Laser – Monaco in the vanguard

Mediterranean Championship – Hyères – 22-23 February 2020

Sunday 23^rd February 2020.  The Yacht Club de Monaco’s Laser team were in Hyères at the weekend for the first event of the 2020 Mediterranean Championship which attracted a field of 153 contestants from nine nations. Ten sailors from the YCM made the trip, including Juan Casalone who put in a superb performance in the Standard to clinch 2^nd place by winning all three races held on the final day in a 15-25 knot westerly. Jérémy Moutout was 10^th ahead of Loïc Pompée in 14^th, Robert McFarlane, 19^th and Denis Lankin, 20^th. In the Radials, Thomas Mangano finished 38^th and Pierrik Devic 53^rd, while in the Laser 4.7 Leo Boisvert posted a very honourable 8^th place. Our young sailors from the Monaco Sports Academy, Bodhi van Der Linden and Ariadni Verevis finished 26^th and 44^th respectively, with Vlad Orlov 50^th.