Moonlight on the podium
Over 120 teams representing 23 nationalities from all walks of life met in Palma bay for the 42nd Copa del Rey. Whether aficionados, America’s Cup winners, The Ocean Race stars or Olympic medallists all contestants in the eight classes enjoyed good conditions for back to back races. As is tradition, the ranking in the ClubSwan 50 was tight. The seven-strong fleet included seasoned sailors like Yacht Club de Monaco members, Graeme and Raquel Peterson, who clinched 3rd place on the podium on Moonlight.
Yachting Masterclass at La Belle Classe Academy: an intensive course to learn all about superyacht professions
With the aim being to promote the range of trades associated with the yachting sector, Yacht Club de Monaco’s La Belle Classe Academy training centre set, up in 2015, continues to expand its programme. Having recently achieved official recognition as an RYA (Royal Yachting Association) training centre it can now offer the RYA Level 1 and 2 Powerboat Handling courses all-year, further expanding its range of certificated, internationally recognized courses.
One month to the start of the 19th palermo-montecarlo!
It’s just over a month left until the start of the 19th Palermo-Montecarlo, the late summer offshore regatta which will turn twenty next year, organized by the Circolo della Vela Sicilia, and with the collaboration of Yacht Club de Monaco and Yacht Club Costa Smeralda.
A new edition crowned with success
Created in 2016, this event is open to a wide range of boats, both monohulls and multihulls, as well as to sailors, whether professional or amateur. Ninety participants took part in this fifth edition, including yachtsman Oren Nataf from the Yacht Club de Monaco aboard the Multi 50 Rayon Vert. “I come to the DRHEAM-CUP to enjoy myself. It’s a great race and one of the few that offers a bit of distance to cover,” he said.
The 2024 edition featured a 600-nautical-mile course, taking competitors from Cherbourg-en-Cotentin to La Trinité-sur-Mer.
At the pinnacle of the season
The Rolex TP52 World Championship is the pinnacle of the TP52 circuit. The 2024 edition of this world championship attracted ten crews representing seven nationalities across four continents. After ten races off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island, USA, Alegre, led by Andres Soriano of the Yacht Club de Monaco, achieved an impressive 5th place.
The 52-foot fleet will reunite from August 27 to September 1 for the Puerto Portals 52 Super Series Sailing Week.
Young Monégasques Stand Out
Aimed at young sailors aged 7 to 14, the Coupe Internationale d’Été is an event that commands the attention of the Optimist class. With over 350 competitors from across Europe, this gathering is a highlight in the lives of these racers, divided into different categories (Benjamin, Minime, and Criterium).
Young sailors in Action
The World Sailing Youth World Championship has just concluded for the 418 sailors competing across six classes. Seventy countries were represented on the waters of Lake Garda, and as per the format, only one male and one female athlete could compete in each class.
Monegasques out in force
Laser sailors from Yacht Club de Monaco’s Sports Section made another trip to Breton shores for the France Open, a key event in the calendar for the ILCA 6 class in particular as it’s here where the French Men’s Championship takes place. Mathis Duplomb acquitted himself well over the course of eight races to come 14th overall having finished in the top ten in five of them.
Another podium for Vamos mi Amor
Fifth stage on the calendar, the Coppa Europa is one of the last major stage events before the grand finale of the Smeralda 888 Championship held in Monaco 11-13 October. Another regatta that saw some superb results from the Monegasques with 2nd place for Vamos mi Amor helmed by Charles de Bourbon des Deux Siciles just behind Django.
End of a tough tour
The 45th Tour Voile just finished for the 14 crews competing in a tight-fought three weeks that saw 22 inshore and offshore races organised in six stage towns on the menu for 2024. Among participants was Nicolas Bouchet from Yacht Club de Monaco sailing on APCC Voile Sportive which finished 10th. This latest edition which started on 28th June in Dunkirk has proved a festival of top-flight confrontations that had spectators on the edge down to the last race.