Giraglia Rolex Cup - Spirits undampened despite no racing



4:16 PM Tue 15 Jun 2010 GMT
'GOOD JOB GUYS at the start line of the second coastal race' &copy Rolex/ Kurt Arrigo
Giraglia Rolex Cup saw no racing today in Italy. The most colourful spectacle today in Saint-Tropez was certainly La Bravade des Espagnols, as dark clouds and rain smothered this part of the C?te d'Azur. Normally the noisiest act in the town on the 15 June each year, the religious and military pageant celebrating the Trop?zienne victory over a fleet of Spanish galleons 400 years ago had serious competition from the wind in the rigging of the fleet gathered for the 2010 Giraglia Rolex Cup. With gusts and squalls sweeping down the gulf from daybreak, the Yacht Club Italiano/Soci?t? Nautique de ...


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