CNB Rendez-Vous, big party in Punta Ala

The formula is now proven and increasingly appreciated by the owners CNB Yachts (the French shipyard created more than 30 years ago to build one-offs, which later declined this know-how in semi-custom sailboats and has been acquired by Solaris Yachts since 2021), who gathered in Punta Ala for the CNB Rendez-Vous.

As many as 14 yachts from the French shipyard ranging in length from 60 feet (18 meters) to 76 feet (22 meters).

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The get-together began with the arrival of boats and crews who found Team CNB’s hospitality in the Punta Ala Marina, supported by the Punta Ala Yacht Club, which has a beautiful and welcoming clubhouse right here. Two days of racing followed. On Saturday, while waiting for the wind, Thiénot, our loyal sponsor, delivered champagne at a perfect temperature aboard all participating boats so they could toast the races to come. Then in the early afternoon a westerly breeze between 7 and 9 knots stretched out, more than enough to bring home two trials for the day on a coastal course between Sparrowhawk Islet and the Gulf of Punta Ala for a distance of about 6 miles.

Winners of the day-with the hulls divided into two main groups: 8 Bordeaux 60′ in the first and 6 hulls between CNB 66 and CNB 76 in the second-in the first group, John Reardon’s Maltese Bordeaux 60 The Rock and Swiss owner Sven Hansen’s CNB 76 Uconic. Positions they both maintained in both the second and third races, leaving little chance for other crews with winning ambitions.

Saturday evening was then devoted to the gala dinner in the garden of the Punta Ala Yacht Club. On Sunday, the same course was replicated for the third and final scheduled race, but with a sirocco wind around 12 knots and allowing all participants to complete the day’s race very quickly.

With a well-attended awards ceremony at the Punta Ala Yacht Club on Sunday afternoon, the sporting part of the Rendez-Vous was then concluded, which saw on the podium, in the CNB 60 class, in addition to the Maltese team of The Rock (1,3,1 its partials), Richard Bedere’s French Mr. Beelzebuth (2,2,3) and Hans Peter Howald’s German Dumia (5,1,5). In the CNB 76 and CNB 66 class, in addition to the aforementioned Uconic (1,1,1), second place for Renato Mazzeschi’s CNB 66 Anna Bolina 3 and third place for Italo Mariani’s CNB 76 Bele of London.

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Once again the CNB Rendez-Vous, which this year for the first time was held in Punta Ala, proved to be a wonderful opportunity to start the summer season, to get together and share the spirit and passion that unites the owners and friends of the CNB family.

“It is a source of pride to see the participation of so many boat owners and hulls that have recently become de facto part of the Solaris family,” said Commercial Director Vincent Arnaud, “especially on this occasion, which is a ‘first’ for us, since last year CNB and Solaris had participated together in the Solaris Cup in Porto Rotondo. This year we went back to the traditional format and ‘separated’ the two events, but it is with great pleasure that we note that the enthusiasm is unchanged and that the choice of Punta Ala turned out to be perfect both because of the weather conditions and the availability of the Marina and the Punta Ala Yacht Club.”

CNB, which was acquired by Solaris Yachts in 2021, is one of the most important manufacturers of large size offshore series boats. Its range includes the models featured in Punta Ala-the Bordeaux 60, the CNB 66 and the CNB 76, the latter of which is now the world’s best-selling series maxi yacht with more than 35 sailing.

But there are new models on the way, starting with the CNB 78 that will have its world premiere in September at the Cannes show, but also the CNB 88 and very soon a CNB 6X. The organization of the Rendez-Vous was made possible by the cooperation of the Punta Ala Yacht Club and the Punta Ala Marina.