Porto Cervo, 4th September 2011. Light and unstable winds led to racing being abandoned on the final day of the Perini Navi Cup 2011. Participants had been looking forward to the final battle between the top three superyachts which were separated by just one point; however the final classification remained unvaried from yesterday with the sailing yacht Maltese Falcon taking overall victory. The 54-metre charter yacht Parsifal III yacht was tied on points but took second place thanks to The Maltese Falcon having gained a bullet in the first race of the event. Third place went to the 56-metre superyacht superyacht Panthalassa.
2011 Perini Navi Cup –Sailing Yacht Maltese Falcon Wins
“My thanks go to the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda and in particular the Commodore and all the people who made this event possible. Together with our partners and our team we were able to hold an event in which everyone participated with a sense of family. This reflects the spirit in which Perini Navi accompanies and assists its owners, not only building wonderful ships but also putting everyone aboard at ease, always ready to provide answers and solutions.” commented Giancarlo Ragnetti, MD of Perini Navi Group during the prize giving ceremony.
2011 Perini Navi Cup Prizegiving
“The event was as spectacular as the ships,” said Riccardo Bonadeo, Commodore of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda. “and the fact that a shipyard like Perini Navi returns to Porto Cervo every two years confirms the renown of our Club and our race course. We are very pleased that this event is one of the many important superyacht regattas that the YCCS organizes.”
Sailing yacht Heritage. Perini Navi Cup 2011. Photo Credit Carlo Borlenghi
The following prizes were awarded during the closing ceremeny held in Piazza Azzurra:
• Pommery award – Fair Play Award: Selene
• Perini Navi Award – The best cocktail: Parsifal III, Heritage, Heritage M (ex aequo)
• Quadrivio Sgr Trophy
o The very first Perini Navi Captain: Adriano Canova (Principessa Vaivia)
o The Best Charity Auction: Charterers John and Renee e l’Armatore del The Maltese Falcon
o The yacht which traveled the furthest: Perseus
• Axa Corporate Solutions Trophy- Race Day 2: Panthalassa (1st); Parsifal III (2nd); The Maltese Falcon (3rd)
• Marina Yachting Trophy Race Day 1: The Maltese Falcon (1st); Parsifal III (2nd); Helios (3rd)
2011 Perini Navi Cup –Sailing Yacht Maltese Falcon Victorious
The Yacht Club Costa Smeralda’s regatta calendar continues with the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup – Mini Maxi Rolex World Championship from tomorrow, 5th September to 10th September.
Overall Classification
Place Boat, Race 1, Race 2. Total Points
1 The Maltese Falcon, 1, 3. 4
2 Parsifal III, 2, 2. 4
3 Panthalassa, 4, 1. 5
4 Helios, 3, 7. 10
5 Perseus, 6, 4. 10
6 Principessa Vaivia, 7, 6. 13
7 Heritage, 5, 9. 14
8 Felicita West, 8, 8. 16
9 Fidelis, dnc 14, 5.19
10 Salute, 9, dnc 14. 23
11 Ohana, 10, dnf 14. 24
12 Heritage M, 11, dnf 14. 24
13 Selene, dnf 14, dnf 14. 28
Sailing yacht Parsifal III at the Perini Navi Cup 2011 - Photo Credit Carlo Borlenghi
About YCCS
The Yacht Club Costa Smeralda was founded in Porto Cervo, Sardinia in 1967 by current president H.H. the Aga Khan and a group of founder-members as a non-profit sporting association for fellow sailing enthusiasts. The YCCS is renowned for organizing international sailing events such as the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, the Audi Sardinia Cup and the Rolex Swan Cup as well as World and European championships for top one-design fleets. In recent years the Club has focused on promoting new superyacht events such as the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta, the Dubois Cup and the Perini Navi Cup. The Club has also promoted international challenges such as Azzurra – the first Italian challenger for the America’s Cup in 1983 which became a legendary Italian brand and was relaunched by the YCCS in 2009 with a victorious participation in the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Nice – participation in the Volvo Ocean Race with a two-boat campaign one of which had an all-female crew, and the motor yacht Destriero which to this day holds the transatlantic crossing record set in 1992. The YCCS continues to expand its activities and in 2011 is scheduled to open a winter base in Virgin Gorda, BVI where it already manages a new, purpose-built marina.
About Perini Navi
With a fleet of 51 yachts on the water- 50 sailing yachts and one motor yacht- the Perini Navi Group is the world leader in the design and construction of large sailing yachts. In 2007 the Group also began to build motor yachts with the brand name Picchiotti and the series name Vitruvius, thus re-launching the historic Picchiotti shipyard acquired in the early 1990’s. The Group is made up of the Perini Navi shipyard in Viareggio, founded in the 1980’s by Fabio Perini who invented and developed a revolutionary automatic sail control system. Another division of the Group is the Picchiotti shipyard in La Spezia where the Group constructs its motor yachts and concentrates most of it refitting work, and the Perini Istanbul shipyard in Yildiz, Turkey where its hulls and deck structures are produced. Perini Navi USA is a commercial division of the Group through whom owners of Perini Navi Group yachts can arrange charters and which also provides brokerage services for both new and previously owned Perini Navi Group yachts.
