The Rolex Sailing season in the Mediterranean waters will opens today, Wednesday 16 May, with the third edition of the Rolex Capri Sailing Week. 54 boats have already moored in Capri Marina Grande harbor and are ready to take to the sea for the first race tomorrow after having already set a new record number of entries.
The Rolex Capri Sailing Week will be held from May 15th to the 19th and is organized for a third consecutive edition by the Yacht Club Capri in collaboration with the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda.
A record fleet of Farr 40s, Swan 45s, Mini Maxis and Comets represent a total of 11 nations assembled in the Gulf of Naples. Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, USA and even a boat from Japan compose the fifty-four boat racing fleet.
All the previous edition winners are present in Capri to defend their title with the only exception being Vincenzo Onorato with his Farr 40 Mascalzone Latino following a grueling America's Cup campaign. With the 2006 winner out of the running, the 16 competing Farr 40 crafts will be breathing a sigh of relief and the two-time Farr 40 World Champion Jim Richarson (USA) with his Barking Mad will be worth watching, as will Matt Allen's Ichi Ban (AUS), runner up at the 2006 World Championship.
For the 16 one-design Swan 45 fleet the Rolex Capri Sailing Week will constitute an official leg of the Swan 45 World & Mediterranean Circuit and will host 2006 winner Leonardo Ferragamo in his third participation with his Cuordileone (ITA) alongside with Danilo Salsi's DSK (ITA), winner of the 2006 Rolex Sydney-Hobart.
