in Cannes
by Soazig Guého on 20 Sep 2011
Day one. Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai 2011 Régates Royales
Régates Royales – Trophée Panerai 2011, organised by Yacht Club de Cannes, is being held from 19th to 25th September in Cannes.
The famous Mistral blowing at more than thirty knots over the Napoule bay and choppy sea, together with a very pleasant temperature and a bright sun, were the guests of honour on the first day of the Régates Royales. Getting stronger with the afternoon hours and never going under 25 knots, the gusty breeze almost swept away the white sunshades on the crowd packed quay Laubeuf in Cannes. As a consequence, the fifty-nine Dragons could not go out on the racing area to kick off their week long battle. The wind is expected to decrease overnight and become much more manageable on Tuesday and progressively lighter during the rest of the week. It's then from 1100 hours tomorrow that the one design boats created by Johan Anker back in 1929 will dock out accompanied by the classic yachts fleet that will also start racing for the 33rd edition of the Régates Royales.
From fourteen nations:
Once more, the Dragons have enthusiastically responded to the Règates Royales' calling. No less than 59 entries represent fourteen nations: Germany, Denmark, the USA, Finland, France, the UK, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Monaco, Holland, Russia, Sweden and Ukraine. And world-famous sailors and champions adding up to more than 200 titles like Poul Richard Hoj-Jensen, Britain's Ivan Bradbury, German businessman Hassö Plattner, expert Giuseppe Duca from Italy, Finnish brothers Christian and Andrea Borenius, not to mention the Russian Armada lead by the 2010 Régates Royales champion Anatoly Loginov, and obviously Prince Henrik of
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