Reichel/Pugh designs won two of six classes amongst the 50-boat fleet, and with Reichel/Pugh having drawn the top two boats in the Maxi class, and designed the 2nd place J-Class Ranger.
Billed as the Maxi Worlds, the 2022 edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup marks 24 years of participation by Reichel/Pugh boats, and in that time our designs have now amassed 41 Class wins. Competing this year were six Reichel/Pugh designs including the 2021 MAXI WORLD CHAMPION R/P 100’ Wallycento Magic Carpet 3, R/P 100’ Wallycento Galateia, R/P 82’ Highland Fling XI, R/P-Nauta SW90’ All Smoke, R/P 78’ Capricorno and the J-Class Yacht Ranger.
For 2022, Reichel/Pugh designs won two of six classes amongst the 50-boat fleet, and with Reichel/Pugh having drawn the top two boats in the Maxi class. Reichel/Pugh is the naval architect who recreated the 2nd place J-Class Ranger. Reichel/Pugh Senior Naval Architect Tony Beale was aboard 2nd place Maxi 100' Galateia.
Reichel/Pugh Designs Top the 2022 Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
Reichel/Pugh 82’ Highland Fling XI – Maxi Class Winner
Reichel/Pugh 100’ Wallycento Galateia – 2nd in Maxi Class
Reichel/Pugh 78’ Capricorno – Mini Maxi Class 2 Winner
Reichel/Pugh 138’ J-Class yacht Ranger – 2nd in J-Class
Reichel/Pugh is proud to have been the naval architect that successfully recreated Ranger, the renowned Stevens/Burgess design. Harold Vanderbilt racing the original Ranger successfully defended America’s Cup in 1937. In taking second place in Porto Cervo, Ranger won the Kohler Cup for the top performing team over the three 2022 J-Class regattas. They won their class at Saint Barth's Bucket, were third at Superyacht Cup Palma and finished runners-up at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup.
The Reichel/Pugh team designs for performance longevity and has unparalleled success at producing some of the world’s most distinctive, most enduring and consistently rewarding sailing yachts including designs that have continuously won major regattas over several decades. Reichel/Pugh Superyachts are the most successful cruising performance yachts. 147' Visione, RP-Nauta 112' Nilaya, and 200' Hetairos have each won overall the St Barths Bucket along with Class wins in the Maxi Rolex Cup and overall wins in other Superyacht events. The R/P-Nauta 130’ My Song was crowned Superyacht of the Year in 2017 at the International Superyacht Society Design Awards. In 2019 100' Magic Carpet 3 won overall the Loro Piana Superyacht Cup and the 2022 Giorgio Amani Superyacht Cup.
Alessandro Del Bono's Reichel/Pugh 78’ Maxi Capricorno (originally built in 1995 as Morning Glory II) repeated last year’s performance to win the Mini Maxi 2 Class, guided by tactician Flavio Favini. Launched as Morning Glory, Capricorno has a deep history previously winning the 1997 Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, the 1997 Fastnet Race IMS, the 1996 Cape Town-Rio Race (Broke Course Record), the 1996 Sydney-Hobart Race (Shattered 21-year-old Course Record) and the 2006 Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (2700nm Breaking Course Record). Alessandro Del Bono reflected last year that, “We are obviously pleased, in spite of being 26 years old, the boat has proved that it's still very fast having won this Maxi event in 1997. This victory is a great reward for both the crew, most of whom have been with us for 25 years, and for my father and my son, we have three generations of the family on board.”
Irvine Laidlaw, owner of the Maxi Highland Fling XI: “The boat is 13 years old this year and we’re delighted that we can still compete and compete so well against other boats that are significantly younger.”
82’ Highland Fling XI Winning History
NAVAL ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING BY REICHEL/PUGH
BUILT BY GOETZ BOATS - LAUNCHED 2009
1st - 2022 Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, Maxi Division
1st - 2019 - Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup - First Overall Maxi Racer Class
1st - 2018 - Round the Island Race - Line Honors
1st - 2017 - Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup - Maxi Racing Division Winner
1st - 2014 - Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup - Maxi Racing Division Winner
1st - 2011 - Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez - 1st Overall
1st - 2012 Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta
1st - 2011 Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta
78’ Capricorno’s Winning History
NAVAL ARCHITECTURE & STYLE BY REICHEL/PUGH
BUILT BY MCCONAGHY - LAUNCHED SEPTEMBER 1995
1st - 2022 - Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup – Maxi 2 Class Winner
1st - 2021 - Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup – Maxi 2 Class Winner
1st - 2006 - 2,700nm Atlantic Rally for Cruisers set course record
1st - 1997 - Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup – Winner
1st - 1997 - Fastnet Race - First Overall IMS
1st - 1996 - 2,225nm Cape Town-Rio Race - Broke Course Record, Line honors, 1st Place
1st - 1996 - Sydney-Hobart - Line honors - Shattering 21-year-old course record
100’ Galateia’s Winning History
NAVAL ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING BY REICHEL/PUGH
INTERIOR BY ANTONIO COSTAMANTE - AIM YACHT INTERIORS
BUILT BY GREEN MARINE, U.K. - LAUNCHED SEPTEMBER 2015
2nd - 2022 Maxi Rolex Cup, Maxi Division
1st - 2022 Palmavela IRC-IMA - Maxi Division (placed first in every race of six)
1st - 2017 Wally Class Season’s Championship
2nd - 2017 Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta
1st - 2017 Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
3rd - 2016 Les Voiles de St Barth - Maxi Class One
2022 Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup Maxi Class Results
2022 Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup Class Mini Maxi 2 Class Results
2022 Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup Race Details
New York Times article: “At the (2022) Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, J-Class Yachts Are Back”
New York Times article: “The Allure of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup”
Reichel/Pugh has now had 41 Maxi Yacht World Championship Division Winners since 1997:
2022 – 82’ Highland Fling XI – Maxi Class - Irvine Laidlaw
2022 – 78’ Capricorno – Mini Maxi Class 2 – A. Del Bono
2021 – 100’ Magic Carpet3 – Maxi Class - Sir L.Owen Jones
2021 – 78’ Capricorno – Mini Maxi Class 2 – A. Del Bono
2019 – 82' Highland Fling XI – Maxi Class - Irvine Laidlaw
2017 – 100’ Galateia – Wally Class – D. Leuschen
2017 – 82' Highland Fling XI – Maxi Class - Irvine Laidlaw
2016 – 85’ My Song – Maxi RC Division
2015 – 94’ Windfall – Maxi RC Division – M. Cotter
2014 – 100’ Magic Carpet 3 – WallyCento – Wally Class – Sir L.Owen Jones
2014 – 78’ Lupa of London – Mini Maxi Racer/Cruiser Division – J. Pilkington
2014 – 82’ Highland Fling XI – Maxi Racing & Maxi Racing/Cruising Division – Lord I. Laidlaw
2013 – 112’ Nilaya – SuperMaxi ORCi Division – F. Balcaen
2013 – 78’ Lupa of London – Mini Maxi Cruising Division – J. Pilkington
2012 – 100’ Esimit Europa 2 – Racing Division – I.Simcic
2012 – 112’ Nilaya – SuperMaxi Division – F. Balcaen
2011 – 112’ Nilaya – SuperMaxi Division – F. Balcaen
2011 – 78’ AllSmoke – Mini Maxi Racing/Cruising Division – G. Herz
2010 – 100’ Esimit Europa 2 – Racing/Racing Cruising Division – I.Simcic
2010 – 220’ Hetairos – Supermaxi Division – O. Happel
2009 – 72’ Bella Mente – Mini Maxi Divison + Mini Maxi Overall Season Champion – H. Fauth
2009 – 72’ Alfa Romeo 3 – Mini Maxi Racing Division – N.Crichton
2009 – 78’ Whisper – 1st Place Mini-Maxi Cruising Class – M. Cotter
2009 – 147’ Visione – Cruising Division – H. Plattner
2008 – 72’ Alfa Romeo 3 – Mini Maxi Racing Division – N.Crichton
2008 – 220’ Hetairos – Cruising Division – O. Happel
2008 – 90’ Rambler – Racing Division – G. David
2007 – J Class Ranger – Cruising Division – J. Williams
2007 – 86’ Morning Glory – Racing Division – H. Plattner
2007 – 78’ AllSmoke – Mini Maxi Division – G. Herz
2006 – 100’ Alfa Romeo – Racing Division – N.Crichton
2006 – 220’ Hetairos – Spirit of Tradition Division – O. Happel
2005 – 77’ Black Dragon – Racing Division – O. Happel
2004 – 86’ Pyewacket – Racing Division – R. Disney
2004 – 78’ Idea – IMS Division – R. Raiola
2003 – 78’ Idea SAI – IMS Division – R. Raiola
2003 – 85’ Alfa Romeo – IRC Division – N. Crichton
2002 – 79’ Alexia – Racing Division – A. Roemmers
2001 – 79’ Alexia – Racing Division – A. Roemmers
2000 – 79’ Alexia – Racing Division – A. Roemmers
1997 – 80’ Morning Glory – H. Plattner
Sources: YCCS, James Boyd / International Maxi Association / Kimball Livingston and David Schmidt - New York Times
Photography courtesy of: Carlo Borlenghi, J-Class Association, Atila Madrona, Michael Kurtz, Tim Wright | title image of Highland Fling XI photographed by Carlo Borlenghi at 2022-IMA Maxi Championships