The Yacht Club Capri is preparing to launch its new racing calendar, a calendar teeming with increasingly interesting events. As of 2008 the Rolex Capri Sailing Week has been organized by the Yacht Club Capri in close and direct cooperation with Rolex. The goal of the Club is to build close working relationships with other top sailing clubs, to carry out important sporting events while managing existing competitions in the best way possible. The Yacht Club Capri has become a full titled member of the “Comitato Vele di Levante” , consortium composed by ten sailing clubs that operate on the Bay of Naples between Torre del Greco and Sorrento.
The Rolex Capri Sailing Week, the world renown international regatta taking place from the 20th to the 24th of May, is without a doubt one of 2008’s most prestigious appointments .


The Rolex Capri Sailing Week celebrates its 4th Edition this year. 56 boats had already entered the race in February proving that interest was already running high and the fleet formed by Farr40s, Swan 45s, Swan 42s, Maxis, Maxi Swans Comet 41s, 45s and 51s have made this a record entry edition. Well known owners and sailors will be meeting up on the docksides and preparing to battle it out on the water. The Regatta has been organized by the Yacht Club Capri in cooperation with Rolex, Federazione Italiana Vela and Unione Vela Altura Italiana.
This year Rolex Capri Sailing Week also comprises an Italian Championship that will be held within the series. In fact given the high number of Swan 45s participating, 18 in all, the Class has requested that the races be recognized as the national championship.
Races for the entire fleet will be held on windward-leeward courses and offshore races, depending of course on the weather conditions.
In view of the high number of participants, starts will be by groups, ensuring a spectacular show for all those who want to follow racing from the sidelines.
Fashionable rendezvous and social events are scheduled for each day of racing as is the traditional Rolex evening for all race participants.


The Medium Offshore Race (26-27 April) – This race is organized by the Yacht Club Capri in conjunction with the Lega Navale di C/Mare di Stabia. It is valid as the 5th race of the III Campionato Primaverile di Levante. About 70 crews are expected to take part in the Capri Leg and on the evening of the 26th of April the Yacht Club will organize dinner and music on the docks for all participants. The start of the race is scheduled for Sunday April 27th at 11 a.m. with the finishing line set at Castellamare.


The 1st Lemon Juice Trophy – on the water for water Junior (1-3 May) – The Optimist Class Open Regatta is reserved to youngsters age 7 through 13, arriving from sailing clubs in Campania, Lazio, Puglia, Calabria and Sicily. On May 1st and 2nd a well known sailor will meet with the young athletes and talk about technical aspects, sportsmanship and values linked to a life dedicated to being a great champion. Racing will commence on May 2nd and finish the following day. In the evening after the prize giving ceremony “Pantakin” from Venice will hold a theatre show for children and adults. All proceeds from the regatta will go to “Save the Children” to help children in Africa.



2nd Capri-Maiori Regatta – on the water for water (5-6 September) – Sailboats representing all the sailing clubs of the Gulf of Naples are invited to take part in this race. Dinner and entertainment on the dockside is scheduled for the 5th. On the 6th of September the race Capri to Maiori will take place and in the evening at the prize giving ceremony the much coveted prize “A bell for Peace” will be awarded. “Pantakin” from Venice will hold a theatre show. All proceeds from the regatta will go to “Save the Children” to help children in Africa by building new water wells in Ethiopia. Last year as a result of the race 3 wells were built.


420, 470, 555 Class Area Races ( 18-19 October) – Organized in close cooperation with the V Area Committee of the Italian Sailing Federation (FIV), about 30 dinghies are expected to enter this series.


The Yacht Club Capri will also host some of the races of the “Tre Golfi – National Tyrrhenian IMS Championship” (end of May) and the “Confindustria Young Entrepreneurs Sailing Cup” held during the yearly young managers meeting on the 5th – 6th of October.