The first regattas were held in 1862, encouraged by Prince Charles III who wanted his country to be a showcase for yachting and technological innovation. The Société des Régates de Monaco was es
tablished in 1888 by a group of men passionate about sailing and rowing who from 1889 attracted famous international regattas. Prince Albert I inherited this passion for the sea and would go on to become an early pioneer of modern oceanography and a famous navigator, who would inaugurate the Oceanographic Museum in March 1912.
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