The Yacht Club Costa Smeralda was founded in Porto Cervo, Sardinia in 1967 by current president H.H. the Aga Khan and a group of founder-members as a non-profit sporting association for fellow sailing enthusiasts. The YCCS is renowned for organizing international sailing events such as the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, the Audi Sardinia Cup and the Rolex Swan Cup as well as World and European championships for top one-design fleets. In recent years the Club has focused on promoting new superyacht events such as the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta, the Dubois Cup and the Perini Navi Cup. The Club has also promoted international challenges such as Azzurra - the first Italian challenger for the America's Cup in 1983 which became a legendary Italian brand and was relaunched by the YCCS in 2009 with a victorious participation in the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Nice - the participation in the Volvo Ocean Race with a two boat campaign one of which had an all-female crew, and the motor yacht Destriero which to this day holds the transatlantic crossing record set in 1992. The YCCS continues to expand its activities and in 2012 inaugurated its winter base in Virgin Gorda overlooking the island's new YCCS Marina. The Club now runs regattas year-round on both sides of the Atlantic.
2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Club's foundation and sees the launch of a new initiative, supported by Princess Zahra Aga Khan, in which YCCS adds its voice to the global conservation effort. www.yccs.com - www.oneoceanforum.org
This year multihulll boats will be able to participate in the Loro Piana Superyacht regatta for the first time
Enrolment is open for the 12th edition of the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta taking place from 3 to 8 June 2019
Overall leader in the Cruiser Racer division was Silencio, while The Maltese Falcon triumphed among the Corinthians Spirit yachts and overall
The fleet of Perini Navi yachts once again took to the waters off the Costa Smeralda today for the second day of racing at Perini Navi Cup
The Perini Navi yachts unfurled their sails this morning for the first of three days of racing in the seventh edition of the Perini Navi Cup
The quays of Porto Cervo are bustling as a fleet of superyachts arrives for the seventh edition of the Perini Navi Cup
Overall winners in their respective categories are: Plis-Play, OneGroup, Porron IX, Mela, Solte and Six Jaguar
On the penultimate day of racing at the 20th edition of the Rolex Swan Cup, the Islands Long Race saw the entire fleet of 110 Swan yachts
Class leaders are Plis-Play, Solte, Six Jaguar, Ulika, Mela and Porron IX
The 20th edition of the Rolex Swan Cup officially opened last evening with the Skippers' Briefing and Welcome cocktail at the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda
Winners in their respective classes are Momo, Topaz, Grande Orazio, Lyra, Supernikka, H2O
On the penultimate day of racing a mistral wind blowing at up to 20 knots provided fantastic racing for the entire fleet
Winners of Day Four are Momo, Lyra, Svea, Grande Orazio, Supernikka and H2O
Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup welcomed a light easterly wind which allowed the Wally Class to complete two windward-leeward races off Porto Cervo
Unstable weather conditions forced the Race Committee led by Peter Craig to abandon today's race shortly after the start
The first day of the 29th edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup & Maxi 72 Rolex World Championship saw Sardinia at its best
The 29th edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup & Rolex Maxi 72 World Championship officially opened this evening, 2 September
The Yacht Club Costa Smeralda is finalising preparations for an intense September, brimming with key sporting events and much more.
It came down to a question of meters on the final day of racing at the One Ocean Melges 40 Grand Prix organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda
It was a perfect day of racing on the course laid out by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, host of the One Ocean Melges 40 Grand Prix
Tomorrow will see the beginning of racing at the One Ocean Melges 40 Grand Prix, event organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda
Newport Harbor Yacht Club clinch victory ahead of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS) and the New York Yacht Club
