90 Mini registrants in May 2024
The Mini en Mai, organized by the Société Nautique de La Trinité-sur-Mer, will take place from May 18 to 25, 2024. The 90 entrants will set sail on Monday May 20 at 11 a.m. for a course built in Quiberon Bay, before setting sail for 500 miles single-handed. The course will first take them northwards around the island of Sein. The Minis will then head back down to the bridge at Ile de Ré, before finishing at La Trinité-sur-Mer.
The Banque Populaire Grand Ouest Trophy moves to Concarneau
After a first edition that brought together 12 crews, the Trophée Banque Populaire Grand Ouest is back in Concarneau. This new double-handed race from and to the South Finistère coast will bring together 29 crews from May 15 to 25. The start of the great race along the Ponant islands will be given on May 18.
Transat CIC: Patrick Isoard wins in Vintage class
Patrick Isoard, skipper of the Open 50 monohull Uship pour Enfants du Mékong crossed the finish line this Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 10 h 52 47 s (French time). He completed the race in 16 days, 21 hours, 22 minutes and 47 seconds, taking victory in the first edition of The Transat in the Vintage category.
Fun Cup brings foil lovers together
From May 10 to 12, 40 participants gathered on the island of Bananec, in the heart of the Glénan archipelago, for Wingfoil and Windfoil navigation sessions. Equipment trials and a visit to the Penfret lighthouse were also on the program.
The New York Vendée Les Sables awaits its sailors
While Oliver Heer has just completed The Transat CIC and Clarisse Crémer is still racing, the return race, the New York Vendée - Les Sables-d'Olonne, will set off in 12 days' time, on May 29, at 20:00 French time. There will be 30 sailors at the start of the New York Vendée, twice as many as in the first edition in 2016. Given the technological progress of the IMOCA boats, the record time of 9d 16h 57min 52s set by Jérémie Beyou in 2016 should be beaten. This race will be the last qualifier for the Vendée Globe, with 4,800 miles available to sailors.
Artist Cyril Kongo supports Armel Tripon and Les P'tits Doudous
While Armel Tripon's IMOCA is being built in Malville, Loire-Atlantique, by Duquene Atlantique, painter-plastician-graphic artist Cyril Kongo has illustrated a first series of canvases to be sold at auction, in aid of the Les P'tits Doudous association. He may also decorate Armel Tripon's IMOCA built from reused carbon.
100 days to go until the America's Cup
On May 14, 100 days remained before the opening of the America's Cup in Barcelona . The six teams have been training all over the world and are now coming to the end of their campaign with the launch of the new AC75s. The competition kicks off on August 22 and runs through September and October 2024. The competition will also host the 12 nations competing for the UniCredit Youth America's Cup and the first Puig Women's America's Cup, which will spotlight the next generation of sailing "stars".
En route to the Kitefoil World Championship
From May 14 to 19, the Kitefoil World Championship takes place in Hyères. More than 150 competitors representing 40 nations have gathered on the Vieux Salins beach to prepare for their first Olympic Games, with kitefoil making its entry into the program for this 2024 edition. Lauriane Nolot and Axel Mazella will be representing France, and are already European Champions.
Luke Berry's Ocean Fifty back in the water
On May 7, Luke Berry's Ocean Fifty Le Rire Médecin-Lamotte was relaunched in Saint-Malo. The trimaran had suffered major structural damage during the Transat Jacques Vabre 2023, and had returned to the shipyard on January 15 in several pieces. The port float was completely torn off. After 4 months and 4,500 hours of work, the boat is as good as new. A large part of the work involved repairing the arms and grafting them to the port float. All impacts on the appendages, float and central hull were repaired. The new mast was built by Lorima, and the focus was on reinforcing the platform to avoid the same mishap.
