YCM Awards - UBS Trophy
December 2025
Every year to close the season, HSH Prince Albert II pays tribute to the Club’s sailors at the YCM Awards for the UBS trophy which recognises young competitors in the Sports Section, as well as members and owner/helmsmen who are competing at the highest level.
Prizes are awarded in two categories: the YCM Youth Awards (Optimist, ILCA and Kite categories) and the YCM Awards for society members who have best defended the Club’s flag during the regatta season.
Rules
Reminder: Every year to round off the season, Yacht Club de Monaco and its President HSH Prince Albert II pay tribute to its sailors at the YCM Awards which includes the coveted UBS Trophy. These reward young competitors in the Sports Section as well as members, owners/helmsmen, who are racing at the highest level as true ambassadors of the Club.
Selection criteria:
Be an Active or Associate Member of the Club
Have obtained at least three significant results during the year
Have raced in regattas, ideally as helmsman
Be registered under the YCM flag
Display the “MON” sail number
Participating regularly in regattas organised by the Club is an additional advantage
Palmares 2024
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Graeme PetersonYCM Sailor of the Year
Charles de Bourbon des Deux-SicilesSmeralda 888 International Championship 2024
Giangiacomo Serena di LapigioJ/70
Oceane SchroederYCM Youth Awards
REPLAY | 2024 Ceremony
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Nominee 2024
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Joost SchuijffLeopard 3
1er – Antigua 360 Race
1er – RORC Caribbean 600 (IRC)
1er – Rolex IMA Maxi 1 World Championship (Maxi 1)
Kostia BelkinViola
1er – La Mise en Bouche – Général
1er – Grandi Vele
2e – Puig Vela Clàssica (Epoque aurique)
Benoît de FroidmontWallyno
2e – IMA Maxi European Championship (Maxi 4)
1er – Loro Piana Giraglia Inshore Race (IRC 0 Maxi B)
2e – Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez (Maxi MAC)
Graeme PetersonMoonlight
3e – 40e Primo Cup-Trophée UBS (J/70)
2e – Swan Sardinia Challenge(ClubSwan50)
1er – Rolex Swan Cup (Swan50)
Massimiliano FeruzziII Moro Di Venezia
1er – Grandi Regate Internazionali
1er – Vela & Sapori
2e – Argentario Sailing Week
Vladimir ProsikhinTeam Nika
1er – 44Cup Calero Marinas
1er – 44Cup World Championship
1er – Miami Winter Series Event 2 (Melges 20)
Awards 2023
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Nico PoonsYCM Sailor of the Year
Charles de Bourbon des Deux-SicilesSmeralda 888 International Championship 2023
Ludovico FassitelliJ/70
Noah Garcia YCM Youth Awards
50%
Members' vote
25%
Public vote
25%
Sports Section
REPLAY | 2022 Ceremony
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Awards 2022
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Pierrik Devic
Noah Garcia
Ludovico Fassitelli
Charles de Bourbon-Siciles
News
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The 2021 Awards
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Giangiacomo Serena di Lapigio
YCM Sailor of the year 2021
Mathis Duplomb
YCM Youth Award
Tomaso Polli
Special Prize
Francesco Vauban
Smeralda 888
since 2005
Past Winners
- 2018 : Andres Soriano
- 2017 : Pierre Casiraghi
- 2016 : Vincenzo Onorato
- 2015 : Vladimir Prosikhin
- 2014 : Roberto Tomasini Grinover
- 2013 : Valentin Zavadnikov
- 2012 : Igor Simcic
- 2011 : Guido Miani
- 2010 : Daniel Meyers
- 2009 : Nico Poons
- 2008 : Guido Miani
- 2007 : Gianluca Perris
- 2006 : Klaus Peter-Offen
- 2005 : Leonardo Ferragamo
Navicap Challenge - Elena Sivoldaeva Trophy
December 2025
The 2ᵉ edition of the Navicap Challenge – Elena Sivoldaeva Trophy kicks off.Organized by the Yacht Club de Monaco, this inclusive regatta brings together able-bodied and disabled sailors to share their common passion for sailing. With the participation of some sixty international crews, representing nations such as England, France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and Monaco, this competition is part of a unique dynamic, combining sporting performance and human values.
Team Building
YCM Team Building Experience
#Windirection
The sea inspires many emotions that are different for each individual. With this project, the Windirection is offering sailing to companies as a training tool to enhance managerial skills in a new environment and build relationships. It is an opportunity to discover the pleasures of sailing while reinforcing the group’s cohesive dynamic: an invitation to involve your teams in a water sport that demands a high level of cooperation, good communication, and solidarity between team members to successfully achieve a common goal.
OBJECTIVES
- Reinforce team spirit
- Promote stress management
- Unite individuals around common objectives
- Mobilise a group-focused awareness
WHY CHOOSE THE WINDIRECTION EXPERIENCE?
Organisation and communication are essential to lead a team. How well the team performs as a group reveals how close the ties are between individuals. At sea, humility and solidarity are essential values and the same applies for a company. A cohesive team is ready to face all the odds to reach its destination.
Flotte des commissaires
Keeping up the pace
Keeping up the pace
They are the lifeblood of the Yacht Club de Monaco’s sports events, all the many volunteers who make up the Flotte des Commissaires which is so indispensable to the organisation.
Under the command of Rodolphe Bouquet, and supervised by Captains, new recruits are supported at every stage of their apprenticeship with a structure that teaches them the skills they need in the different sectors, such as race committee, safety, reception, registrations, etc.
80+
Volunteers
5
Departments
20+
Regattas per year
2014
Established
An asset that underpins all the Club's events
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Administration Department
Capitain: Christine Bouchet
Mission: to manage all administrative aspects of YCM events, working with the Race Committee President and the YCM’s Service Membres. It is involved with pre-registration in the run-up to events, as well as during events with registrations and collecting results. It may also be called upon to second the Beach Officer at big events or assume the role at smaller meetings as part of their training.
Protocol / Welcome Department
Capitain: Jean Marie Conterno
Mission: working alongside Service Membres and the Communication & Marketing Department, they are involved in special events and protocol (example: Restoration Prize jury and Concours d’élégance jury at Monaco Classic Week).
They are also responsible for welcoming participants to other events taking place around the main one (for example, Pasta Party, etc.), and assist with prize-giving preparations and welcoming personalities, partners and other guests.
Security Department
Capitain: Rodolphe Bouquet
Mission: to manage, in accordance with Neptune Autorité, all safety aspects for competitors when they are out on the water at YCM nautical events. It is also responsible for developing a working procedure for the Beach Officer (recommended by ISAF), interventions at sea, and looking after all the safety equipment.
Committee Department
Capitain: Joshua Warren
Mission: to manage, with the YCM Race Committee President, the race officers and equipment required to ensure nautical events at the YCM are run properly.
Jury Department
Capitain: Patrice Clerc
Mission: to manage Jury members and Umpires during YCM nautical events. It is also the secretariat for the Jury.
Adult Section
Throughout the year, the Yacht Club de Monaco’s Sailing Division offers members a wide variety of sailing activities adapted to their level and experience.
Resumption of adult sailing from Friday 5 June 17h30-20h.
For beginners
The YCM offers its members beginners’ sessions to discover the joys of sailing, on Toppers, J70 or Smeralda 888, Saturday morning from 9.00am to 12 noon (from June to August).
To help you improve
Sessions in the form of race training on J/70s, Toppers and Smeralda 888 are held on Friday from 5.30pm to 8.00pm and on Saturday afternoons from 2.00pm to 5.00pm (from June to August) as well as short courses during school holidays, the aim being to develop skills that would be useful in competition.
For the youngsters
Keen to support young sailors (17-25 years old) as they progress from dinghies to keelboats, bespoke training sessions and races are organised every Wednesday afternoon and every Saturday (from 9.30am to 12.30pm and from 2.00pm to 5.00pm).
For competitive yachtsmen
For keen sailors: Primo Cup - UBS Trophy and Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series (one-design regattas), Trophée Grimaldi Sanremo-Monaco-Sanremo (coastal course), Palermo-Montecarlo (offshore race), Wally Record... these are just some of the internationally renowned events organised by the Y.C.M., enabling its members to compete at the highest level. In addition, on Sundays from 10am to 6pm, the Y.C.M. offers free and supervised practice on toppers, kayaks and paddles (for an independent level, from June to August).
For motorboat fans
Through the training centre, La Belle Classe Academy, the Yacht Club de Monaco offers society members courses to obtain their coastal and offshore licences (requires registration and depends on availability).
For classic yachting enthusiasts
For Society Members who are passionate about traditional yachting, training sessions are organised (subject to availability) on the Yacht Club de Monaco’s 1909 gaff cutter and YCM flagship, Tuiga.
Registration procedure: This activity is only for members, who must register either via sectionsportive@ycm.mc or Member Services, at least the day before (as equipment needs to be prepared in line with current health protocols).
Seadventures courses
Sailing during the school holidays
Sailing during the school holidays
Learn! Improve! Have Fun!
In, on and under the water, that’s the slogan for the courses organised during school holidays by the Yacht Club de Monaco’s Sports Section.
Open to 6-17 year-olds, these week-long camps are a great way for children to discover the joys of watersports like sailing, snorkelling, paddleboarding, kayaking and outings into the bay in a RIB. They also get to learn about and appreciate the marine environment with a visit to the Oceanographic Museum, coastal walks and sessions with the Maritime Police on values and rules to respect at sea.
It is open to children of Club members or those attending school in the Principality, who are divided into three groups: Moussaillons (6-7 year-olds), Matelots (8-11 year-olds) and Marins (12 year-olds and up).
The youngest will be sailing on Bugs, in pairs for the Moussaillons, solo for the Matelots, while the older ones, the Marins, will be racing on Toppers.
It’s not just about learning how to sail, but is an education in the sea and all it has to offer through a range of fun activities, depending on weather conditions, from 9.30am to 4.30pm.
Lunch is provided by the Club every day of the camp and participants will be advised on what to wear.
SUMMER CAMP
from july 7 to august 15, 2025
4 groups : 6-7 y.o / 8-9 y.o/ 10-11 y.o / 12+ y.o
SPRING CAMP
April 14 to 18, 2025
4 groups: 6-7 years / 8-9 years / 10-11 / 12+ years
Youth Competition
From beginners to advanced level
From beginners to advanced level
The six Sailing School coaches are trained professionals, with national diplomas. They support and lead the young sailors in the long and exciting road to high level racing dependent on each individual, with a choice of four types of boat.
ILCA
A sporty dinghy, the most popular and used in the world (Olympic class)
Optimist
A classic class for kids to get started
J/70
From beginners to advanced level
Youth Section
Beginners to competition level
Beginners to competition level
Be it on Optimists, Bugs, Toppers, ILCA, and J/70s, lessons, coaching and training sessions are organised all year round by 11 state qualified instructors and coaches, whose mission is to teach them all about sailing, discovering the sea and safeguarding the maritime environment. The youngest, from 6 years old, can start learning on Bugs or Toppers.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Sea School - the school of life
Sea School - the school of life
In collaboration with the National Education’s curriculum, the YCM’s Youth Sailing Division provides sailing courses, in cycles of 6 to 10 weeks, from 8th Grade to Baccalaureate Level, between September and June. Some may choose sailing as a subject for their Baccalaureate in the Principality.
Nearly 80 classes, that is over 2,000 pupils, will discover the sea and learn how to sail; they will assimilate essential and valuable qualities: independence, physical skills and abilities, team work, and respect and humility towards the elements, while developing and awareness of the importance of preserving our maritime environment.
Sailing during the school holidays
Sailing during the school holidays
During school holidays, the YCM’s Sports Section organises courses from beginner through to advanced level, for children aged 6 to 15, which are both educational and fun (in, under and on the sea). The aim is to encourage youngsters to take up sailing (Bugs and/or Toppers) and to raise their awareness and give them a better understanding of the maritime environment and the need to protect it.
Monegasque crews
"Only victory is sweet"
They may be young or adults in their prime, or not so young. School kids, budding entrepreneurs, employees or executives but they make our Club a fun place to be. Coming from all walks of life, they all share the same passion – to go out on the water to win.
Don’t tell them it’s enough to participate! Their motivation is to get the boat going, better and better, faster and faster, as if their lives depended on it. When a gust of wind ripples across the sea, barely grazing it, they hold their breath, demanding everyone freeze, as any movement can put the brakes on hard-earned momentum. But when gusts follow gusts, or a rogue wave fills the cockpit, or when equipment breaks loose, just watch them move, quick as a flash, straight to the problem, teeth clenched, totally focused on solving it. Between these extremes, they enjoy the wind caressing the sails as the bow cuts through the swell, leading them to victory which, as we all know, is sweet!
Our Ambassadors
PERFORMANCE
Malizia-Seaexplorer
After a 5th place in the last non-stop solo Vendée Globe race, earning him the IMOCA Championship 2018/2020 title, Boris Herrmann and Pierre Casiraghi, founder of Team Malizia in 2016, decided to continue the IMOCA adventure with a five-year campaign aboard a new IMOCA, Malizia-Seaexplorer.
Launched 18 months ago after 5,000 hours of design and 45,000 hours of construction involving the skills of 250 people, the 60-footer was on the start in Alicante on 15th January 2023 of The Ocean Race. This legendary fully-crewed circumnavigation of the planet in stages is the former Whitbread Round The World Race.
TRADITION
D3 Tuiga
Built in Fairlie, a town on the Clyde estuary in Scotland, Tuiga is a 15M IR gaff rig cutter designed by world-renowned yacht designer, William Fife III.
Our sailing members
YCM Awards - UBS Trophy
Every year to close the season, HSH Prince Albert II honours the Club’s sailing members at the YCM Awards – Trophée UBS which reward youngsters in the Sports Section’s competition teams, as well as society members and owners/helmsmen who are competing at the highest level.