45^th Régates Royales de Cannes – 23-30 September 

Saturday 30^th September 2023. After the 16^th Monaco Classic Week-La Belle Classe, the classic yacht fleet headed west for the 45^th Régates Royales de Cannes. More than 120 competitors dropped anchor on the Croisette including Yacht Club de Monaco’s flagship, the gaff cutter Tuiga, in the Big Boat category. The 15M IR and crew of enthusiastic members won the meeting hands down. In the same category Carlo Falcone, also from YCM, on Mariella pulled off a hard earned 5^th place. In the Classic Racers, Bart Weduwer (Encounter) came 3^rd ahead of Massimiliano Ferruzzi on Il Moro di Venezia 4^th. In the Vintage Gaff, Kostia Belkin was 6^th on his Viola while in the Classic Yacht group YCM’s Argynnes III was 11^th. There’s no rest for the Monaco fleet as they continue west to participate in Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez.