2026 Preliminary Maxi sailing programme

Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge 2026
Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge 2025-2026
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IMA PROGRAMME EVENTS:

  • 11

    January

  • 17-19

    February

  • 20

    February

  • 23

    February

    RORC Caribbean 600 Offshore

    • Antigua to Antigua via Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis, Saba, St Barth, St Maarten, Tintamarre, Guadeloupe, La Désirade and Redonda
    • Event' website
  • 24

    April

    La Larga - The Offshore Race of PalmaVela

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge 2025-26
  • 30

    April

    3

    May

    PalmaVela (inshores)

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge 2026
  • 22

    May

    Regata dei Tre Golfi

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge 2025-26
  • 25-28

    May

    IMA Maxi European Championship (inshores)

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge 2026
    • Sorrento, Italy
  • 30

    May

    151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge 2025-26
  • 13-17

    June

    Loro Piana Giraglia

    Part of both IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore and Inshore Challenges
    • Inshores (13-16 June): Saint-Tropez; Offshore (start 17 June): Saint-Tropez – Giraglia – Genova
    • Event' website
  • 5

    July

    Aegean 600

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge 2025-26
  • 1-8

    August

    Copa del Rey MAPFRE

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge 2026
  • 18

    August

    Palermo - Montecarlo

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge 2025-26
  • 6-12

    September

    Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge 2026
  • 26

    September

    3

    October

    Les Voiles de Saint Tropez

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge 2026
  • 17

    October

    Rolex Middle Sea Race

    Part of IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge 2026-27

IMA AFFILIATED EVENTS:

Barcolana (Trieste, Italy)
11 October (start)
Venice Hospitality Challenge (Venice, Italy)
17 October (start)

IMA MAXI CHALLENGES FOR 2026

IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge 2025/2026

best 3 of 7 races, comprising:

  • Rolex Middle Sea Race, Valletta to Valletta (Malta) 2025
  • La Larga, Balearic islands, (Spain) 2026
  • Regata dei Tre Golfi, Naples to Naples (Italy) 2026
  • 151 Miglia, Trofeo Cetilar, Livorno to Punta Ala (Italy) 2026
  • Loro Piana Giraglia, offshore race: Saint-Tropez to Genoa (France & Italy) 2026
  • Aegean 600: start and finish off Sounio (Greece), 2026
  • Palermo-Montecarlo, Palermo (Italy) to Montecarlo, 2026

IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge 2026

best 3 of 6 (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)
  • Copa del Rey MAPFRE, Palma de Mallorca (Spain)
  • Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup (MYRC), Porto Cervo (Italy) - MANDATORY
  • Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, Saint Tropez (France)

IMA Australian Maxi Challenge 2026

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.

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