Semaine Nautique Internationale de la Méditerranée (SNIM)
Marseille · FranceAlso known as SNIM
2026 · Grand Surprise
- 1Phénomène
- Type
- Inshore
- Scoring
- IRC
- Boats
- Rated yachts · Sportboats
- Classes
- J70
- Usually
- March, April
- Next
- Mar 2027 (usual month; dates not announced)
- Organiser
- Société Nautique de Marseille
- Waters
- Ligurian
- First held
- —
Where and when
Race dates
Usually in March
Race days 2026
Wind and waves at the venue: monthly climate 2021–2025 and the last edition's race days (ERA5 and marine reanalysis, Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0).
Six seasons
| Year | Winner (handicap, corrected) | Line honours (first home, elapsed) | Boats | Wind and sea | Toughness | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20262 Apr 2026 – 6 Apr 2026 | PhénomèneGrand Surprise | Not published | — | NW 7 kn, gusts 40.6waves up to 1.16 m | 34 | Official |
| 202518 Apr 2025 – 21 Apr 2025 | IloganDuoPierre Perdoux | Not published | — | SW 9.8 kn, gusts 44.1waves up to 2.22 m | 43 | Official |
| 202429 Mar 2024 – 1 Apr 2024 | SagolaIRC 3 | Not published | — | SE 15.6 kn, gusts 41.8waves up to 2.4 m | 50 | Official |
| 20237 Apr 2023 – 10 Apr 2023 | Not published | — | — | SW 5.5 kn, gusts 23.9waves up to 0.46 m | 22 | — |
| 202215 Apr 2022 | Not published | — | — | S 4.5 kn, gusts 20.2waves up to 0.6 m | 15 | — |
| 202129 Oct 2021 – 1 Nov 2021 | Not published | — | 80 | E 14.7 kn, gusts 36.9waves up to 2.16 m | 46 | — |
Line honours go to the first boat home, on elapsed time. Overall winner is the best on handicap (IRC or ORC corrected time), so they are often different boats. Wind is the daily mean at the start venue over the racing days; gusts and waves are the highest of those days. Open-Meteo historical weather (ERA5) and marine APIs, CC BY 4.0; venue point only, not the full course.
Podiums and class winners
2026 · 6 results
FinalSources: yacht-club-monaco.mc, boatnews.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
2025 · 10 results
FinalSources: yacht-club-monaco.mc, boatnews.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Ilogan · Pierre Perdoux
- 1.Lisa R · ITA
- 2.Team Guenifey
- 1.Expresso · Guy Claeys
2024 · 3 results
FinalSource: grandsoleil.netAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 3.Alfaore
Race metrics
Toughness
Compare all races- Wind 11.4/309.5 kn mean
- Gusts 11.5/1534.6 kn
- Sea 7.5/201.5 m waves
- Distance 0/25not published
- Duration 5/104 days
How the score works
Our own index, not an official rating. Five inputs, each scaled to its share of 100: mean wind (up to 25 kn → 30 points), strongest gust (45 kn → 15), highest waves (4 m → 20), course length on a log scale (700 nm → 25) and days of racing (7 days → 10). Wind and waves are ERA5 reanalysis at Marseille (Open-Meteo) on the race days, so an offshore course can see more than the venue does. A missing input counts as zero and is marked. Roughest edition we hold: 2024 (50).
Weather calendar · Marseille
Month by month at the venue, 2021–2026 (ERA5 and marine reanalysis). Race months in orange.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean windkn | 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 8.7 |
| Windy days% ≥ 20 kn | 12 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 15 |
| Wavesm, daily max | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| From | N | N | NE | W | W | SW | W | W | NW | NE | N | N |
Typical wind at Marseille
Mean knots by month, 2021–2025. Race months in full colour.
Where the wind comes from
Share of days by direction in Mar, Apr.
Fact sheet
For press, partners and sponsors: the race in a dozen lines, from published sources. Copy it whole; please keep the source line.
- Race
- Semaine Nautique Internationale de la Méditerranée (SNIM)
- Kind
- inshore sailing race from Marseille, France
- Editions on record
- 6 since 2021
- Typical fleet
- 80 boats (80 in the latest edition)
- Nations in the results
- 1
- Organiser
- Société Nautique de Marseille
- Next edition
- usually Mar 2027
Results as published by the organiser Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0 Dates as announced
Sources
- figaronautisme.meteoconsult.fr — 60th edition 2026
- bateaux.com — 2026
- figaronautisme.meteoconsult.fr — 57th edition 7-10 Apr 2023, first racing day report
- figaronautisme.meteoconsult.fr — 55th edition 29 Oct-1 Nov 2021
- courseaularge.com — 56th edition wrap-up 19 Apr 2022