Rolex dates

Get your diary out for some of the top inshore and offshore yachting in the calendar

Rolex are developing quite an arsenal of the world's top sailing events. After a meeting in Switzerland last week their program for the next two years has been finalised:

2004
Event	Date	Where
Rolex Miami ORC	26 - 30 January	Miami, FL, USA
International Rolex Regatta, St.Thomas	26 - 28 March	St. Thomas, USVI
Rolex IMS World Championships, Capri	15 - 22 May	Capri, ITA
NYYC 150th Annual Regatta presented by Rolex	11 - 13 June	Newport, RI, USA
Giraglia Rolex Cup, St.Tropez/Genova	12 - 19 June	St. Tropez, FRA / Genoa, ITA
Sardinia Rolex Cup, Porto Cervo	19 - 26 June	Porto Cervo, Sardinia, ITA
New York Yacht Club Sailing Week	16 - 25 July	Newport, RI, USA
Rolex Commodores' Cup	25 July - 1 August	Cowes, Isle of Wright, UK
Rolex Baltic Week	8 - 15 August	Neustadt, Germany
Rolex Farr 40 Worlds, San Francisco	8 - 11 September	San Francisco, CA, USA
St. Francis Big Boat Series, San Francisco	16 - 19 September	San Francisco, CA, USA
Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, Porto Cervo	4 - 11 September	Porto Cervo, Sardinia, ITA
Rolex Swan Cup, Porto Cervo	12 - 19 September	Porto Cervo, Sardinia, ITA
Rolex Middle Sea Race, Malta	20 October - 1 November	Malta
ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards	9 November	Copenhagen, DEN
Rolex Farr Invitational, Miami	19 - 22 November	Miami, FL, USA
Rolex Trophy Series, Sydney	11 - 14 December	Sydney, Australia
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 60th Anniversary	26 December - 4 January	Sydney, Australia
2005
Rolex Fastnet Race	10 - 15 August	Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK
Rolex Swan Cup Europe	25 June - 3 July tbc	Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK
Rolex Swan Cup North America	27 July - 2 August tbc	Newport, RI, USA
Rolex Womens' Keelboat World Championships	tbc	Annapolis, USA
Rolex Transatlantic Challenge 2005	21 May - 6 June	New-York, NY, USA / Cowes, UK
Rolex Race Around the Island 2005	June tbc	Cowes UK