Young athletes in YCM’s Sports Section honoured

During the annual Fête des Sports, Monaco City Hall rewarded athletes from the Principality who have stood out during the season.
Distinctions reward the skilled
At the first medal ceremony held in the City Hall’s Cour d’Honneur, several sailors from YCM’s Sports Section were presented with distinctions, among them Namu Van Der Linden, Léo Boisvert, Antoine Sauval, Gabriel Superina, Pietro Carlevaris, Joséphine Dobbelaere, Jules Huon, Louis Pompée and Louis Faivre.

First victory of the season

The second stage of the TF35 2023 Trophy was held in Mies and won hands down by Esteban Garcia (Realteam Sailing) from Yacht Club de Monaco after eight races. With 7 points separating him from his nearest rival, victory was assured for the man who also came 2nd in the Genève-Rolle-Genève organised the same weekend. The TF35 fleet is now getting ready for a great classic on the Lake Geneva calendar, the Bol d’Or Mirabaud.

Keeping in contact with the competition

A total of 18 Team Race teams were competing in this must-do Italian event which was celebrating its 36th edition. Océane Schroeder, Ludovica Bonelli, Alexandra Santelli and Facundo Rubinelli made the trip to take advantage of the Venice race area to perfect sailing skills to keep in contact with foreign competitors.

YCM sailors keep up the pace

The Europa Cup de Punta Ala ended on a high on Sunday. The ILCA 7 Men and ILCA 6 Women categories concluded their championship with seven races on the clock while the ILCA 6 Men and ILCA 4 Women had five races in which to make their mark.

Victory for Tuiga

The 29th edition of the biggest spring meeting of classic yachts ended on Sunday with two races completed in every category. After her victory in the Grandi Regate Internazionali in Sanremo, a 4th place at Les Voiles de Cassis and 2nd in the ladies regatta in Saint-Tropez, YCM’s flagship gaff cutter is on a roll with another victory, this time in the Big Boat category. The 15M IR was closely followed by Carlo Falcone’s Mariella, also from YCM. Bart Weduwer (Encounter) finished 5th in IOR while Argynne III came 9th in the Classique Marconi.

Winning results for YCM

The PACA dinghy championship (Ligue Voile Légère PACA) ended this weekend in Cannes. Several hundred sailors in 19 categories, including some 20 from Yacht Club de Monaco’s Sports Section, made the trip with talented young sailors from the Principality pulling off some remarkable performances.

YCM members in the vanguard

For this first edition of the Swan Bonifacio Challenge stage on The Nations League circuit, the Mistral turned its tap on adding spice to the proceedings to make it even more memorable. The Corsican event represented the second stage of the season for the ClubSwan 36 boats and the first of the year for the ClubSwan 50 and ended after five days of sailing.

YCM on the start of this Mediterranean classic

In the Italian sailing world, the 151 Miglia – Trofeo Cetilar symbolises a sports challenge par excellence. Open to all and laid out to test the teams strategic qualities to the limit, the event owes its success to the layout.

Malizia-Seaexplorer on the start

The IMOCA fleet are back out at sea on another challenge crossing the North Atlantic from west to east. A few weeks after a superb performance in The Transat CIC (formerly the English Transat) in which Boris Herrmann from Yacht Club de Monaco finished 2nd, the 60-footers have left Manhattan and its skyline. For this 2nd edition of the New York Vendée-Les Sables d’Olonne, 28 skippers were on the start line that was anchored off the American coast.

2nd place for Realteam Sailing

First stage of the season and first podium finish for Esteban Garcia’s Realteam Sailing from Yacht Club de Monaco after the TF35s battled it out on Lake Geneva at the TF35 Nyon Cup. They kept up the pace as evidenced by nine races over three days. Realteam Sailing took advantage of moderate conditions to stay in the top ranking, missing out on a win by two small points to Sail of Change 8. The fleet will be at Club Nautique de Versoix 7-9 June for the TF35 Mies.