• The PCYC celebrates 10 Years of Passion
• 2014 Calendar
• 10 Years of Passion in numbers
• Roll of Honour
• Eilean
• Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days
Automatic Titanio – 47mm
• Panerai Transat Classique 2015
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THE PANERAI CLASSIC YACHTS CHALLENGE CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF PASSION
In 2014 Officine Panerai celebrates the 10th edition of the leading international classic sailing circuit: a decade of passion and unforgettable stories.
2014 marks the milestone 10th anniversary in the partnership between Officine Panerai and the world of classic sailing. Ten years of passion: for the sea, for beauty, for the history of every single one of the boats that has helped turn the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge into the leading international circuit for classic and vintage yachts.
This 10-year anniversary is a testament to Officine Panerai's long-term commitment to the promotion and preservation of the extraordinary cultural tradition and heritage embodied by the Grandes Dames of the Sea which, in some cases, have been casting their spell over anyone fortunate enough to witness them in spectacular action, for over a century. In line with its celebratory spirit, the 10th edition of the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge will be the richest and most varied in the circuit's history. For the first time, the calendar spans 11 international regattas, most on the Mediterranean Circuit, encompassing Italian, French and Spanish rounds, and the North American Circuit, held entirely in New England. As per tradition, the season opens in April with the big Caribbean season-closing Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta which has now reached its 27th edition. In July, the fleet makes its way to Cowes on the Isle of Wight for the Panerai British Classic Week, before wrapping up the racing year in Cannes at the end of September.
Thousands of enthusiasts and hundreds of vintage and classic yachts are expected at the PCYC regattas where they will attempt to lay claim to the trophies currently held by the 2013 winners: Cambria (Big Boats), Leonore (Vintage) and Il Moro di Venezia (Classic) on the Mediterranean Circuit, and Black Watch on the North American one. One of the real stars of the 2014 season will be Eilean, the 1936 Bermudan ketch acquired and restored by Officine Panerai. She will be participating in the Mediterranean regattas as the ambassador for the haute horlogerie sports watch brand.
2014 CALENDAR
Six rounds on the Mediterranean Circuit, three on the North American Circuit and two ports unique in the world of classic sailing: Antigua and Cowes, birthplace of the America's Cup.
ANTIGUA CLASSIC YACHT REGATTA
17 – 22 April 2014
LES VOILES D'ANTIBES
4 – 8 June 2014
ARGENTARIO SAILING WEEK
19 – 22 June 2014
VELE D'EPOCA A NAPOLI, NAPLES
2 – 6 July 2014
PANERAI BRITISH CLASSIC WEEK, COWES
12 – 19 July 2014
CORINTHIAN CLASSIC YACHT REGATTA, MARBLEHEAD
8 – 10 August 2014
OPERA HOUSE CUP, NANTUCKET
13 – 17 August 2014
COPA DEL REY DE BARCOS DE EPOCA, MAHON
26 – 30 August 2014
MUSEUM OF YACHTING CLASSIC YACHT REGATTA,
NEWPORT
29 – 31 August 2014
VELE D'EPOCA DI IMPERIA
10 – 14 September 2014
RÉGATES ROYALES, CANNES
23 – 27 September 2014
10 YEARS OF PASSION IN NUMBERS
10 The number of years Les Régates Royales de Cannes has been a part of the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge Mediterranean Circuit: it is the only regatta that has been part of the Officine Panerai-sponsored event since its very first edition. In second place, having participated on nine occasions, is Les Voiles d'Antibes, confirming the essential role played by the Côte d'Azur in the classic sailing world.
58 The average number of boats that has taken part in every single Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge event between 2005 and 2013.
69 The 69-metre Atlantic, the largest of the yachts to have taken part in the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge, is a steel-built replica of the three-masted gaff schooner that won the Kaiser's Cup in 1905 skippered by the legendary Charlie Barr, covering the 3,006 nautical miles between America and Britain in 12 days, 4 hours, 1 minute and 19 seconds. A record that was unbeaten until 1998.
89 The total number of regattas competed under the aegis of the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge between 2005 and the end of the 2014 season. Of these, 48 were held in the Mediterranean, 27 in the United States, 9 in the Caribbean and 5 at Cowes on the Isle of Wight, where the America's Cup was first raced in 1851.
124 The largest number of boats to take part in an individual round of the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge. This happened at the 2006 Vele d'Epoca di Imperia, which is always hugely popular with these Grandes Dames of the Sea because of its extraordinary maritime tradition.
615 The total number of boats entered in the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge regattas in 2012 which remains the busiest season in the Circuit's entire history.
1884 The year of the launch of Victory, the oldest of the vintage yachts to have taken part in the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge over the last 10 years. A gaff cutter built in Cornwall, she is based in Falmouth in England but has competed in several regattas in the Mediterranean in recent years.
1936 The year of the launch of Eilean, the Bermudan ketch acquired and restored by Officine Panerai. 1936 was also the year in which the Florentine haute horlogerie sports watch company created its first prototype watch, the Radiomir, for the Italian Navy's Special Forces.
ROLL OF HONOUR
2013
Il Moro di Venezia Classic
Leonore Vintage
Cambria Big Boats
Black Watch PCYC North America
2012
Naïf Classic
Leonore Vintage
Moonbeam IV Big Boats
Valiant PCYC North America
2011
Stella Polare Classic
Rowdy Vintage
Moonbeam IV Big Boats
Black Watch PCYC North America
2010
Emeraude Classic
Rowdy Vintage
Cambria Big Boats
Totem PCYC North America
2009
Chaplin Classic
Peter Vintage
2008
Stormvogel Classic
Rowdy Vintage
2007
Emeraude Classic
Amorita Vintage
2006
Emeraude Classic
Bona Fide Vintage
2005
Outlaw Classic
Cholita Vintage
EILEAN
Eilean and Officine Panerai: a fascinating story of fate and crossed paths
1936 was a year in which two sublime examples of two very different human crafts emerged. Both were born in very different parts of the world and completely unaware of each other's existence but still shared a common link: the sea. In 1936, the Florentine precision instrument and luminous sight-maker, Panerai, was commissioned by the Italian Navy to design and make its first prototype watch, the Radiomir, specifically for the latter's specialist sub aqua units. Contemporaneously, in the town of Fairlie in faroff Scotland, one of the greatest naval architects of all time, William Fife III, was putting the finishing touches to one of his final and most perfect creations, Eilean.
Despite this shared start in life, it took approximately 70 years for Eilean and Panerai's destinies to cross once again in an entirely unexpected location: the Caribbean island of Antigua, during the 2006 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta. Because of an accident from which she had never fully recovered, Eilean was languishing semi-abandoned in a mangrove swamp, having previously enjoyed a long and glorious career exploring the world's most fascinating seas in the hands of various devoted owners. Within moments of her sighting at Antigua, however, plans were taking shape to revive her fortunes. Once she had been purchased by Officine Panerai, Eilean was sent to the Cantiere Navale F. Del Carlo in Viareggio, where she underwent a painstaking restoration process that meticulously followed all of her original plans and employed the traditional working methods of the day.
At the end of 2009, Eilean was relaunched and since then, her sublimely elegant lines have represented the Officine Panerai at the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge regattas. She also regularly plays hosts to groups of disadvantaged or severely ill young people in collaboration with various nonprofit organisations, providing them with the opportunity to be A Captain For A Day, and enjoy the sea and the thrill of skippering a beautiful vintage yacht.
At just over 22 metres in length, Eilean has a Bermudan ketch rig. Two powerful mainsails are hoisted on her two masts. She is composite-built: her planking is Burmese teak over a galvanised iron frame. Clothed in elegantly sober lines, Eilean retains her wonderful authenticity, exuding a sense of effortless grace and refinement that marries effortlessly with the sleek functionality of her details.
LUMINOR SUBMERSIBLE 1950 3 DAYS AUTOMATIC TITANIO – 47mm
PCYC 10 YEARS OF PASSION
An exclusive Special Edition of just 50 to celebrate 10 Years of Passion
To pay fitting homage to its historic links to the sea, Officine Panerai has, over the years, created a truly extraordinary collection of special edition Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge watches. This important 10-year anniversary too is being marked with an exclusive new model, the Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Automatic Titanio, of which just 50 examples will be made with the 10 Years of Passion logo on the caseback.
The Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Automatic Titanio features the sublimely classic 47 mm Panerai case designed to guarantee the Italian Navy Special Forces the exceptional robustness, reliability and underwater readability they required in a watch. It is made from brushed titanium, a hypoallergenic material that combines extremecorrosion resistance with great solidity and lightness. Thanksto its screw-down back and crown guard lever, the caseis water-resistant to 30 atmospheres (approximately 300metres) while a unidirectional rotating bezel allows wearerstime their dives. With a seconds counter at nine o'clock andthe classic date window at 3 o'clock, the model's black dialfeatures applied luminous hour markers and is supremelyreadable. The partly-skeletonised, luminescent hands also guarantee excellent visibility even in very deep water.
The Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Automatic Titanio is powered by the automatic manufacture calibre P.9000 with two barrels constantly charged by the oscillating weight in both directions, thus ensuring a 3-day power reserve. There is also a special system for regulating the hour hand which can be moved backwards and forwards in jumps of exactly one hour, without interfering with the running of the minutes.
The Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Automatic Titanio (PAM00571) sports a rubber strap that will sit perfectly on the wrist of any yachtsperson. It also comes with a spare strap that is easily changed using the patented Panerai lug system and special tools provided.
LUMINOR SUBMERSIBLE 1950 3 DAYS AUTOMATIC TITANIO - 47mm
PCYC 10 YEARS OF PASSION
Unique edition of 50 units
Movement: Automatic mechanical, Panerai P.9000 calibre, executed entirely by Panerai, 13¾ lignes, 7.9 mm thick, 28 jewels, Glucydur® balance, 28,800 alternations/ hour. Incabloc® anti-shock device. Power reserve 3 days, two barrels. 197 components.
Functions: Hours, minutes, small seconds, date, calculation of immersion time.
Case: Diameter 47 mm, brushed titanium.
Bezel: Brushed titanium with polished edges, anticlockwise unidirectional rotating bezel with graduated scale for calculating the time of immersion and ratchet click at minute intervals.
Back: Screw, brushed titanium. “10 Years of Passion 2005 – 2014” engraving.
Device protecting the crown: (protected as a trademark) Brushed titanium.
Dial: Black with luminous Arabic numerals and applied hour markers. Date at 3 o'clock, seconds at 9 o'clock.
Crystal: Sapphire, formed of corundum, 4 mm thick. Anti-reflective coating.
Water-resistance: 30 bar (~ 300 metres).
Strap: PANERAI personalised rubber strap and trapezoidal brushed titanium buckle. Supplied with a second interchangeable strap, a tool for changing the strap and a steel screwdriver.
Reference: PAM00571.
*Officine Panerai is not the owner ot the Glucydur®, and Incabloc® trademarks.
PANERAI TRANSAT CLASSIQUE 2015
A spectacular epilogue to a season devoted entirely to passion for the sea, beauty and the glorious history of which all classic yachts are a part
The 10th season of the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge concludes in September 2014 with Les Régates Royales de Cannes but the Panerai-sponsored classic sailing calendar also quickly brings an extra treat in the form of the latest edition of the Panerai Transat Classique 2015, which casts off on 7 January 2015. A spectacular epilogue to a season devoted entirely to passion for the sea, beauty and the glorious history of which all classic yachts are a part.
The fascinating volcanic Canary Island of Lanzarote and exotic Martinique in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles provide the departure and arrival ports for the Panerai Transat Classique 2015, the next edition of the renowned transatlantic race for classic and vintage yachts. The regatta begins from Lanzarote on 7 January 2015. Almost 3,000 nautical miles separate the two islands: an extraordinary and challenging Atlantic route along which dozens of Grandes Dames of the Sea will do heroic battle. The legendary race is once again being organised by the Atlantic Yacht Club of Paris in partnership with Officine Panerai.
The fleet will gather in Marina Lanzarote, the first port of call for yachts arriving into the Canary Islands. Lanzarote is a wellestablished European yachting destination and is also a popular choice for the world's leading racing sailors. The island offers an extensive, professional yachting infrastructure and Calero Marinas' newest facility is conveniently based in the island's capital with the international airport only minutes away and easy access to all the repair, maintenance and other services required by boats embarking on a transatlantic crossing.
The finish at Martinique will be a memorable experience indeed. Nicknamed “the Flower of the Caribbean”, Martinique is an astonishingly diverse island with beautiful mountains, the famous Mount Pelée volcano and even rainforest. Its stunning beaches are lapped by warm crystalline seas the temperature of which never falls below 25° C but are also kept pleasurably cool by a steady breeze. The Transat Panerai Classique 2015 finishes in one of the world's most beautiful bays which also plays host to the capital city of Fort-de-France.
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