Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez: Maxi Day 1: The nub of the matter!

A first race ticked off for all the groups in a summer ambiance. Morgana makes her mark amongst the Super Maxis Wallycento versus Maxi 72: hostilities commence

Enrapt yet studious, focused on micro-trimming and calculating the race zone with pinpoint accuracy, the crews on the 800 Maxi Yachts got down to business this Tuesday with their first day of racing at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, in its Maxi version. And so it was that they tried to exploit every possible variation in the light E’ly breeze in the four groups of Maxis committed to a double looped circuit of the gulf. Carrying an excess of sails, with an air draught stretching up to 45 m for some (Wallycentos), these huge racing steeds managed to get the very best out of the conditions offered up in the gulf, sparing no effort in the flurry of sail changes amidst their quest for a beneficial puff of breeze. In these gentle conditions though, the event favourites are already posting solid performances: Morgana and Jasi in Maxi 1, Magic Carpet 3 in Maxi 2, Capricorno in Maxi 3 and Kiwi Magic KZ7 , all of them fantastically efficient in their hunt for the most optimised course.

Source: Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez official news