After following in the footsteps of Sir Ernest Shackleton on a fabulous round-the-world voyage that took her to Antarctica, the Boréal 47 Sir Ernst has set out on another expedition. Yacht Club de Monaco member Fabrice Papazian is again a member of the crew of sailors, all passionate about adventure and the White Continent, around François Miribel, the boat’s new owner.
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Boris Herrmann (Seaexplorer-Yacht Club de Monaco) moves into 2nd
9th Vendée Globe Wednesday 20th January 2021. They are coming back strong, closing in on Charlie Dalin (Apivia),…
Boris Herrmann (Seaexplorer-Yacht Club de Monaco) set for final sprint!
9th Vendée Globe Tuesday 19th January 2021. With 2,800 nautical miles to go, an estimated nine days sail away to…
All lights on green
Biofuel at Yacht Club de Monaco Thursday 19th January 2021. In line with the Principality’s environmental policy, YCM…
Oren Nataf conquers Atlantic in under 10 days
7th RORC Transatlantic Race – 9th January 2021 - Lanzarote Monday 18th January 2021. Congratulations to Oren…
Victory for the lady
8th Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series Sunday 17th January 2021. For the first regatta of the year in Monaco…
Succession is assured
Laser – Interleague – 16-17 January 2021 - Andora Sunday 17th January 2021. Laser sailors in the Yacht Club de…
YCM in the vanguard
Virtual Regatta – Vendée Globe Sunday 17th January 2021. Congratulations to the Yacht Club de Monaco’s very own…
A strong start
8th Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series - 15-17 January 2021 : J/70 Friday 15th January 2021. All the conditions…
On route for the Cup
Prada Cup – Auckland -15th January- 24th February After the America's Cup World Series (ACWS) last December in…
Never before!
9th Vendée Globe Wednesday 13th January 2021. Without a doubt this 9th Vendee Globe will go down in the history…
Start of J/70 season
8th Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series - 15-17 January 2021: J/70 Wednesday 13th January 2021. J/70 teams are all set to…
Reflections on drafting an Eco Chart
Captains' Club - Webinar Tuesday 12th January 2021. Members of the Yacht Club de Monaco’s Captains Club met this…
Cape Horners attack Atlantic
Weekly update - Vendée Globe Wednesday 6th January 2021. The first Vendée Globe update in 2021 mirrored the…
Boris Herrmann rounds legendary Cape Horn and attacks long climb up the Atlantic to Les Sables-d’Olonne
9th Vendée Globe Tuesday 5th January 2021. Led by Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ IV), current leader of this thrilling…
Boris Herrmann approaching Cape Horn
Monday 4th January. After 56 days of racing, Boris Herrmann (Seaexplorer-Yacht Club de Monaco) is set to round Cape…
Battle royal in the Pacific
9e Vendée Globe Thursday 31st December. On this New Year’s Eve, no-one could have predicted just how tense this…
Vendée Globe: Boris Herrmann and Jean Le Cam neck and neck
9th Vendée Globe On this Christmas Day, 25th December 2020, Charlie Dalin (Apivia) has regained the advantage…
Alexander Ehlen achieves goal
Open Kitefoil European Championship - Gran Canaria - 17- 20 December 2020 Sunday 20th December 2020. They had…
America’s Cup World Series : Victory for Team New Zealand
Sunday 20th December 2020. For four days Auckland set the stage for the Prada America’s Cup World Series (ACWS), a…
Fleet enters Pacific
Weekly Rendezvous for the Team Malizia Wednesday 16th December 2020. With nearly 14,000 nautical miles under…
New patrol boat baptised
New patrol boat baptised Their Serene Highnesses, the Sovereign Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene,…
Perseverance and consistency rewarded. Tribute paid to Seaexplorer-Yacht Club de Monaco
Yacht Club de Monaco Winter Cocktail I YCM Awards - Trophée Credit Suisse The traditional Winter Cocktail, which…
Fitting end to 2020!
E-Sailing Autumn Championship Sunday 13th December 2020. Thirty-four seasoned and amateur sailors have been…
Christmas Regatta: a warm up for the YCM teams
11-13 December 2020. Sunday 13th December 2020. Some 30 boats turned out in Monaco’s bay for the Christmas…
La Belle Classe Academy in full swing
La Belle Classe Academy Through its La Belle Classe Academy training centre, Yacht Club de Monaco has courses…
End of qualifiers
E-Sailing Autumn Championship Sunday 6th December 2020. E-Sailing Autumn Championship contestants are on the…
Christmas Regatta: rehearsal for locals
Christmas Regatta from 10-13 December In the run up to the end of year festivities, Yacht Club de Monaco is…
Indian Ocean makes life difficult
9th Vendée Globe Thursday 3rd December 2020. “The important thing is to finish the race, said the German skipper…
Smeralda 888 gear up for next season
Smeralda 888 The Smeralda 888 crews are already looking ahead to 2021 and have a provisional schedule drawn up.…
Rescue operation for Kevin Escoffier (PRB)
9th Vendée Globe Tuesday 1st December 2020 – The Vendée Globe experienced its first crisis in the fourth week of…
Midway through E-Sailing Autumn Championship
E-Sailing Autumn Championship Sunday 29th November 2020. The second qualifier for the E-Sailing Autumn…
Fighting fire on a yacht
On Tuesday 24th November 2020, around 30 firefighters and seven vehicles took part in a fire drill on a yacht moored on…
Vendée Globe the race that fascinates
9e Vendée Globe Wednesday 25th November 2020. Boris Herrmann’s race on Seaexplorer-Yacht Club de Monaco is being…
16 days at sea and many more to go
9th Vendée Globe After 16 days of racing, Boris Herrmann has reached the South Atlantic Ocean. Steady south-east…
Three races on the clock
E-Sailing Autumn Championship Sunday 22nd November 2020. First stage qualifiers ended today for contestants in the…
Boris Herrmann celebrates Monaco’s National Day and deploys scientific data collection system beacon
9th Vendée Globe Thursday 19th November 2020 – The North Atlantic is finally behind them. A week and a half after the…
Virtual races: YCM launches E-Sailing Autumn Championship
E-Sailing Autumn Championship Tuesday 17th November 2020. The concept has come a long way since the first…
Boris Herrmann all set for the Doldrums
9th Vendée Globe Tuesday 17th November 2020 – The first week of racing in this 9th Vendée Globe was an eventful one for…
After an eventful week the Trade Winds await!
9th Vendée Globe Sunday 15th November 2020 – It has been a difficult and eventful week for the 33 sailors competing in…
Time for options
9th Vendée Globe Wednesday 11th November 2020 – The third day of racing for the Vendée Globe fleet saw its…
Vendée Globe: great start for Boris Herrmann
After the start was postponed four times due to heavy fog preventing the Race Committee from seeing the line, the 33…
Vendée Globe: Boris ready for the start!
To compete in the 9th Vendée Globe, all 33 skippers had to have a final covid PCR test on Friday 6th November, a…
Vendée Globe for everyone
It may have taken place on screens, but the children’s excitement was palpable Wednesday morning when Boris Herrmann…
The Prince welcomes Yvan Griboval on his return from his OceanoScientific mission
It was a little after 11am this morning when the maxi-catamaran Amaala Explorer pointed the tip of its stems at the…
La Belle Classe Trophy at the Regata Santos-Rio meeting
Friday 23rd October 2020. The curtain came down today on the famous Regata Santos-Rio which attracted no less than 68…
Final preparations for Boris Herrmann (Seaexplorer-Yacht Club de Monaco) before start of Vendée Globe 2020
Vendée Globe 2020 As the 9th Vendée Globe village opened its doors in Les Sables-d’Olonne, the 33 skippers…
Contaminants Mediterranean Expedition 2020
From Monaco to Porto Cervo by the Tiber (Rome) Monaco, Thursday 15 October - Around 15:00 today in the Marina…
Finale Smeralda 888, last stage of Smeralda 888 International Championship 2020
Botta Dritta triumphs Everything is possible! for Beda Sunday 11th October 2020. A nail-biting final stage of the…
Voiles de Saint-Tropez 2020
From September 26th to October 9th The first week of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez ended Sunday with many YCM…