A transatlantic race reserved for non-professional racers
Created at the request of amateur racers, the Cap Martinique is reserved for sailboats between 30 and 40 feet. The second edition will start on April 14, 2024, and will take place in a single leg. The route is simple: departure from La Trinité-sur-Mer on April 14, 2024, passing Porto Santo Island in Portugal's Madeira archipelago on the starboard side, and arriving in Fort-de-France.
The 3,800-mile course should be completed in around twenty days for the fastest riders.
A human adventure
The competition is open to amateur sailors, both single-handed and double-handed, with the experience required for an Atlantic crossing. For many, the event is a human adventure, as organizers Thibaut Derville and Jean-Philippe Cau emphasize:
" These are powerful adventures. It's often the realization of a dream that's out of anyone's reach. The dream of crossing the Atlantic is always there"
Participants and their yachts must meet rigorous qualification and safety criteria. It should be noted that April generally offers milder weather conditions, favoring a crossing in this direction. The course, designed to avoid the northern storms by passing close to Madeira, will be both technical and athletically demanding, and as safe as possible.
A 2 e confirms the event's success
38 boats were at the start of the first edition, which took place in 2022. In 2024, some 61 yachts will set off from La Trinité sur Mer, demonstrating the popularity of this race.
Of the hundred or so sailors lining up for the start, 22 will be sailing solo and 39 double-handed. The winners of the 2022 edition, Alex Ozon solo and the Ludovic Gérard/Nicolas Brossay duo, are putting their titles on the line again, but this time in solo for Ludovic Gérard.
Each boat will have to represent a cause linked to sustainable or societal development by flying its colors, thus offering significant visibility to that cause. Racers also have the possibility of being supported by private partners, whether or not they are linked to these causes.
