Victory for Yacht Club de Monaco as Team Nika triumphs in the RC44 2025 season
The 2025 season concluded with a result that reflects the Yacht Club de Monaco’s ambition to support its members to the top and assert its presence on international circuits. Led by Team Nika, the Yacht Club de Monaco’s recent victory in the RC44 Championship is part of this drive.
YCM’s J/70 class representatives at the top
The first event of the Regional Shared Fleet Championship set the pace for the season on 22-23 November at the Stade Nautique Florence Arthaud in Marseille. A demanding format of nine races over two days, with wind speeds ranging from 5 to 25 knots, were ideal conditions to test the prowess of those competing. YCM’s J/70 class representatives lived up to expectations confirming the strength of the Monaco fleet.
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.
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.
Two Yacht Club de Monaco teams in action
The final Act of the RS21 Cup held in San Remo from 16-19 October attracted 31 boats from all over Europe for four days of racing.
Gold medal for Nicolas Lelu in India
Yacht Club de Monaco was represented in India at the Asian Inclusive Sailing Series held in Mysore for the Hansa class, a flagship of inclusive sailing. Able-bodied and sailors with a disability from all over the Asian continent came together in a spirit of openness, friendly rivalry and a shared love of the sea.