Celebration of youth
The opening ceremony marked the start of the 53rd Youth Sailing World Championships which ran from 15-19 July on Lake Garda. No fewer than 418 sailors from 70 countries were there including Noah Garcia and Louise Debeaumont from Yacht Club de Monaco competing in the ILCA 6 category.
Consistency on every start
Consistency was key to staying as close as possible to the leading pack of this international meeting. Jérémy Moutout and Bodhi Van Der Linden, both from Yacht Club de Monaco, were perfect examples. After six races contested in the Baltic Sea they finished 14th and 15th in ILCA 7 respectively, both managing a race in the top ten.
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.
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.
NatPower H completes hydrogen refueling of three boats competing in the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge 2024
NatPower H, the world’s leading developer for the production, storage and distribution of green hydrogen and part of the NatPower Group, announces the finalisation of the first hydrogen refueling during the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge, a nautical event organised by the Yacht Club de Monaco and dedicated to alternative propulsion and hull design innovations. Making its debut at the eleventh edition of the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge, NatPower H aims to accelerate the hydrogen transition in boating at an event featuring more than 50 zero-emission boats.
Beda the big winner
The Smeralda 888 fleet were in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, 27-30 June for the Invitational 888 which is the third stage in their 2024 championship. Eight races were run for the eight teams in competition in sometimes strong wind conditions.
Success in tough conditions
After a successful event in Bonifacio, Corsica, less than a month ago, the Swan Sardinia Challenge met up in Alghero in north Sardinia, Italy, for the third stage of the 2024 Nations League. Throughout the week, 11 ClubSwan 50s and eight ClubSwan 36s battled it out in a competition where 25 nations were represented on a race area where weather conditions tested the entire fleet’s skills to the limit. Only three races were completed for each class. In ClubSwan 36, Giangiacomo Serena di Lapigio (G-Spot) from Yacht Club de Monaco won the event. In ClubSwan 50, Graeme Peterson (Moonlight) came 2nd ahead of Leonardo Ferragamo (Cuordileone) 6th.
YCM flirts with the top ten
The second event on the Italian circuit saw 35 teams in action at Riva del Garda including two from Yacht Club de Monaco. Louis Poons on Charisma pulled off a well-deserved 6th place in the overall ranking as well as in the Garmin Cup. In eight races on a Lake Garda at its best he was in the top ten of five of them including a win. Lorenzo Bortolotti’s Black Swan was also competing managing a 9th place in the overall ranking. In a few weeks (26-28 July), the J/70s will be in Malcescine for the next stage on this circuit.
Two in a row for Viola
Another superb win concludes the Italian season for the crew on Viola, the 1908 gaff cutter led by Kostia Belkin from Yacht Club de Monaco. Just days after triumphing in the 21st Vele d’Epoca in the Gulf of Naples, Viola made it a double on the Tyrrhenian coast during the Grandi Vele held in the gulf of Gaeta. An experience that adds another dose of the Dolce Vita for Kostia Belkin who topped the Epoca ranking but was also overall winner. He and his crew are now heading over to Catalonia, Spain, to line up on the start of the Vela Classica that runs from 12-15 July.
A super busy week
The 130th Kieler Woche that brings together the cream of dinghy sailors. Yacht Club de Monaco’s Jérémy Moutout was on the start lines in ILCA 7, finishing 58th overall after eight races.