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With a total of eight races, of which seven counted, for the one-designs competing in the first weekend - Star, Dragon, Surprise and J/24 - and seven races, of which six counted, in the two IRC categories, competitors had plenty of opportunities to rediscover their reflex actions, sail trimming skills and get the feel of the helm again, so crucial to pulling off a win.
Unstoppable since the start of this first weekend with five race wins, the Swiss Jean-Jacques Chabard (Team Vision Future) dominated in the IRC 1&2 category, ahead of Frenchman Olivier Maubert (Esparlica 3) and Monaco resident Roberto Tamburelli (Forrest Gump III).
All in all the Swiss had an excellent regatta, with a double 1-2, not only in the Surprise class with Nicolas Groux (Signaterre) beating his compatriot Michel Glaus (Teo Jacob), but also Lorenz Zimmermann (Squalo Bianco VII) pipping Christoph Gautschi (Fram) to the post in the Stars. YCM society member Andrea Orlando (Acciuga Jr) clinched 3rd place.
In the other categories, the Russian Anatoli Loginov (Strange Little Girl), was victorious in the Dragons, ahead of Monegasque Michael Kurtz (Activists) ; the Frenchman Adrien Follin (Give Me Five) in the IRC 3&4; and not forgetting victory in the J/24 for the Greek Dimitrios Altisiadis (Evniki) ahead of four-time European champion in the series, Ian Southworth (Il Riccio), and YCM society member YCM Ian Ilsley (St Andrews Securities), European vice-champion 2013. Also competing in this class were two teams from the Manhattan Yacht Club here to take on the best European sailors, with their Commodore Michael Fortenbaugh, who sailed with Mathieu and Nicolas Bouchet, two young sailors of the YCM’s Sports Division, who race at a high level in 470s and lasers.
The first three in each series were presented with the Trophée Credit Suisse and SLAM Advanced Technology Sportswear by Alain Ucari (CEO of Credit Suisse Monaco) and Italian actor Ezio Greggio, surrounded by members of the Yacht Club’s steering committee.
Once again it’s proved a very competitive weekend for all six classes in competition. From next Friday it will be the turn of the SB20, Smeralda 888, J/70, Melges 20, Platu 25 and Longtze Premiers to pick up the baton for another weekend on the water which, as every year, should prove to be at a high level again.
The curtain falls on the first edition of the Swan Lake Garda Challenge, the third leg of the ClubSwan Racing’s Nations League and the first ever held on a lake. From July 23 to 26, the event brought the excitement of racing exclusively in the ClubSwan 28 class to the waters of Lake Garda.
It was not to be for Dylan Fletcher’s Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team as Peter Burling’s Black Foils cinched victory in Portsmouth, bumping New Zealand to the top of the 2025 Season leaderboard. Fletcher came away with a respectable second-place, while Sebastian Schneiter’s Swiss SailGP Team finished third in the team’s first-ever event final.
Confirming their leadership in the 69F Class, where they had won the European title just a few weeks ago, the Finns of FIN 1 Racing also won Act 2 of the 69F Cup, held over the weekend in Torbole, thanks to the organization of the Circolo Vela Torbole.
Doug DeVos’ American Magic Quantum Racing crew were crowned 2025 Rolex TP52 World Champions today in Cascais, Portugal. The US flagged team is a potent mix of long serving, experienced past winners anchored by tactician Terry Hutchinson along with the likes of Sean Clarkson, James Dagg, Matt Cassidy and Greg Gendell who have all won the many (…)
Denmark’s Jeppe Borch/ Team Borch Match Race, and France’s Pauline Courtois/ Match in Pink by Normandy have been crowned the new champions of Marstrand in a day of fierce weather for the final of the 2025 GKSS Match Cup Sweden and Nordea Women’s Trophy in Marstrand. It is the first time the Match Cup Sweden title has been won by a Danish (…)
While the penultimate day of racing at the 44Cup Marstand was cancelled due to excess wind, today conditions off the paradise Swedish island for the final three races were still boisterous, less due to the southwesterly wind being in the high teens, but from the lumpy residual sea state from Friday’s gale.
Nouvelle victoire pour le mini de Sam skippé par Andrea Caracci
Les 27 équipages de la Course des Lions ont pris le départ samedi 14 mai 2005 à 14h de Port Camargue pour une course au large de 515 milles sans escale en Méditerranée occidentale. Mais la course à dû s’interrompre une fois le temps de laisser passer une tempête... puis de reprendre sa course. Caracci et Manuard, vainqueurs de la première étape (…)
C’est parti pour les Open 60 du Vendée Globe, cette fois-ci menés en équipage. Ils ont participé à une seconde régate au large de Calais avant de s’élancer dimanche pour un tour des îles Britanniques. Photos de Gilles Martin-Raget.
En scorant deux 10 parfaits, le sextuple champion du monde Kelly Slater a prouvé une fois encore qu’il était toujours dans la course lors de la finale du Billabong Pro Tahiti. Le surfeur hawaïen a relevé le défi pour la course au titre de champion cette saison, après cette victoire acquise dans des vagues de 2 mètres de plus en plus (…)
u 31 mai au 4 juin, se déroulera à la Trinité sur Mer, le Championnat du Monde des Mumm 30. Cette unité connaît depuis plusieurs années un large succès dans le monde. Le Mumm 30, dessiné par le célèbre architecte néo-zélandais Bruce Farr, a su s’imposer comme un monotype rapide et vif aussi bien au large qu’entre trois bouées. Plus de 40 (…)
The Faraday Mill OSTAR 2005 organised by the Royal Western Yacht Club, starts at Plymouth on Sunday 29 th May. Without doubt, the most exciting racing in this years solo transatlantic race will be amongst the forty-footers. OSTAR veterans Michel Kleinjans and Ronny Nollet, in their unrestricted Open 40’s, are up against three of the new (…)
Ciel chargé, soleil bas presque rasant, Corentin Douguet (E. Leclerc) apparaît dans l’alignement du phare de Chauveau (Ile de Ré). Il est en tête de ce Mini Pavois 2005 et s’apprête à franchir en beau vainqueur la ligne d’arrivée mouillée à la Bouée des Minimes. Il coupe la ligne sous grand-voile seule à 19h38’55’’ après 79 heures et 30 (…)
Victoire sans appel de Pascal Bidégorry (Banque Populaire) qui devance de plus de six heures Michel Desjoyeaux (Géant) alors que seulement vingt secondes séparent Frédéric Le Peutrec (Gitana 11) et Armel Le Cléac’h (Foncia) pour la troisième place sur le podium après neuf jours de mer ! Thierry Drupey du Vorsent (Gitana X) clôt la ligne (…)
Le détenteur du Trophée Jules Verne fait son retour en course sur le circuit des multicoques de 60 pieds. Mais en Suède ! Avec son ami et navigateur sur Orange II Roger Nilson, il embarque sur la Nokia Oops Cup, le pendant du circuit ORMA en Europe du Nord.
Australian Peter Gilmour, skipper of the Pizza-La Sailing Team, won his second consecutive Match Race Germany and joined two other skippers in the career victories lead on the Swedish Match Tour.
Vous avez vécu le Vendée Globe 2004-2005 au jour le jour, voire à la minute près sur internet... Et bien après avoir suivi cette édition extraordinaire en trois dimensions, voici l’édition mono-média de la course autour du monde en solitaire et sans escale !