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Sirius Evénements – Press Release No.4 / 2011 – 25 May 2011
With 2 weeks until the event start
Normandy Sailing Week 2011 is filling its quota of competitors.
The second Le Havre edition of NORMANDY SAILING WEEK, from 10 to 13 June
2011, is already boasting around a hundred entries, so numbers are up again
in relation to previous editions.
Among the many one-designs racing will be the M34s. This latest craft to be
used in the Tour de France à la Voile, will total around fifteen boats;
thirteen having already entered to date. Furthermore, the top French crews
will be racing, including COURRIER DUNKERQUE, double Tour de France à la
Voile champion and Bertrand Pacé on SUD DE FRANCE / LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON.
It’s also worth pointing out here that the event is the first to form part
of this year’s French Crewed Offshore Racing Championship, and comes just
days before the Tour de France à la Voile.
In the J80 category the objective to be reached, or exceeded, amounts to
around twenty boats in the Baie de Seine and this appears to be within grasp
with 15 crews already registered. The Beneteau 7.5s are also planned to
total around twenty crews as 16 have already entered.
In the Sportsboat category, the Laser SB3s will be the most numerous this
year, just weeks from the end of the Worlds in Torbay, SW England, and a
flourishing series in Upper Normandy. 15 to 20 craft will be racing.
The other Sportsboats series are also filling up nicely, particularly with
the return of the Class6.5 and the Longtze.
Finally, in IRC the English crews will be out in force this year with
several reference crews in IRC1, such as that of the Grand Soleil QUOKKA 8,
who are bagging all the medals in the Solent, or Peter Morton on a brand new
racing machine, the MAT 1010. All in all, the event is likely to play host
to 40 to 50 such crews, split between 4 IRC classes, for 3 days of
windward-leeward and coastal courses in the Baie de Seine.
3 to 4 days of racing and hence fun both off and on shore in the Nautical
Town of Le Havre. An event not to be missed!
REGISTRATION ON THE WEBSITE www.normandy-week.com
YOU CAN ALSO JOIN THE NORMANDY SAILING WEEK ON FACEBOOK.
Translated by Kate Jennings – Expression
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