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EXPLORATION AND YACHTING
The spirit of adventure

at the 13th Environmental

Symposium

Held in partnership with The Explorers Club of New York under the banner
‘A Day of Exploration’, Monaco’s 13th Environmental Symposium welcomed

around 150 land and sea explorers from the United States for the first time.

ACROSS THE WATER UNITED BY EXPLORATION
On Thursday 21 March 2024, Monaco Yacht Club Several offshore racing personalities joined the busy,
(YCM) teamed up with The Explorers Club to host a sea-focused day, including Jean-Pierre Dick and Boris
one-day symposium devoted to exploration, which Herrmann, skipper of IMOCA Malizia-Seaexplorer,
concluded with the 4th YCM Explorer Awards by La who is taking part in the next Vendée Globe. “It’s
Belle Classe Superyachts. A tailored programme was important to have them here, because we need to
curated for the large American delegation, including know more about the ocean. These ambassadors help
a J/70 one-design sailboat regatta; sailing YCM’s raise awareness and deepen our understanding of the
flagship, the 15-meter JI Tuiga (1909); the inauguration marine environment,” said Bernard d’Alessandri, YCM
of the first Explorer Dock attended by YCM General General Secretary, in his opening address at the La
Secretary, Bernard d’Alessandri, and The Explorers Belle Classe Superyachts Environmental Symposium,
Club Executive Director, William Roseman; visiting which welcomed around 15 renowned explorers to the
a fleet of seven explorer yachts in the YMC Marina; stage. “The Club shares a rich history with Monaco,”
and the christening ceremony of M/Y King Benji (46 began Richard Garriott, President of The Explorers Club
meters). of New York, whose Board of Directors HSH Prince
Albert II of Monaco is a member of. “Following on from
Prince Albert I, several generations of Grimaldis have
belonged to this Club, carried its flag in the field during
expeditions and won its highest distinctions. Some of
our members have walked on the moon and reached
the summit of Mount Everest, but our roots are firmly
anchored in the ocean.”