A second place to Sir Peter Ogden’s 77ft Jethou in Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez’s Maxi 1 class was enough to hand Karel Komárek’s 100ft V the IMA’s coveted Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge (MMIC) title for 2026.
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With a day lost due to a failing wind yesterday off the Baie de Pampelonne, today Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez’s maxi race committee sent the Maxi 100 and Maxi Grand Prix racers (combined here in the Maxi 1 class) off on a 28-mile coastal southwest towards Cavalaire-sur-Mer, while Maxi 2, 3 and 4 for the first time raced two windward-leewards with the three Js. Once again this took place in a light easterly but with a much-subdued version of Tuesday’s evil seastate
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Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez’s record-sized maxi fleet of 51 for a second day saw Maxi 1 and the J Class racing windward-leewards from the Baie de Pampelonne, while Maxi 3, 4 and 5 were dispatched southwest on a 28 mile coastal course to a mark off Cavalaire-sur-Mer
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Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, the final event of the International Maxi Association’s 2026 Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge got underway today with a record fleet of 51 maxis competing, including the welcome return of three J Class yachts – Svea, Hanuman and Rainbow, the latter two being campaigned by well-known maxi yacht owners Giovanni Lombardi Stronati (of Django fame) and Peter Harrison (Jolt, Sorcha, etc) respectively
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After a dramatic 25 knot penultimate day at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in conjunction with the International Maxi Association, Saturday’s concluding race took place in more benign conditions.
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