Regatta of the Three Gulfs: the little ones mock everyone in compensated time

A decidedly memorable edition of the Regatta of the Three Gulfs this 2025, both in terms of the emerging standings, with many surprises, and the weather conditions that made possible a new record on the course.

With an extraordinary time of 13 hours, 19 minutes and 42 seconds, the result of perfect weather conditions along the entire course of about 160 miles, Galateia broke Sir Peter Ogden’s previous Jethou record set in 2023 (15 hours, 30 minutes and 01 seconds).

After a start with northeast wind around 10-15 knots, there was a photo acceleration in the ascent towards Ponza with peaks of air intensity around 25 knots: thanks to a wide gait the whole fleet reached Ponza very soon. The descent towards Li Galli and the return towards Naples for the maxis and the faster ORC boats were still windy, while the second part of the fleet encountered some slowdowns in the final, which, however, did not prevent the “little ones” from staying in the upper part of the ranking.

Three Gulfs Regatta – The Standings

With a regatta that had few stops, the medium and small length boats in the overall ORC rankings managed to have their say and outpace the larger, higher performing boats on handicap time. First place overall was Stefano Rusconi’s Italia Yachts 11.98 To Be, followed by Giancarlo Ghislanzoni’s J 122 Chestress 3, third place for Enrico Calvi’s Dufour 34 Duffy.

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Among the maxis, for which the Regatta of the Three Gulfs was valid as an offshore round of the European Championship, however, the domination of the Maxi 72s over the entire podium was notable on handicap time. Victory went to Hap Fauth’s American Bella Mente, second place for Peter Harrison’s Jolt, third for Peter Dubens’ North Star of London.