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NORMANDY SAILING WEEK 2011 - 11.-13.Juni 2011
www.normandy-week.com - Regatta Europa 2011
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Regattafotos
06.10.2010
Sirius Evénements – Press Release No. 1/ Normandy Sailing Week 2011
NORMANDY SAILING WEEK 2011 IS OPEN!
After gathering together 100 yachts ranging from 7 to 15 m and nearly 700
racers this year, the NORMANDY SAILING WEEK, the 2nd of the name in Le Havre
and the 6th edition of the Norman event, has every intention of continuing
its development in 2011; thus gaining in stature from year to year in the
large race meets in France and Europe.
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The event will take place over 3 days from Saturday 11th June to Monday 13th
June for the majority of the series, thus benefiting from the Whitsun bank
holiday. The notice of race is available and registration is open from today
on the website www.normandy-week.com (pay
attention to this year’s deadline of 15th May before the increase in entry
fees).
Sportsboats, reference one design series and IRC cruisers will do battle on
the race zones of Le Havre and the Baie de Seine, which will involve
tactical courses, coastal courses and a big 100 mile race for the series
boats, pending official confirmation from the M34s. From 8 series in 2010
the sports line-up could well comprise 12 in 2011, the whole of the schedule
for all the classes being fixed at the start of December at the Paris Boat
Show.
The Sportsboats have a special role in this progression. Indeed, as was the
case in 2010, the 6.50 Class is expected to race with its fleet of Mach
6.5s, Open 6.50s and K.650s, while the Laser SB3 is in full revival mode in
Normandy, with the series also set to draw in the British and North European
crews. Meantime the Longtze, another highly dynamic and flourishing
sportsboat, may well return to the event in which it took part in 2009.
Finally the event is also due to play host to the Open 5.70s.
The index one design series will also be in attendance of course. These
include the J80, which each year boosts its status as the top one design
series in France with 150 crews participating in the Coupe de France (French
Cup) and the Beneteau First Class 7.5, which will be the craft sailed for
the Channel selections for the French Espoirs Championship, set to be held
in Le Havre again in August 2011.
Equally the event is a candidate to host the all new M34 in the context of a
leg of the FFVoiles’s French Crewed Championship, a stage organised every
years since the event’s creation. Due to replace the Farr 30, the Joubert /
Nivelt / Mercier design M34 is a 10.34m one design built by the Archambault
yard. It is roomier and boasts a greater sail area than its predecessor and
the first deliveries are underway to prepare for the Tour de France à la
Voile 2011.
The IRC cruisers also have considerable development potential for the
NORMANDY SAILING WEEK and their numbers have continued to increase from one
edition to the next (around forty in 2010). After boasting a large fleet in
Le Havre this year, the crafts from the other ports of the Baie de Seine
area (Dieppe / Fécamp / Honfleur / Deauville / Dives / Ouistreham /
Courseulles) are called to take part in this grand race meet. They are set
to be joined by the British and North European crews which give the event
its international character. In fact, the gradual arrival of the large craft
from across the Channel measuring 45 feet and more (Swan 45 – DK 46 – Farr
45) has led to the creation of a 4th IRC class.
Coordinated by the Ligue de Voile de Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy Sailing
League), the CNPV (Paul Vatine Nautical Centre), the SRH (Le Havre Racing
Society) and the SNPH (Watersports and Yachting of Le Havre) will once again
be mobilising their teams to provide a top quality sports reception.
Finally, a sizeable reception programme will enable crews to get together on
shore in what will be a very friendly atmosphere broken down into three
special soirées, ranging from a crew supper to some festive evenings.
Website: www.normandy-week.com
Translated by Kate Jennings – Expression
15.06.2011 - Normandy Sailing Week 2012 is launched!
13.06.2011 - Cheers!
12.06.2011 - Offshore, coastal and windward-leeward courses on today’s menu!
11.06.2011 - To be continued!
10.06.2011 - The M34s open proceedings!
09.06.2011 - 110 crews registered on the eve of Normandy Sailing Week
25.05.2011 - With 2 weeks until the event start
25.03.2011 - The Normandy Sailing Week 2011: the unmissable Sportsboat meeting!
27.01.2011 - A sizeABLE COMPETITIVE LINE-UP EXPECTED
06.10.2010 - NORMANDY SAILING WEEK 2011 IS OPEN!
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