The Yacht Club de Monaco initiated the Prada Challenge for Classic Yachts and has been coordinating the event for five years. The Club has now also become the official ISAF representative for classic yachts.
As a first in Europe in 1994, the YCM began the bi-annual September event now known as Monaco Classic Week which takes place in Port Hercule and attracts spectacular and fascinating classic vessels from around the world.  The event brings together early motorised day boats, vintage motor yachts, and classic sailboats in the Bay of Monaco. In fact, the gathering is very similar to the original of this event which took place in 1904. Having for many years promoted classic yachting, and the preservation of exceptional yachts - some almost a century old, the Yacht Club de Monaco decided to create in 2005 La Belle Classe, a Club that assembles owners of classic yachts and leading personalities of the Classic Yachting world.

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The Yacht Club de Monaco:
Official Representative of ISAF for Classic Yachting

During the "First World Meeting for Classic Yacht Associations", held in Monaco in September 2002, reunited around thirty representatives from the main Classic Yachting Associations in the World. Paul Henderson, President of ISAF, confirmed the mandate given to the Yacht Club de Monaco for the following five years for coordinating the action of all Classic Yacht Associations throughout the world.

Monegasque Association for Classic Boats (AMBC)
Created in 1999 under the wish of the Yacht Club de Monaco, the AMBC establishes the ratings certificates under the technical responsibility of its two technical measurers, just like the Italian (AIVE), the French (AFYT) and the Spanish (RANC) associations.

President: Ernst KLAUS
Measurers: Sergio MARTIS and Edmond CAPART