The Vendée organizes a present in New York, in Manhattan Bay – France Bleu

The Liberty of Vendee happening this Friday in Manhattan Bay at New York. Thirty captains, candidates for the subsequent one Vendee Universe, he’ll make a fast run on the ft of the Statue of Liberty. The acknowledged goal of this exhibition race is to offer good publicity and improve the American public’s curiosity in ocean racing. Of the thirty captains who had been concerned, fourteen are foreigners. The instances shall be broadcast reside on the web site Vendee New York.

These skippers will begin the race on Wednesday 29 Might Vendee New York certified for the subsequent solo world tour. The prospect arrived about eight days later in Les Sables d’Olonne. The final and solely version of this transatlantic race was received in 2016 by Jérémie Beyou in 9 days and 16 hours. Among the many skippers anticipated on this “return” race to the Transat CIC who received in the beginning of the month are Yoann Richomme, Charlie Dalin, Samantha Davies, Thomas Ruyant, Jérémie Beyou and the 2 Vendée natives Benjamin Dutreux and Sébastien Simon.

Right now, about fifteenfinancial and cultural actors nations from the Loire make the journey to “promote” the area: the Dubreuil group (proprietor of the businesses Air Caraibes and Franche Bee), Fonteneau brioches, Maître Coq. William Christie’s Fondation des Arts Florissants may even current a sequence of three concert events with their baroque music ensemble.

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