Prize Giving Ceremony at La Citadelle

This morning near summer conditions returned once again to Saint-Tropez and participants gathered in La Citadelle for the prize giving ceremony that marks the closing of this year's edition of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez. It is with a note of nostalgia that teams will leave this famous fishing village to return home until the 2009 edition of this spectacular event.

For the past three years there has been a special trophy given to the 16-metre Classic Yacht who accumulated the fewest points over the week of races. This year the winner was Graham Walter and his Marconi Rowdy, who finished the week at the top of her class. Philippe Schaeffer, Rolex France, presented Mr. Walter with the Rolex Trophy and a Rolex Submariner, close companion to all nautical achievements.

This year the racing was grand in spite of the Mistral crashing the party with violent winds that prohibited most racing on Thursday and all racing Friday. The final results are in and the winners in each category follow.

CLASSIC YACHT RESULTS, following three races
“Epoque” Sailboats (before 1950)

AURIQUE A
1. Moonbeam III, Erwan Noblet
2. Mariquita, Jim Thom
3. Altair, Stephan Benfield

AURIQUE B
1. Bona Fide, Guissepe Girdano
2. Oriole, Francis Van De Velde
3. Pesa, Jean Yves Roubinet

MARCONI A
1. Rowdy, Graham Walter
2. The Blue Peter, Mike Aalders
3. Cholita, Dany Degraci

MARCONI B
1. Anne Sopie, Hanns Klein
2. Classic Addy, Henk Bouma
3. Aile VI, Alain Ferri

MARCONI C
1. Mercury, Jordi Cabau
2. Stormy Weather, Christopher Spray
3. Tomahawk, Richard Bond

MARCONI D
1. Windhover, Marc Poullain
2. Lak, Guy Laforest
3. Arrow, Phil Plumtree

“Classic” Sailboats (1950-1975)

MARCONI A
1. Galvana, Freres Pella
2. Sagittarius, Frederic Laffite
3. Fantasque, Jacques Daligaux-Bordat

MARCONI B
1. Crazy Life, Bernard Olivieri
2. Pelikan, Peter Koerfer
3. Undina, Griff Rhys Jones

Spirit of Tradition Sailboats

1. Shamrock V, Nick Ryan
2. Finsco, Willi Balz
3. Savannah, Hugh Morrisson

Tofinou Sailboats

1. Bellerophon, Nicolas Edmiston
2. Grey One, Hervé Margolis
3. Cambronne, Bernard Vilarem

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