2025 Preliminary Maxi sailing programme

Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge 2025
Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge 2024-2025

IMA PROGRAMME EVENTS:

  • 12

    January

  • 18-19

    February

  • 21

    February

  • 24

    February

    RORC Caribbean 600

    • Antigua to Antigua via Barbuda, St KiCs and Nevis, Saba, St Barth, St Maarten, Tintamarre, Guadeloupe, La Désirade and Redonda
    • Event' website
  • 26

    April

    La Larga - The Offshore Race of PalmaVela

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge 2024-25
  • 1-5

    May

    PalmaVela

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge 2025
  • 16

    May

    Regata dei Tre Golfi

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge 2024-25
  • 19-22

    May

    IMA Maxi European Championship

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge 2025
    • Sorrento, Italy
  • 30

    May

    151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge 2024-25
  • 7-11

    June

    Loro Piana Giraglia

    Part of both IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore and Inshore Challenges
    • Inshores: Saint-Tropez; Offshore (start 11 June): Saint-Tropez – Giraglia – Genova
    • Event' website
  • 6

    July

    Aegean 600

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge 2024-25
  • TBD

    Palermo - Montecarlo

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge 2024-25
  • 7-13

    September

    Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge 2025
  • TBD

    Les Voiles de Saint Tropez

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge 2025
  • 18

    October

    Rolex Middle Sea Race

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge 2025-26

AUSTRALIAN PROGRAMME EVENTS:

Cabbage Tree Island Race (Sydney-Cabbage Tree Island-Sydney)
TBD

Part of Australian Maxi Challenge 2025


SOLAS Big Boat Challenge (Sydney Harbour)
TBD

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race (Sydney, Australia to Hobart, Tasmania)
26 December

Part of Australian Maxi Challenge 2025

IMA AFFILIATED EVENTS:

Transatlantic Race 2025 (Newport, RI, USA-Lizard-Cowes, UK)
18 June (start)
Transpac (Los Angeles-Hawaii, USA)
5 July (start)

RORC centenary Rolex Fastnet Race Cowes-Fastnet Rock-Cherbourg
26 July (start)

Barcolana (Trieste, Italy)
TBD October

Venice Hospitality Challenge (Venice, Italy)
TBD October

IMA MAXI CHALLENGES FOR 2025

IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge 2024/2025

best 3 of 7 races, comprising:

  • Rolex Middle Sea Race, ValleCa to ValleCa (Malta) 2024
  • La Larga, Balearic islands, (Spain) 2025
  • Regata dei Tre Golfi, Naples to Naples (Italy) 2025
  • 151 Miglia, Trofeo Ce:lar, Livorno to Punta Ala (Italy) 2025
  • Loro Piana Giraglia, offshore race: Saint-Tropez to Genoa (France & Italy) 2025
  • Aegean 600: start and finish off Sounio (Greece), 2025
  • Palermo-Montecarlo, Palermo (Italy) to Montecarlo, 2025


IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge 2025

best 3 of 5 (which must include MYRC), comprising:

  • PalmaVela, Palma, Mallorca (Spain)
  • IMA Maxi European Championship inshore series, Sorrento (Italy)
  • Loro Piana Giraglia inshore series, Saint-Tropez (France)
  • Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup (MYRC), Porto Cervo (Italy) - MANDATORY
  • Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, Saint Tropez (France)


IMA Australian Maxi Challenge 2025

must include all of:
Australian Maxi Championship
(including Cabbage Tree Island Race, inshores and SOLAS Big Boat Challenge) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race


Notes on IMA Challenges:

- Only IMA Members are eligible for the IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore and Inshore Challenge trophies.
- For the IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge, the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup is compulsory and will have a higher scoring co-efficient.
- If more than the minimum number of events required are sailed for each Challenge, the worst result will be discarded.
- A Perpetual Trophy will be awarded to the winner of each of the Challenges at the end of the season.

The above 2025 Sailing programme is to be considered as “Preliminary” (17 october 2024)

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