Girls on top
The Pink Wave Sailing Team representing Yacht Club de Monaco put in a fine performance this weekend to finish 10th in the overall ranking of the WLS (Woman Leading Sailing) in Martigues.
Season ends on a high
The J/70 Italian Cup ended this weekend in Lerici in ideal conditions to cap off an outstanding season. The last three regattas of the year brought an intense season to a close after four events and 26 races.
Historic triple for Emirates Team New Zealand
For the third consecutive time, Emirates Team New Zealand, led by Matteo de Nora, member of Yacht Club de Monaco’s Management Committee, triumphed in the America’s Cup. For the Defender and its director, YCM member Grant Dalton, it was a resounding victory over Ineos Britannia of Sir Jim Ratcliffe, also a YCM member, during the final in Barcelona. A near-flawless performance saw the Kiwis retain the world’s oldest sporting trophy to secure their third victory in a row out of their total of five.
Sixth European title for Italy
The curtain has fallen on the Optimist European Team Racing Championship 2024, organised by Yacht Club de Monaco under the aegis of the International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA) and World Sailing, in partnership with FxPro, Monaco Marine and SLAM.
First UIM E1 La Belle Classe Academy by YCM class
This week Yacht Club de Monaco welcomed the first class to attend its new UIM E1 La Belle Classe Academy by YCM course, a pioneering program to train future pilots for the UIM E1 World Championship, the world’s first all-electric boat race series.
Turkey widens the gap
Two very different weather conditions marked the third day of the 2024 European Team Racing Championship. Storms in the morning quickly gave way to ideal conditions on the water with sun, a flat sea and 10-knot easterly that held on till cloud cover returned. Once again the Turks dominated the ranking but will have to be on their guard against the Greeks who made a spectacular comeback.
The competition remains open
Bis repetita for the second day of the 2024 Optimist European Team Racing Championship, organised for the first time by Yacht Club de Monaco. As it did yesterday, an easterly wind was blowing across the race area for the 16 teams in competition ready to give their all in the 55 match races scheduled for the day.
Top flight encounters
It all kicked off at 10.00am when 64 young sailors took over the Monaco race area for the start of the Optimist European Team Racing Championship, and from day one lived up to expectations in creating suspense and putting on a great show.
Yachting faces up to safety and social media challenges
Cluster Yachting Monaco
Winter Pop-Up
The Cluster Yachting Monaco held its annual Winter Pop-Up, a landmark event that brought together professionals from across the industry and a fleet of yachts moored in the YCM Marina presented by companies including Ocean Independence, Fraser Yachts and Althaus Yachting. Yachting stakeholders and visitors were able to visit the boats on display before discussing the thorny issue of ‘Charting safety, responsibility and media influence’. “The event is held under the aegis of our collective ‘Monaco, Capital of Advanced Yachting’ initiative. It provides a communication platform that is essential to progress discussions and better analyse the sector, which is undergoing profound changes,” began Bernard d’Alessandri, President of the Cluster Yachting Monaco.
Sixteen teams in the running for the title
For the first time Yacht Club de Monaco is hosting the Optimist European Team Racing Championship. It is organised under the aegis of the International Optimist Dinghy Association and World Sailing in partnership with FxPro, Monaco Marine and Slam, and takes place 15-20 October 2024. Sixteen teams of four talented young sailors from 16 nations are all fired up to compete in what is a demanding contest that is always great to watch.