G-Spot wins at home
And they’re off! Yacht Club de Monaco launched the 2025-2026 season of the Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series this weekend. The venue lived up to expectations for Act 1 with three days of back-to-back races, in changeable conditions that tested the tactical prowess and endurance of the 23 teams. A total of eight races were validated by the Race Committee.
First day of confrontations in the bay of Monaco
Yacht Club de Monaco launches a major event this week. Since 2013, the Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series have been offering J/70 teams a window of competition in the middle of winter on one of the most consistent venues in the Mediterranean. It is an ideal opportunity to keep racing and fine-tune settings and tactics ahead of the season’s major meetings like the Primo Cup-Trophée UBS.
YCM launches winter season
WhatsApp LinkedIn Facebook X Yacht Club de Monaco launches a major event this week. Since 2013, the Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series have been offering J/70 teams a window of competition in the middle of winter on one of the most consistent venues in the Mediterranean. It is an ideal opportunity to keep racing and fine-tune […]
YCM sailors in contention in an edition without a final
The 2025 Italian Olympic Class Championship concluded in Palermo on a windless day, forcing the Race Committee to cancel the last races. It was a frustrating end for the sailors as in some classes the gaps were minimal after three days of racing in a light unstable wind.
YCM’s Sport Section on the up in La Rochelle
From 29 October to 1st November, La Rochelle Nautique hosted one of the major dinghy events on the calendar, the ILCA Autumn National and French ILCA Championships. Over 300 international contestants, including a delegation from Yacht Club de Monaco, descended on the French city. It was another opportunity for the team of young Monegasque sailors to compete in a large highly competitive fleet at a major event.
New generation of YCM sailors face a European fleet
From 27-31 October, Cap d’Agde welcomed one of the largest Optimist fleets of the season when it hosted the Opti Cup 2025 that attracted over 300 youngsters from France, Europe and the Antilles. The new generation of YCM sailors from the Sports Section discovered a very different environment to the one in the bay of Monaco.
At the heart of the action
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.
Impressive results for YCM
The Rolex Middle Sea Race 2025 lived up to expectations. Having set off from Valletta, Malta, on 19 October the fleet completed the legendary 606-nautical mile course round Sicily after several days of demanding racing in changeable conditions and a high level of competition.
Victory for Black Jack 100 from YCM
Another demonstration of how active Yacht Club de Monaco members are on the international offshore scene. At the finish of the Rolex Middle Sea Race 2025, Remon Vos’s Maxi sloop Black Jack 100, skippered by Tristan Le Brun, claimed the Monohull Line Honours prize after crossing the finish at 05:44 this Tuesday 21 October after 2 days 17 hours 44 minutes and 7 seconds of racing around Sicily.
A promising first for Yacht Club de Monaco
It was the first major competition and first demonstration of the potential of Terrible Joy. The Cape 31 flying the Yacht Club de Monaco flag was competing in Palma de Mallorca from 15-19 October in the European Championship.