Two boats still underway, one arriving during the night, the other at risk of hitting the time limit
Final rankings, awards ceremony on Sunday the 24th at the Yacht Club de Monaco: trophies up for grabs
Link to rankings and tracking
The 20th anniversary of the Palermo-Montecarlo is preparing for its grand finale: after Friday’s record number of finishes, this Saturday, August 23rd, saw only four boats finish the race. At 1:30 AM, Notte di Stelle, Alberto Chiappino’s Italia Yachts 12.98 from the Italian Naval League of Turin, arrived, a few minutes later – at 1:44 AM – it was the turn of the Polish Corel 45 Sailing Factory 2, a Farr design, skippered by Jacek Chabowsky.
This morning, at 9:51 AM, Lady Jane X Rated, a 2005 X46 owned by German Anders Kahler, crossed the finish line. At 2:48 PM, it was the turn of Angelica II, Antonio Centrone’s spectacular all-wood 1985 Sciarrelli, which, with a family crew, managed to complete the race.
This brings the total number of boats to have duly completed the race. Only two remain underway and racing: Aldebaran, a Bavaria CR55 skippered by Roland Szabo, expected around midnight, and the last, I am Bad, a Bad 37 owned by the Speciale-Bileddo team, skippered by Velaclub Palermo. Both of these boats suffered damage, stopped in Olbia for repairs, and, in accordance with the race rules, requested and were granted permission to restart and complete the course with appropriate declarations of compliance. The weather conditions have now changed after days of strong winds, with a slight remnant of westerly wind, especially off Monte Carlo, making it difficult for I Am Bad to reach the finish line before the deadline: 12:00 on Sunday, August 24th.
ROAD TO THE PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY, RANKINGS DEFINED: PRIZES AND TROPHIES
The rankings are now final and will be announced on Sunday at the prize-giving ceremony after the 12:00 time limit. The following prizes will be awarded: the Giuseppe Tasca d’Almerita Trophy to the first yacht in corrected time, the maxi Black Jack 100, owner Remon Vos, skipper Tristan Lebrun; the Angelo Randazzo Trophy to the first yacht in corrected time in the overall ORC fleet (the largest in this edition), No Regret, an ICE 52 of the Circolo della Vela Sicilia, skipper Edoardo Bonanno; The Emanuele Bruno Trophy will be awarded to the first Sicilian sailing club boat to cross the finish line in Monte Carlo: Manticore, Franz Baruffaldi Preis’ Mylius 60, Circolo Velico Sferracavallo, which also won the Maxi fleet in corrected time.
There will also be awards for the top three places in the ORC and IRC categories in corrected time, both at the Porto Cervo gate and at the finish line, the top three in the ORC Group 1 and Group 2 standings (divided by length), and the first in the Double Handed standings (two-person crew): Tengher, Andrea Magnani’s Swan 42, Yacht Club Italiano. The awards ceremony will take place at 7:00 PM at the Yacht Club de Monaco.
Here’s the link to the provisional rankings: https://www.racingrulesofsailing.org/documents/10561/event
Here’s the link to the tracking to check the positions: https://cf.yb.tl/pm2025
THE RACE
Organized by the Circolo della Vela Sicilia in collaboration with the Yacht Club de Monaco and the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, the 20th Palermo-Montecarlo race is approaching a record number of entrants and features a fleet of 45 boats from 9.50 to 30 meters, representing nine nations: Italy, with 27 crews, Monaco (7), France (4), Poland (2), Austria, Germany, Great Britain, San Marino, and Turkey (1).
PARTNERS
The twentieth Palermo-Montecarlo is supported by the Municipality of Palermo, the 400th + 1st Festino di Santa Rosalia, with the participation of the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the support of Fondazione Sicilia, UniCredit, Tasca Conti d’Almerita, and the partnership with Centro Porsche Palermo, Premiati Oleifici Barbera, Famila, and Immedia.
