Winning the three coastal races held during the week, FlyingNikka, the full foiling Maxi owned by Roberto Lacorte and supported by the sponsors TAG Heuer and Cetilar® (a brand of the PharmaNutra pharmaceutical company), won the Maxi Class Line Honours Trophy, awarded to the absolute fastest yacht among the 50 or so Maxis competing in […]
Exactly one year after its competition début, here in Porto Cervo in September 2022, FlyingNikka will return to Sardinia to take part in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, the event organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, in partnership with the International Maxi Association, which brings together the largest and fastest regatta (and other) boats […]
Just two days until the start of the 151 Miglia-Trofeo Cetilar, the event planned for Thursday 1 June, the absolute début of the FlyingNikka fully foiling Mini Maxi in an offshore regatta. Having touched the water last April in Portofino for the Spring Regattas, FlyingNikka, which from this year can count on the precious support […]
From the sea to the gym: for the crew of FlyingNikka, the month of May could not have been more intense. As soon as the Spring Regattas in Portofino were over, the crew of the world’s first fully foiling Mini Maxi went straight to Viareggio, to the headquarters of their partner Athletica, to carry out a […]
Three days of sailing in the Gulf of Tigullio, two of which actually took place in very light wind conditions that were certainly too weak for FlyingNikka’s characteristics… this is the summary, broadly speaking, of the Spring Regattas, the first event of the 2023 racing season for the FlyingNikka, fresh from the launch of the […]
In the race, at last. After the official launch of the partnership with the renowned Swiss luxury watchmaker TAG Heuer, FlyingNikka is ready to face its first appointment in the competition season. The fully foiling Mini Maxi belonging to the owner/skipper Roberto Lacorte, built last year in the King Marine shipyard in Valencia based […]
TAG Heuer, the Swiss luxury watchmaker, has announced an exciting new partnership with FlyingNikka, set to usher in a new era of innovation and precision in sailing technology, pushing the boundaries of what is possible in water racing. After several successful collaborations in the automotive world, it only made sense for TAG Heuer to broaden […]
After her début at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in Porto Cervo, the test event that ended a day early due to a minor technical hitch, FlyingNikka returns to the regatta, for the second and last appointment in her first racing season. The location is the Cote d’Azur, the event is Les Voiles de Saint […]
