Vele d'Epoca di Imperia
Imperia · ItalyAlso known as Imperia Sailing Week, Classic Yacht Regatta Imperia
2026 · Overall
- 1Falcon
- Type
- Inshore
- Scoring
- Not known yet
- Boats
- Classics
- Usually
- September
- Next
- Sep 2027 (usual month; dates not announced)
- Organiser
- Assonautica Imperia (with Comune di Imperia)
- Waters
- Ligurian
- First held
- 1986 · 40 years ago
Where and when
Race dates
Usually in September
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 Sep 2026 – 5 Sep 2026 | FalconOverall | Not published | — | SE 4.3 kn, gusts 19.2waves up to 0.44 m | 19 | Official |
| 20253 Sep 2025 – 6 Sep 2025 | CrivizzaOverall | Not published | — | NE 4.2 kn, gusts 21waves up to 1.32 m | 24 | Official |
| 202414 Sep 2024 – 15 Sep 2024 | Anne Sophie8 Metre SI (Coppa Imperia) | Not published | — | W 5.1 kn, gusts 21.6waves up to 0.82 m | 19 | Official |
| 20237 Sep 2023 – 10 Sep 2023 | TuigaBig BoatDaniel Pereira | Not published | 44 | NW 5.3 kn, gusts 30.1waves up to 0.72 m | 25 | Official |
| 20229 Sep 2022 – 11 Sep 2022 | TuigaBig Boats | Not published | — | SW 5.5 kn, gusts 39.1waves up to 1.92 m | 32 | Official |
| 20212 Sep 2021 – 5 Sep 2021 | Valentina6 MetreLuigi Pavese | Not published | 33 | NE 5.1 kn, gusts 25.5 | 20 | Official |
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.
Won it most
- Sagittarius2021 · 2023 · 20243yrs
- Tuiga2022 · 20232yrs
- Flicka2023 · 20242yrs
- Marga2023 · 20242yrs
Boats that won here (overall, line honours or a class) in two years or more.
Podiums and class winners
2026 · 9 results
FinalSources: veledepoca.com, giornaledellavela.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
2025 · 2 results
FinalSource: saily.itAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Crivizza
- 1.Aria · Pietro D'Alì
2024 · 10 results
FinalSources: saily.it, giornaledellavela.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
2023 · 27 results
FinalSource: veledepoca.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Argynne III · Pereira
- 2.Pilgrim · Emanuele Della Vecchia
- 3.Outlaw · Mike Horsley
- 1.Flicka · Enrico Gabetti
- 2.Greylag · Fulvio Parodi
- 3.Tirrenia · Lucia Pozzo
2022 · 1 results
FinalSource: monaco-tribune.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Tuiga
2021 · 22 results
FinalSource: veledepoca.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Nin · Yves Laurent
- 2.Lulu · Manuel Bernard
- 1.Mariella · Carlo Falcone
- 2.Rowdy · Howard Dyer
- 3.Skylark · Sarah Kimber
Race metrics
Toughness
Compare all races- Wind 5.9/304.9 kn mean
- Gusts 8.7/1526.1 kn
- Sea 5/201 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 Imperia (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: 2022 (32).
Weather calendar · Imperia
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 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 4.9 |
| Windy days% ≥ 20 kn | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Wavesm, daily max | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| From | NW | NW | N | N | NE | E | SE | S | N | N | NW | N |
Typical wind at Imperia
Mean knots by month, 2021–2025. Race months in full colour.
Where the wind comes from
Share of days by direction in Sep.
Fact sheet
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- Race
- Vele d'Epoca di Imperia
- Kind
- inshore sailing race from Imperia, Italy
- First held
- 1986
- Editions on record
- 6 since 2021
- Typical fleet
- 38 boats (44 in the latest edition)
- Latest overall winner
- Falcon (2026)
- Organiser
- Assonautica Imperia (with Comune di Imperia)
- Next edition
- usually Sep 2027
- Official site
- https://www.veledepoca.com
Results as published by the organiser Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0 Dates as announced
Sources
- veledepoca.com — official site: 40th Classic Yacht Regatta 2–5 Sept 2026 within Imperia Sailing Week 28 Aug–6 Sep
- veledepoca.com — press release 30 June 2026