The Mediterranean
Change is coming
Things are heating up in the Mediterranean, which has forever been the world’s epicentre of classic yacht racing. Last year, a reinvigorated CIM allowed some glassfibre yachts into the fleet for the first time. This year, a similarly revitalised AIVE (Associazone Italiana Vele d’Epoca) is staging a new series on Italy’s west coast. But best of all, to coincide with this year’s America’s Cup in autumn, Barcelona will play host to the biggest fleet of 12-M yachts ever assembled.
26–28 APRIL
Les Dames de Saint-Tropez
Saint-Tropez, France, societenautique-saint-tropez.fr/snst
14–16 MAY
Calanques Classique
Marseille, France lanautique.com
29 MAY – 2 JUN
Les Voiles d’Antibes
France, voilesdantibes.com
4-8 JUNE
Giorgio Armani Superyachts
Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy, yccs.it
12-16 JUNE
Argentario Sailing Week
Porto Santo Stefano, Italy argentariosailingweek.it
13-16 JUNE
Vela Classica Costa Brava
L’Estartit, Spain velaclassicacostabrava.com/en
14-16 JUNE Calanques Classic
Calanques, France, lanautique.com/regates
17-30 JUNE
New AIVE series
Italy’s Tyrrhenian coast aive-yachts.org
17 June: C in C from Argentario Sailing Week (above) to Capri 21 June: C in C, Capri to Naples 24 June: Naples to Ischia
25 June: Ischia round-island race 26 June: C in C, Ischia to Gaeta 28-30 June: Racing in Gaeta
19-22 JUNE Superyacht Cup
Palma, Mallorca, Spain thesuperyachtcup.com
20-23 JUNE
Vele d’Epoca a Napoli
Naples, Italy ryccsavoia.it
22 JUNE – 6 JULY Trophée Bailli de Suffren
Saint-Tropez – Bonifacio – Trapani – Malta. tropheebaillidesuffren.com
27-30 JUNE
Spetses Classic Yacht Regatta
Spetses, Greece spetsesclassicregatta.gr
14–18 AUGUST
Regatta Illes Balears Classic
Mallorca, velaclasicamallorca.com
21 –29 AUGUST
Corsica Classic (France)
corsica-classic.com
1-10 SEPTEMBER Puig Vela Clàssica
Barcelona, Spain
puigvelaclassicabarcelona.com This year’s Puig will see the biggest fleet of 12-Ms ever assembled, racing ahead of the America’s Cup
11-15 SEPTEMBER
Vele d’Epoca di Imperia
Imperia, Italy veledepoca.com
22-28 SEPTEMBER Régates Royales
Cannes, France yachtclubdecannes.org
28 SEPTEMBER – 6 OCTOBER Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez
France, lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr
12 OCTOBER Barcolana Classic
Italy, aive-yachts.it
12-15 OCTOBER (DATE TBC) Vele Storiche Viareggio
velestoricheviareggio.org