Last confrontations before the Olympics
Cannes and La Grande Motte respectively hosted the European 470 Championships for the former, and the Nacra 17, 49er and 49er FX World Championships for the latter. With 75 days to go before the opening of the Olympic Games, and just a few kilometers from the Marseilles waterfront, Les Bleus once again demonstrated their full potential this week. In the women's 49er FX, Sarah Steyaert âeuros Charline Picon created a stir by winning their first international medal, in silver, at this European Open. The mixed dinghy duo (470), Camille Lecointre âeuros Jérémie Mion also added a medal to their palmares, this time in bronze!
Numerous titles awarded at the Grand Prix de l'Ecole Navale
The 22nd edition of the Grand Prix de l'Ecole Navale was held from May 8 to 11, 2024. The event produced 8 French Champion titles, 1 European Champion title, 1 Euro Cup, and 7 GPEN criteriums. The final day brought plenty of sunshine, but light winds. The Waszps and MiniJs failed to add a race to their rankings. Enzio Savoini (ITA) won the Waszp Euro Cup, while Pierre Rhimbault and Maxime Mazard won the Birdyfish. Gérard Eychenne of Club Nautique Pyrénéen was the handivot winner. Hervé Tourneux won the Paravoile ranking, Chantal Salaun the Paravoile women's ranking and Brigitte Humbert the handivalide women's ranking.
In the Seascape 24 class, Mathias Berjamin and his crew won the event with 4 victories and 3 second places in seven races. In the J80 class, the CV Ailée âeuros Ecole navale team won another title on home soil. With 8 races for the Figaro Bénéteau 3, 8 for the Diam 24, 10 for the Muscadet and Corsaire, the Camaret area was the most active this year. In the Figaro Bénéteau 3 class, Estelle Greck Auray âeuros Quiberon by Orlabay won the ranking. In the Diam 24 class, the Andiamo crew won. Jacques Levy and his Corsaire crew win the Grand Prix de l'Ecole Navale for the 5th time. Finally, Pierre Lafuste and his crew on Charlotte won the Muscadet ranking.
In the Open 5.70 class, the Bessec crew from Saint Malo won the title of French Champion. In the end, it was a 100% "Great Britain" podium for the flying fifteen in Brittany. Despite a botched start (black flag), on the only race of the day, the British crew Interstella with Ian Pinnell and Ian Cadwallader became European Champion of the category. There were 7 races for the Open 500s at Roscanvel, and class president Frédéric Igosse came in second, on equal points with the first-placed Coquas crew, who won the race on the number of best places.
See you on May 20 for the Paprec 600 Saint-Tropez
On May 20, 2024, some thirty sailboats will take the start of the Paprec 600 Saint-Tropez, a race mixing professionals and amateurs. Among the entries, eight Class40 yachts will sail double-handed and challenge each other. Fifteen sailboats will be racing double-handed and eight in crewed configuration. As the name of the event suggests, it's a 600 nautical mile non-stop race from Saint-Tropez to the most beautiful coasts of Corsica and Italy: the mouths of Bonifacio, the island of Giannutri, the island of Gorgona, the island of Pianosa, the passage of the Giraglia, the island of La Vaquette, before returning to Saint-Tropez.
13th edition of the ArMen Race Uship 2024
During the Ascension weekend, from Thursday May 9 to Sunday May 12, the Armen Race Uship was held, offering two courses, one of 130 miles and the other of 360 miles. 152 crews took the start of this 13th edition. With light winds, the courses were shortened, with the exception of the Nuit de l'Armen. Sébastien Rogues on Ocean Fifty Primonial won the race after a course time of 22h51'07". They battled hard against Matthieu Perraut (Interinvest) and finally crossed the line in the lead early this afternoon, Friday May 10. Sébastien Rogues takes his second victory in the Armen Race, having won the Class40 event on the same course in 2013. It was in the early hours of the morning, after 16h56'20" of racing, that the crew of the F40 IRVI, skippered by Christophe Boucault, accompanied by Jacques Vapillon, Luc Vennin, Léa Protoy and Charlie Pinot-Dupont, crossed the finish line of the 150-mile Nuit de l'Armen des Multi 2000 course. In the Osiris Habitable Nuit de l'Armen, Akela crossed the line first. The family crew of Hervé d'Arexy, Guillaume d'Arexy, Philippe de Froment, Aymeric d'Arexy, Romain d'Arexy, François Genuyt, Marin Genuyt, Hugues de Malherbe and Hervé d'Arexy covered the 130 miles in 20h48'00''.
A beautiful Porquerolle's Race
The 4th edition of the Porquerolle's Race kicked off on Wednesday May 8, welcoming 5 Class40s, 38 IRCs and 8 Cape 31s. The constructed courses (IRC and Cape 31) and the inshore course (Class40) completed on Sunday confirmed the competitors for the Porquerolle's Race 2024 podium places. The big winners of this 4th edition are : Centrakor (Class40), Raving Swan (IRC0-1), Magic Express (IRC2), Flower Power2 (IRC 3-4) and Stellamarris (Cape31).
Yoann Richomme and Ambrogio Beccaria win The Transat CIC
A breathless finale with Boris Herrmann, Yoann Richomme wins the latest edition of The Transat CIC in the IMOCA class . The Paprec Arkea skipper crossed the finish line off New York on May 6 at 20 h 23 32'' (French time), completing the course after 8 days, 6 hours, 53 minutes and 32 seconds of racing. Boris Herrmann and Sam Davies complete the podium in the IMOCA class. In the Class40 category, Ambrogio Beccaria (Alla Grande - Pirelli) held off a duel with Ian Lipinski to the finish line on Friday May 10 at 05 h 47 55'' (French time), after 11 days 16 hours 17 minutes and 55'' of racing. This marks a new victory after last autumn's Transat Jacques Vabre. Ian Lipinski and Fabien Delahaye complete the podium.
Spaniards win in Bermuda on Sail GP
Diego Botín's Spanish team wins in Bermuda after a perfect race in the final. This was their 2nd win of the season, beating the leaders from New Zealand and Australia. The Black Foils - the New Zealand team - retain the overall lead, ahead of the Australians and the Spaniards. The French missed out on the event, finishing 5th overall, level on points with the Danes.
Arrivals on Cap Martinique
Amaury Dumortier and Geoffrey Thiriez (Terre d'Enfants sur l'Atlantique) were the first to cross the finish line of the second edition of the Cap-Martinique, this Saturday, May 4, at 22 h 41 minutes and 59 seconds local time. The duo took 21 days 13 hours 41 minutes and 59 seconds to cover the 3,800 miles between La Trinité-sur-Mer and Fort-de-France. Leaders for over 10 days, they achieved a fine performance despite never having crossed the Atlantic before. Gérard Quenot and Bertrand Daniels from La Rochelle arrived at 4:16 local time on May 5, after 20 days, 19 hours and 16 minutes of racing. Second on the line, they nevertheless won the event on corrected time.
Single-handed, Ludovic Gérard crossed the finish line on May 5 at 23:15 and 08 seconds local time, after 21 days, 14 hours, 15 minutes and 8 seconds of racing. Two years earlier, he had won the double-handed edition with Nicolas Brossay. In the end, it was Régis Vian, who crossed the line in 4th place on May 6 at 7:39 a.m. local time after 21 days, 22 hours, 39 mins and 7 secs of racing, who won the solo race on corrected time. Discover the race winners .
Double coup for Gaston Morvan in the Solo Maître Coq
After two days of coastal courses, one of which was cancelled for lack of wind, the 34 competitors in the Solo Maître Coq set off for the start of the big race. At the end of a 391-mile course that sent the Figaro Bénéteau fleet searching for a virtual waypoint in the southern Bay of Biscay, Gaston Morvan (Team Région Bretagne - CMB) won. He battled all the way with Loïs Berrehar (Team MACIF) and Basile Bourgnon (Team Edenred) in difficult conditions, with winds of up to 30 knots. His 2nd place on the coastal course means he now leads the overall standings for this leg of the French Ocean Racing Championship.
