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A popular autumn event on the Mediterranean sailing calendar, every year the Grimaldi Trophy welcomes a fleet of boats of all sizes to take part in a coastal race from San Remo to the Principality of Monaco with a stopover in Ventimiglia.
This year however the organisers judged conditions to be too gusty and rough and in the interests of safety changed the event into an inshore race off San Remo. Divided into IRC and ORC classes, contestants were able to complete one race. Andrea Statari and his son on Gorilla Gang XL, representing Yacht Club de Monaco in the ORC, came 8th, finishing 10th overall, and 6th in IRC.

An appetiser

For many sailors the race was a warm-up in the run up to Act 1 of the 2025/2026 Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series that kicks start this 11th season on 6-9 November. Launched in 2013 by Yacht Club de Monaco, these monthly regattas attract many of the best teams in the J/70 class who take full advantage of the mild winter conditions in the Principality to prepare for the next sailing season under race conditions.
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