
L’antico porto di Cowes, sull’isola di Wight, e le mitiche acque del Solent, il braccio di mare che separa l’isola dall’Inghilterra noto per la combinazione unica di venti e maree, ospitano ogni anno a fine luglio il più importante evento del Regno Unito riservato alla vele classiche, entrato nel 2010 a far parte del Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge.

Le danze si sono aperte il 17 luglio con una spettacolare sfilata in acqua per po passare a giornate di regate lunghe e tecniche, all’insegna dello ‘slalom’ tra boe, traghetti e correnti.
Pints! Pints! (pinte di birra!!) è il grido degli equipaggi dei Classic Yachts che arrivano per primi in banchina dopo le regate della Panerai British Classic Week, tenutasi dal 16 al 23 luglio in Inghilterra a Cowes, sull’Isola di Wight. Una settimana di regate molto impegnative, alle quali hanno partecipato 61 imbarcazioni, che hanno messo in luce le capacità sportive, la preparazione tecnica, la qualità dei navigatori, le scelte tattiche e le abitudini ludiche del post regata sotto lo sguardo attento di migliaia di spettatori che hanno fatto il tifo sulle rive dell’estuario del Medina River e lungo le coste dell’isola.

Dopo una settimana di regate questi i vincitori delle varie classi:
- Classe 1 Modern Classic: FLIGHT OF UFFORD. Spirit 52′
- Classe 2 Classic: WHOOPER. One Off
- Classe 3 Classic: MIKADO. Cutter Bermudiano di Fife
- Classe 4 Classic: CERESTE. Sussex Yacht
- 6 metri: ST KITTS di Robin Richardson
- 8 metri: SASKIA di Murdoch McKillop
GUARDA LA FOTOGALLERY DELLA PANERAI BRITISH CLASSIC WEEK
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 19 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Lutine and Le Rayon Vert
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 19 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Strega
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 19 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Infanta
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 19 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Start Long Distance race
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 19 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Cereste
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 19 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Clarionet
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 19 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Whooper
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 19 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Mikado
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 19 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Mikado
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 19 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Infanta
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 19 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Krabat
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 19 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Pegasus
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 19 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Zaleda
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 19 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Strega
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 19 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Volonté
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 19 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Mascotte and St. Katherine’s lighthouse in the background
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 19 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Mascotte and St. Katherine’s lighthouse in the background
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 19 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 12 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Flight of Ufford
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 12 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Cetewayo
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 12 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Whooper
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 12 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Clarionet
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 12 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Volonté
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 12 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Mikado
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 12 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Nausikaa and Lutine
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Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK – 12 July 2016 –
Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016
British Classic Week 2016
Race Start
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