If you are lucky enough to go to Les Sables-d'Olonne, you can visit the village inaugurated on Saturday, October 15, 2016. The pontoon on which the 29 sailboats that will take the start on Sunday, November 6, 2016 are moored is in free access. The sailboats are moored on each side. A direction of circulation fluidifies the visit.
The boats are moored according to their registration date. Thus PRB has the first place, because it registered first. It is also in this reverse order that the boats will leave the pontoon. In a very timed ballet (television obliges!) the boats will cast off every 4 minutes from 8:50 am.
Order and time of departure from the dock on November 6, 2016
- 08:50 - COSTA - ONE PLANET ONE OCEAN
- 08:54 - MEILHAT - SMA
- 08:58 - THOMSON - HUGO BOSS
- 10:00 - RUYANT - "Le Souffle du Nord" for the Imagine Project
- 10:00 - ELIES - Quéguiner Leucémie Espoir
- 09:10 - JOSSE - Edmond de Rothschild - GITANA TEAM
- 09:14 - AMEDEO - Newrest Matmut
- 09:18 - DE PAVANT - BASTIDE OTIO
- 09:22 - COLMAN - 100% Natural Energy
- 09:26 - ROURA - LA FABRIQUE
- 09:30 - DICK - St Michel Virbac
- 09:34 - LE CAM - Finistère Mer Vent
- 09:38 - FA - Spirit of Hungary
- 09:42 - BELLION - Like 1 Single Man
- 09:46 - SHIRAISHI - Spirit of Yukoh
- 09:50 - O'COINEEN - Kilcullen Voyager - Team Ireland
- 09:54 - WILSON - Great America IV
- 09:58 - LAGRAVIERE - Safran
- 10:02 - BURTON - Bureau Vallée
- 10:06 - ATTANASIO - Mary Family - Etamine du Lys
- 10:10 - BOISSIERES - La Mie Caline
- 10:14 - THE DIRAISON - Bed Company-Boulogne Billancourt
- 10:18 - HEEREMA - No Way Back
- 10:22 - DE LAMOTTE - Initiatives Coeur
- 10:26 - LE CLEAC'H - Banque Populaire
- 10:30 - DE BROC - MACSF
- 10:34 - BEYOU - Maitre CoQ
- 10:38 - DESTREMAU - TechnoFirst FaceOcean
- 10:42 - RIOU - PRB
The trip up the channel will take about 30 minutes.
If you want to go out to sea to see the start from your boat
On November 6, 2016, between 08:30 and 11:15, the channel will be closed to navigation. Once outside, you will have to respect the navigation zones. Depending on the size of your boat (more or less than 7m) you will have to keep your distance from the starting area.
