End of season for TP52
TP52 – Valencia 52 Super Series Royal Cup
At the 52 SUPER SERIES finale in Valencia, Alegre led by Yacht Club de Monaco member Andres Soriano really stood her ground in the 13-strong fleet of international entrants. Despite tough competition, Alegre produced a good result in coming 9th in the final overall ranking, enough to put this team in 5th place for the season after five regattas and 41 races.
Results galore
Régates Royales de Cannes
The 46th Régates Royales ended Saturday after an intense week of demanding conditions. Crews had their patience tested the first day as strong winds kept them all ashore, but Wednesday turned up trumps with an exceptional day for sailing. Three races on the course were completed without any problems on the starts. Gloomy skies and no wind saw another race day cancelled, but the remaining ones more than compensated with the 12 categories able to make up for lost time and for some climb the rankings.
Among event favourites was a significant fleet from Monaco determined to get top billing.
Argynne III did just that winning the Classic Yacht Cruiser, while Kostia Belkin on Viola did YCM proud with 2nd in the Vintage Gaff. In the Big Boat class, the crew on Yacht Club de Monaco’s flagship Tuiga also clinched a podium by coming 3rd as did Angelo Mazzarella on Carron III in the Vintage Marconi. In the Classic Race, Massimiliano Ferruzzi’s Il Moro di Venezia finished 5th.
Highland Fling 18 wins Multihull Cup 2024 after nail-biting final
Multihull Cup – Mallorca
The Multihull Cup 2024 ended in spectacular fashion in Mallorca with victory secured by a whisker with 20 seconds separating the top two in the final ranking.
In the last 24-nautical mile inshore race, it was touch and go as to who would win between Yacht Club de Monaco member Lord Laidlaw’s Highland Fling 18 and Adrian Keller’s Allegra.
In testing conditions off the south-west coast of Mallorca, Highland Fling 18 managed to pull away and finish 13 minutes ahead of Allegra. But the wait for the verdict in corrected time kept everyone on tenterhooks until the announced that Highland Fling 18 had indeed won by 20 seconds after two and a half hours of racing.
Added to the win of a previous race, the result meant Highland Fling 18 won the event.
Training continues with the best
With the fast approaching Optimist European Team Racing Championship, organised for the first time by Yacht Club de Monaco 15-20 October 2024, the Optimist team from the Sports Section continue to fine tune skills with the best. After a regatta in Geneva mid-September, Ludovica Bonelli, Océane Schroeder, Pietro Carlevaris and Facundo Rubinelli were in Barcelona for a team match regatta where they finished 7th.
YCM at the rendezvous
The J/70 World Championship this year was organised by the Real Club Náutico de Palma and the J/70 International Association, bringing together 25 nationalities. The 98 teams competed in eight out of the ten races scheduled in winds that varied in both direction and strength. Every boat had to carry an electronic device which, via GPS, transmits the exact position of the boat as it crosses the start line and signals within a second contestants who are over the line. Douglas Newhouse and Jeremy Wilmot’s boat Yonder grabbed the lead on the first day by winning the first race and held on to it throughout the competition.
YCM on great form
Rolex Swan Cup – Porto Cervo
Variable weather conditions and stiff competition ensured another busy schedule at the Rolex Swan Cup 2024 held 17-23 September in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. With 101 boats on the start, teams competed on inshore courses ranging from 15 to 24 nautical miles resulting in some thrilling tactical battles.
In the B S&S Racing Division, Yacht Club de Monaco members came out on top, with Vincenzo Onorato on Mascalzone Latino winning the event hands down after three wins out of three races. Martin Baum on his Swan 48 Elan came 2nd. IN the Swan50 category, Graeme Peterson dominated aboard his Moonlight to clinch the top spot, with Leonardo Ferragamo on Cuordileone coming in 8th in the final overall ranking.
Warm up before the Europeans
Sailors from Yacht Club de Monaco’s Sports Section were competing yet again this time in a series of Optimist Team Race events. Before the elite match racing teams meet in Monaco for the Optimist European Team Racing Championship, YCM sailors demonstrated again their mastery of team race rules and a tremendous team spirit.
Leopard 3 a winner
The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup organised by Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in collaboration with the International Maxi Association ended in style this weekend. Reserved for 60-foot and over boats the event this year was part of the first edition of the Rolex Maxi World Championship. Those competing were grouped into different classes, according to type and performance, and all took part in coastal races winding their way through the La Maddalena islands. The Maxi 1 and 2 classes also demonstrated their potential on windward courses.
Final rehearsal before Vendée Globe for Malizia-Seaexplorer
IMOCA – 14th Défi Azimut – Lorient
For five days the IMOCA world are in Lorient for the 14th Défi Azimut – Lorient Agglomération. It is the last chance for these racing machines to compete against each other weeks before the start of the next Vendée Globe. Among them is Malizia-Seaexplorer, helmed by Boris Herrmann from Yacht Club de Monaco.
A win for Vamos mi Amor
The penultimate meeting of the season saw the Smeralda 888 fleet competing in Barcelona for the second year in a row. It was an opportunity for these gentlemen racers to see how they stand up against the competition before the grand finale in Monaco 11-13 October.