The 2023 Tre Golfi Sailing Week will provide a mix of inshore and coastal courses, including an overnight race, which will launch the event: the 68th edition of the Regata dei Tre Golfi, the second oldest distance race in the Italian yachting calendar after the Rolex Giraglia, which will set sail at 1700 on Friday 12 May from Naples’ Castel dell’Ovo, where the CRVI’s clubhouse is located.

Following the arrival of the Regata dei Tre Golfi long-distance race, the fleet migrates south of Napoli to the week’s second venue in Sorrento, where maxi yachts competing in the IMA Maxi European Championship will resume competing with inshore racing held on Monday 15 through Thursday 18 May. The entry list to date already 13 entrants with a promising line-up of former Maxi 72s: both Peter Dubens’ North Star and Sir Peter Ogden’s Jethou returning, plus Vesper, the former Maxi 72 champion Dario Ferrari’s Cannonball and back in Europe for the first time since the pandemic, George Sakellaris’ Proteus. Early entries include Pier Luigi Loro Piana’s Club Swan 80 My Song, Riccardo De Michele’s highly successful Vallicelli 78 H2O plus four yachts from Mylius Yachts including Guido Paolo Gamucci’s canting keel 60 Cippa Lippa X plus the fixed keel 60s Franz Baruffaldi Preis’ Manticore and from France Jean-Pierre Dreau’s Lady First 3 and the new Mylius 66 belonging to German Alois Neukirchen.

ORC yachts will contend the Mediterranean Championship award from Friday 19 to Sunday 21 May, selection to the Italian National Championship. A dozen oh high-level crews already entered the championship.

Sorrento also offers wonderful ambience as an ancient seaside town perched on cliffs above the marinas and beaches below, with sweeping views of the bay including Mount Vesuvius. It is a perfect location for social events affiliated with the event, such as crew parties and awards ceremonies held in beautiful piazzas in the nearby villages and towns, and owner receptions located in luxurious hotels and restaurants (Sorrento has one of the highest concentrations of Michelin-starred chefs in the world, with 16 located on the peninsula).

There are numerous prestigious trophies awarded during the Tre Golfi Sailing Week events, with many famous and historic names inscribed on them from the past seven decades of racing.

Besides all the other attractive features of competing here, and the support of Rolex as Official Timepiece, just having the opportunity to add your boat to this list of legends should be a motivating factor to consider marking 12-21 May 2023 on your calendar to join us next year in Naples and Sorrento.

We at CRV Italia expect this edition to be very popular and as moorings and hotels are likely to fill up rapidly even due to concurring events, owners and teams are advised to register and make their reservations as soon as possible.

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