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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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…
Prince Albert 1 honoured
Prince Albert 1 honoured The fifth Albert 1st-2022 Executive Committee meeting was held at the Yacht Club de Monaco…
Hydrogen, a credible alternative to diesel
Monaco, 22 September 2020 In the presence of HSH the Sovereign Prince Albert II, President of the YCM, five…
Pirate Blanc to dock at Yacht Club de Monaco
Monaco, Thursday, September 24th, 2020 The ‘Pirate Blanc’ initiative disembarks this afternoon at 5.00pm in…
Covid-19: how the pandemic impacts yachting
Monaco, 22 septembre 2020 Monaco, September 22, 2020 – As part of the Planetary Health Week under the aegis of…
Superyacht Eco Association Index launched
Monaco, September 22, 2020 As part of the Planetary Health Week organized from 21st to 27th September, by the…
M/Y Ragnar arrives in style for launch of ‘Monaco: Capital of Yachting Experience’
Monaco Capital of Yachting Experience Sunday 20th September – M/Y Ragnar made a grand entrance at 12 noon into…
Health and ecology challenges take centre stage
Monaco: Capital of Yachting Experience - 21-23 September 2020 “Monaco occupies a privileged position in the…
Solid results for Monegasque jet-skier Lisa Caussin-Battaglia
Jet Ski European Championship After three weeks competing in the European Jet-Ski Championships, Monaco Sport…
Junda – Banca del Sempione wins first stage of J/70 Italia Cup
4-6 September 2020 September got off to a cracking start with a victory for the Monaco J/70 Class Association.…
Monaco a popular port of call for owners
Ferretti Group Private Preview, 2-7 September 2020 Given the current health situation and cancellation of the…
Trofeo Mario Formenton
Thursday 20 August 2020 By finishing 2nd in the Cruise category at the 31st Trofeo Mario Formenton, Leonardo Pedrazzi…
Optimist – Team heads to Lake Garda
Ora Cup at Lake Garda Sunday 9th August 2020 – This weekend saw the Yacht Club de Monaco’s Optimist Team…
Viola wins Noirmoutier Classic
21st edition of the Noirmoutier Classic Congratulations to Kostia Belkin and his crew on Viola, skippered by…
Oren Nataf gets a fright
Yacht Club de Monaco member Oren Nataf is truly passionate about sailing. Having won the Bailli de Suffren four times…
Boris Herrmann takes the lead of the provisional classification of the 2018-21 IMOCA Globe Series Championship
A little over three months before the start of the 9th Vendée Globe and after the preparatory event for the…
“The Vendee Globe could start tomorrow, I feel ready!”
Vendée-Arctique-Les Sables-d'Olonne 2020 - Boris Herrmann finishes in 7th position Boris Herrmann has overcome…
Qualifiers for the Yacht Club de Monaco’s Lasers
Sunday 12th July 2020. Yacht Club de Monaco’s Laser team was in Andorra for the weekend to compete in two qualifiers…
Boris Herrmann suffers mainsail damage
11th July 2020 – After leading the fleet this morning in the Vendée-Arctique-Les Sables d'Olonne, Boris Herrmann’s…
Boris Herrmann leads fleet in the Vendée-Arctique-Les Sables d’Olonne
10th July 2020 – Midway through the Vendée-Arctique-Les Sables d'Olonne, with 1,339.3 nautical miles to the finish, it…
7th virtual edition showcases real progress
7th Monaco Solar & Energy Boat Challenge 30th June – 8th July 2020 Wednesday 8th July 2020. Yet again the…
Monegasque Smeraldas back on the water
After a pause of several months due the health crisis, 32 Smeralda sailors on six boats were back out on the water this…
Virtual e-Lorenzi Challenge for volunteer Flotte des Commissaires
After the success of virtual regattas for members during lock-down and the eSail Evening every Wednesday for Happy…
7th edition goes the Open Source route online
The 7th Monaco Solar & Energy Boat Challenge kicks off tomorrow, an edition that has had to amend its format given…
E-Sailing format has wind in its sails
Friday 19th June 2020, in the wake of numerous successful ‘virtual’ regattas held over the last few weeks, the Yacht…
Time for the Environment
Initiated in 1974 by the United Nations, World Environment Day is celebrated every year on 5th June. The aim is to…
Tuiga to sail again
Thursday 4th June. The Yacht Club de Monaco’s much loved flagship will be back on the water this weekend with nine…
Summer’s time has finally come!
It was with great pleasure that the Yacht Club de Monaco opened its doors on Tuesday 2nd June. A marvellous occasion…
Team Racing on keyboards
As lock-down restrictions are being gradually lifted across the board, young racers at the Yacht Club de Monaco…
Regatta at home
After the success of the first Virtual Monaco E-Sailing Championship organised on J/70s throughout April, the Yacht…
A 7th edition reinvented
It may have been forced to change format for the first time since its launch in 2014, but this summer’s Monaco Solar…
Melges get together – online
Sunday 3rd May 2020. The big Melges family has been meeting online since the end of March to compete in the very…
Webinar – FinX
30/04/2020 (16:30 Paris Time) – Harold Guillemin – Founder of FinX Topic: Revolutionizing Outboard Engines and…
Maintaining momentum
Throughout the lock-down, the Yacht Club de Monaco’s young sailors in the Sports Section, competing in the Optimist,…
