Kismet 1898

#ThisIsClassicSailing After being "asleep" for decades, Kismet 1898 was waken-up by her current owner Richard Mathews. Designed and built by William Fiffe III this classic yacht never lost the opportunity for a good win! She won the 11th Edition of the prestigious ๐†๐˜๐‚ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ, and will be ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ-๐“๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ณ ๐จ๐ง ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ“๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘

2023-09-13T11:33:57+02:00September 13th, 2023|

Corinthian 1911

#๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐’๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  The splendorous PClass Gaff Sloop Corinthian was designed by Nathaniel Hereshoff, and her building year was 1911. She is one of the magnificent P Class fleet ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ-๐“๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ณ, attempting to win the prestigious ๐†๐˜๐‚ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ“๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘!โ›ต๐Ÿ ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ˜๐ŸŒž๐Ÿ” @GYC GYCatTheSea @GYC @GYCCentenaryTrophy @juergkaufmann @JuergKaufmannPhotography @sailingregatta @classicregattas @classicyachtregatta @classicregatta @classicregattas

2023-09-13T11:22:00+02:00September 13th, 2023|

Silhouette 1910

#ThisIsClassicSailing Built by the famous shipyard Abeking and Rasmussen in 1910, Silhouette has been owned and skippered by the GYC Sailing Officer. The 8M Gaff Cutter designed by William Fiffe III will line up on ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฑ๐˜๐—ต ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜-๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜‡ as a strong challenger to perpetuate her name in the prestigious GYC Centenary

2023-09-13T11:06:42+02:00September 13th, 2023|

Gstaad Yacht Club Centenary Trophy, Save the Date: October 5, 2023, for the 12th edition

Gstaad Yacht Club Centenary Trophy, Save the Date: October 5, 2023, for the 12th edition Gstaad Yacht Club Centenary Trophy,Save the Date: October 5, 2023, for the 12th edition.ย Join us on Thursday, October 5th, 2023, in Saint-Tropez for the 12th edition of the Gstaad Yacht Club Centenary Trophy. As tradition dictates during Les Voiles

2023-09-27T15:51:37+02:00July 8th, 2023|

Kismet wins Gstaad Yacht Club’s Centenary Trophy 2022

British flagged Kismet won the 11th edition of the Gstaad Yacht Club Centenary Trophy, the traditional rendez-vous at the Voiles de Saint-Tropez for classic yachts aged 100 years or more. Kismet (1898) skippered by British Richard Matthews has won the 2022 edition of the Gstaad Yacht Club Centenary Trophy, with only a tiny margin

2022-10-20T14:17:31+02:00September 29th, 2022|

Nin

Nin is an International 8-Metre, originally a gaff yawl, later becoming Bermudan rigged and now has a traditional gaff cutter configuration. Designed in 1913 by French architect Jean Quernel and built in Antibes, on the Cote dโ€™Azur, she has taken part to the Centenary Trophy no less than 6 times, making her one of the

2022-10-05T21:37:36+02:00September 12th, 2022|

Gaudeamus

The gaff cutter Gaudeamus was built in the German port of Rostock in 1914. After surviving WW I and II, in 1962 she was used by her owner Klaus Schroeder and his family to flee from East to West Germany and for a period of time sailed on Lake Constance. Sheโ€™s a regular competitor on

2022-10-05T21:38:04+02:00September 11th, 2022|

How about a post for today โ€“ 25 centenarian yachts are currently signed up for the Voiles de Saint-Tropez.

20 days are left until the start of the 11th edition of the GYC Centenary Trophy 2022. Some yachts have already been featured and all entries shall be presented until then.If your centenarian is not yet seen โ€“ please register hereย โ›ต๐ŸŒฌ๐ŸŒž๐Ÿฅ‚๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿป#CentenarianYachts, #ClassicYachts #Sailing #GYC #GstaadYachtClub #GYCatTheSea #CentenaryTrophy #SaintTropez #ComeUpSlowDown #velas #les_voiles_de_saint_tropez #societenautiquedesainttropez #Tradition @les_voiles_de_saint_tropez #cotedazur

2022-10-05T21:38:48+02:00September 10th, 2022|

Lulu – 1897

Lulu is one of the small boats designed by French architect Rabot in 1897. She had several names given to her during her most successful racing career. She even competed in the 1900 Olympics, to be defeated by Bona Fide, the winner of the very first edition of the Centenary Trophy. Lulu sports her name

2022-10-05T21:38:25+02:00September 9th, 2022|
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