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MONACO YACHT CLUB

The Art of Living the Sea The YCM is resolutely turned toward the future,
including that of energy, hosting its first solar
The Yacht Club of Monaco’s new building itself and electric boat gathering in 2016. Organized
resembles a ship, anchored at the quai Louis in collaboration with the Union Internationale
II. Inaugurated on June 20, 2014, it bears Motonautique (UIM) and the Prince Albert II
the prestigious signature of English architect Foundation, this event gives free rein to the
Lord Norman Foster and was conceived with imagination and talent of young engineering
respect for the environment. This commitment students eager to use these races as a platform
was rewarded in June 2016 with ISO 14001 to raise public awareness of modern, clean
certification, an environmental management technologies’ potential in the fight against
process that grants the Club eco-responsible global warming. The gathering, unique in the
business status. Mediterranean, is the first and only competition
among solar-powered racers on a single stretch
The YCM extends this philosophy beyond its of open sea.
walls by encouraging environmentally orientated
round-the-world sailing expeditions to use
Monaco as their starting point. One example is
Mike Horn who set off on May 8, 2016 on his
Pole2Pole adventure covering 42,000 kilometres
by sail, by road and on foot and visiting both
poles. A few months later, on November
17, 2016, Yvan Griboval set out on his
OceanoScientific Explorer, a 16-metre sailboat,
for a completely energy-independent, non-stop
solo circumnavigation of the globe.

Founded by Prince Rainier in 1953 and presided
over by Prince Albert II since 1984, the YCM is
a private club counting 2,000 members of 66
nationalities.

www.yacht-club-monaco.mc