OREANDA-NEWS. On 02 July 2008 was announced, that the 4th Girard-Perregaux Sailing Cup started on June 23, 2008 at the GALS yacht-club at the Pirogove water storage basin.

14 cruising yachts of Carter-30 class participated in the sailing competition. The teams which included the winners and champions of the world and European championships nobly stroke for the victory. And the intensity of emotions reminded that of the most prominent international competitions.

The wind tested the strength of the participants, changing its direction and power all the time. The yachts sailed close to the shore which complicated the work of the rudders and required their total concentration.

The judges and numerous guests of the show set store by the sportsmen’s mastership and professionalism. Among the visitors there were: Petr Aven, the President of Alpha-Bank, Konstantin Nemchoukov, the Chief Editor of Nezavissimaya Gazeta; Tierry Nataf, the Head of Zenith International SA and many others.

The play-by-play announcer of the sailing competition was Andrei Malakhov. The competition took off after the press-conference held in a spacious pavilion provided by MVK International Exhibition Company.

The team of the Hermes yacht of the Sofrino High-Street Bank guided by the captain, Director General of MVK Design Valeriy Pilchin and his crew Alexander Mazourin, Anton Sergheev, Ivan Kolinko, Edward Malyshev and Pavel Savenko took the second prize.