Rolex Capri Sailing Week's first ever Volcano Race



12:28 AM Tue 24 May 2011 GMT
'Skippers’ Briefing at the Yacht Club Gaeta Clubhouse - Rolex Volcano Race 2011' Carlo Borlenghi ?
Rolex Capri Sailing Week's first ever Rolex Volcano Race will take place tomorrow (Tuesday) just outside the picturesque medieval town of Gaeta, Italy. The fleet, composed entirely of Maxi and Mini Maxi yachts, will start a 400-mile odyssey and witness some of the most stunning scenery in the hauntingly beautiful Tyrrhenian Sea. Crews will race past the Pontine Islands, before turning east to round Capri, for the first time, on this new offshore race. The yachts will then head south, to the Aeolian Islands, a volcanic archipelago just north of Sicily, before heading north to finish the race in Capri, ...


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