Corsaire à Morgat: a growing appointment on the GPEN
As part of the Grand Prix de l'Ãcole Navale, the Corsairs were welcomed to Morgat from May 29 to 31, 2025, for the Ascension weekend. Thirteen units met in the bay, alongside twenty Open 5.70s and twenty-two Intersérie keelboats. With crews from all over France âeuros from Normandy to the South-West via the Lyon region âeuros, the event illustrated the vitality of an accessible and ever-active series.
Light wind conditions typical of late May
Three races were held on Thursday in light winds. Friday saw a single heat launched in a difficult-to-establish thermal breeze, before Saturday morning saw three new races in an established force 2 to 3 flow. Moderate conditions, which favored regularity and fine-tuning, rather than clear-cut options.
Gitan confirms his form ahead of the National
Already victorious last year, the Corsaire Gypsy helmed by the Roudevitch family, is a consistent winner. He is ahead of Miss Pump led by Thibault Vandrot and Nadia El Ghozi, who scored three wins in Saturday's heats. Locals Yvon Jézéquel took third place with Ar Jog Bihan narrowly edging out Lezig by Jacques Levy.
An intergenerational series, between regatta and tour
The Corsaire, designed in 1954 by Jean-Jacques Herbulot, remains today one of the rare sailboats to combine regatta and coastal cruising. An integral dinghy, it can be transported and rigged in no time, and offers up to four berths in 5.50 meters. Its variable draught (from 0.55 m to 1 m) enables it to sail in areas not easily accessible to conventional keelboats.
A fleet also active in the Gulf of Morbihan
At the same time, a flotilla of a dozen Corsairs was taking part in the Semaine du Golfe du Morbihan. One of them, Camao this double presence illustrates the Corsaire's versatility. This double presence illustrates the versatility claimed by the series: regatta or cruising, the Corsaire can do it all.
Normandy for the National in August
Next major stop: the National in Caen Ouistreham from August 2 to 7, 2025. The event will feature a Myth of Malham in front of Port Winston in Arromanches, and a stopover in Honfleur's Vieux Bassin. This event is already shaping up to be a highlight of the season, with sailings of great symbolic and historical value.
