Joost Schuijff from YCM overall winner
Having crossed the finish line in 2 days 1 hour 23 minutes 18 seconds to take Monohull Line Honours, Leopard 3 led by Yacht Club de Monaco’s Joost Schuijff also won the event in corrected time in IRC. Leopard 3 was one of the pioneers of this 600 nautical mile event, setting the course’s first record in 2009 and winning Monohull Line Honours again in 2013.
Another win for Joost Schuijff
Having topped the ranking in IRC Zero and taken Monohull Line Honours of the Antigua 360 Race, Joost Schuijff has just clinched another victory in the Caribbean, this time in the RORC Caribbean 600. After 2 days 1 hour 23 minutes 18 seconds of racing the Farr 100 crossed the finish first of this ninth edition. “I started helming Leopard 3 five or six years ago,” said Joost Schuijff. “After making some major changes including reducing the boat’s weight by 10 tonnes and installing a new mast, we are reaping the benefits of all our hard work. This was my second RORC Caribbean 600, we had 30-knot squalls so it was quite scary, but I really love this race. Sailing in the tropics is picturesque, the scenery is truly magnificent and racing against this type of competition is a perfect combination”. Leopard 3 led from the start, gaining a lead of around 30 nautical miles over its nearest competitor. The crew now have to wait for the rest of the fleet to arrive to know their corrected time for the IRC ranking.
A big win for Joost Schuijff
Joost Schuijff from Yacht Club de Monaco won the Antigua 360 Race aboard his Farr 100 Leopard 3, when he crossed the finish first to take ‘Monohull Line Honours’ in 4 hours 22 minutes 14 seconds, as well as 1st place in the IRC Zero category. Thirty-four teams were competing in this second edition of the Nelson’s Cup Series 2024, with all contestants enjoying a light south-easterly that got them off to an excellent start.
Victory for Piccinina
Since 2013, Monaco bay has been the stage of a unique spectacle that attracts many of the very best J/70 crews for the Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series. Organised by Yacht Club de Monaco, these monthly regattas have become a must-do tradition on the winter sailing calendar, attracting fiercely competitive teams from all over Europe.
On conquered terrain
Since 2013, Monaco bay has been the stage of a unique spectacle that attracts the very best J/70 teams for the Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series.
Organised by Yacht Club de Monaco, these monthly regattas have become a must-do tradition on the winter sailing calendar, attracting fiercely competitive teams from all over Europe. Friday was the start of Act III of the 2023-2024 season which saw Monaco teams out in force.
Monegasque Jérémy Moutout wins silver group
The 2024 ILCA 7 World Championship concluded in Adelaide, Australia after six intense days of competition. Superb sailing conditions brought the best out of everyone in the last few days with winds over 25 knots and two metre waves. Monegasque Jérémy Moutout won the silver group. The next major event is the ILCA Senior European Championship in Athens, Greece, 16-23 February. A total of 324 sailors are already registered in the three classes: ILCA 7, ILCA 6 women and ILCA 6 men.
Breath of fresh air in the ILCA class
The steady light westerly that set in about mid-day in Antibes was enough for the Race Committee to launch two races on a very short course for the 420s, Fireballs and ILCA class so the regatta counted. For his first event on a Laser, Antoine Sauval from Yacht Club de Monaco came 14th in ILCA 4 out of 22. In ILCA 6 Namu Van der Linden pulled off a worthy 8th place followed by Gabriel Superina in 9th.
Great start to the year for Yacht Club de Monaco
The ILCA fleet were to be found in Saint-Raphaël for the EurILCA Master, numbering around 60 sailors including a group from Yacht Club de Monaco. Depending on the category six or seven races were completed. Notable results included a hard-fought 2nd place for Pierrik Devic in the ILCA 6 Master Group and 6th for Denis Lankin while Robert McFarlane came 10th in the Grand Master ILCA 6
Leopard 3 wins Monohull Line Honours
After 10 days 17 hours 23 minutes and 51 second of racing, the Farr 100 Leopard 3 of Yacht Club de Monaco’s Joost Schuijff took Monohull Line Honours in the 10th RORC Transatlantic Race, also winning the IRC Super Zero category.
Having left Lanzarote in the Canaries on Sunday 7th January 2024, the 24-strong fleet representing ten nations headed to the finish line in Grenada in the Caribbean, a 3,000 nautical mile crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.
Turkey sweeps the board
Organised as part of the collective ‘Monaco, Capital of Advanced Yachting’ approach, the 14th Monaco Optimist Team Race (https://yacht-club-monaco.mc/evenements/monaco-optimist-team-race/) concluded with a fine example of the importance of racing rules.