Six months when the Mediterranean is the only place worth being. Ibiza opens in late April. St Tropez peaks in July. The yachts move east as the season progresses toward Greece.
Twenty-two races. Twenty-one countries. The season opens in Melbourne in March and closes in Abu Dhabi in December. Each weekend has its own economy, its own crowd, its own version of the hospitality circuit.
Four months when the same crowd moves between four mountains. Courchevel 1850 opens December. Verbier for harder terrain. St Moritz for the frozen lake events. Zermatt has the Matterhorn and no cars.