Les Regates Royales - Trophee Panerai
Les Regates Royales - Trophee Panerai takes place Sep 19 - 26, 2026 (48th edition) in Cannes, France. The dress code is Riviera smart-casual: linen, sundresses, deck shoes and a hat. Owners and crews often wear period whites, and club or sponsor evenings call for a blazer or a proper dress. Typical cost ranges from 400 to 3000 EUR per person.
Classic and vintage yachts have raced in the Bay of Cannes since 1929, and the September regatta is now the closing highlight of the Mediterranean classic season. Metre-class boats, gaff-rigged schooners and a large Dragon fleet race close inshore, so the Croisette itself functions as a grandstand. Evenings turn on the Quai Saint-Pierre, where the fleet moors stern-to beneath the old town.
- When
- Sep 19 - 26, 2026 (48th edition)
- Where
- Cannes, France
- Dress code
- Riviera smart-casual: linen, sundresses, deck shoes and a hat. Owners and crews often wear period whites, and club or sponsor evenings call for a blazer or a proper dress.
- Cost
- Typical cost ranges from 400 to 3000 EUR per person.
- Weather
- 22 - 25C, warm and sunny early autumn with generally light winds and calm seas
- When to book
- Book Cannes hotels 4 - 6 months out; September is congress season on the Croisette and rates spike
- Getting there
- NCE (Nice), 35 min to Cannes by road or 45 min by train to Cannes station
- Where to stay
- Hotel Martinez (grand, on the Croisette), Hotel Barriere Le Majestic Cannes (grand, opposite the old port), Five Seas Hotel Cannes (boutique, in the old town behind the quay)
- Official site
- https://regatesroyales.net/
How to attend
Free to watch from La Croisette, the old port jetties and the Palm Beach headland, where the yachts race close in. To sail you need an eligible classic, vintage, Spirit-of-Tradition or metre-class yacht entered through the Yacht Club de Cannes, with entries opening in early summer. The port village, daily prize-givings and the fleet on the quay are open to the public at no charge. Some Cannes operators sell places on spectator boats during the racing days.
Free to watch from La Croisette and the old port, with the race village and prize-givings open to all - the Yacht Club de Cannes sells no spectator ticket.
Insider tip
The 12-Metre and 15-Metre classes race closest to shore off Pointe Croisette by Palm Beach - walk out there rather than staying on the main Croisette, then be on the Quai Saint-Pierre around 6pm as the fleet moors stern-to under Le Suquet.
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