For the 2018 edition, Rolex brings together the plans of the Fife family for a special jubilee. 130 years ago, the first sailboat to leave the site was born with a dragon's head carved on the bow (this sailboat was called Dragon). Since the Fife plans have continued this tradition and most proudly display this trademark.
100 Fife are still sailing!
Among the 800 sailboats designed and built by the Fife dynasty - they were 3 architects to succeed each other from father to son still bearing the same first name: William - only a hundred still sail today. On the occasion of this gathering in Saint-Tropez, 20 will be gathered in the small port of the French Riviera.
It is funny that the smallest and tallest will meet on this occasion: Ellad, from a Marseilles owner measures 10.47 m when Cambria proudly displays its 40 m..
Regattas to follow from the dike
The Fife class leaves separately after the entire sequence of departures of the classic yachts, the first of which takes place every day around 11 am in front of the Portalet tower in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez.
The Rolex Jubilee Fife Trophy regattas have the same agenda as the classic yachts: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, Thursday being reserved for the challenges of the day Dick Jayson/Jean Laurain.
Detailed review of the Fife present in Saint-Tropez classified by year of construction (list of those registered on the 1 er august 2018)
1896 Nan of Fife, auric cutter, gaff cutter, 23 metres
1898 Kismet, auric cutter, gaff cutter, 14,60 meters
1903 Moonbeam III, auric cutter, gaff cutter, 30 meters
1906 Eva, Bermudian yawl, Bermudan yawl, 16.58 metres
1908 Viola, auric cutter, gaff cutter, 15,50 meters
1908 Mariska, 15 MJI auric, gaff 15mR
1909 Hispania, 15 MJI auric, gaff 15mR
1909 Tuiga, 15 MJI auric, gaff 15mR
1910 Silhouette, 8MJI auric, gaff 8mR, 15.40 meters
1912 The Lady Anne, 15 MJI auric, gaff 15mR
1912 Dione, Bermudian yawl, Bermudan yawl,15,88 meters
1914 Moonbeam IV, auric cutter, gaff cutter, 35 metres
1926 Halloween, Bermudan cutter cutter, 25.25 meters
1928 Cambria, 23 MJI, 23mR, 40 meters
1930 Falcon, 8 MJI Bermudian,, Bermudan 8mR, 14.85 meters
1930 Nada, 6 MJI Bermudian, Bermudan 6mR, 11 meters
1930 Fulmar, 8MJI Bermudian, Bermudan 8mR, 14.67 meters
1934 Irina, Bermudian cutter cutter, Bermudan shorts, 16.40 metres
1935 Carron II, 8MJI Bermudian, 8mR, 15.02 meters
1957 Ellad, Bermudian sloop, Bermudan sloop, 10.47 metres
