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BREIZH WORLD TOUR : A new solo round the world race for Ocean50s
mardi 18 juin 2013 –
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Based on this idea proposed by Mer & Média and approved by the OCEAN50 Ocean50 #Ocean50 class, this new race around the world provisionally called the BREIZH WORLD TOUR was presented to representatives at Brest Brest #brest Métropole Océane (the Brest Brest #brest metropolitan council), the Regional Authority in Brittany and the Finistère Council on 29th May in Brest.
The maiden edition of this new event, which is due to be raced every four years in between the other major French ocean races (Vendée Globe, Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum , Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015 ...) is due to start in the winter of 2017-2018, with a race lasting 5-6 months with four major legs.
Exclusively reserved for the OCEAN50 Ocean50 #Ocean50 monohulls, the race will allow skippers and their partners to make the most of a top class sporting event, which will guarantee excellent media coverage and a good retrurn on investment, while keeping budgets under control.
Promoting Brittany, Finistère and Brest
This new event aims to achieve the following goals
To express the diversity of everything that Brittany has to offer in terms of the sea, its businesses and technologies,
To support the development of the Breton maritime sector with its various training schemes,
To sustain the leadership of Brittany in ocean racing and the marine
Marine
Marine nationale
sector,
To contribute to promoting and developing the economic success of Brittany,
To promote the French language and French maritime culture.
Promoting the culture and language The idea of including three French overseas dependencies in this round the world race adds a cultural dimension to the event and is also a great way to promote the French language and culture. The event will make it possible to celebrate the history and legends of the great French seafarers, who set out to conquer the world, like Antoine de Bougainville and Jean-François de la Pérouse, whose voyages of discovery began from Brest.
Michel Desjoyeaux’s reaction : "This new project for a round the world race corresponds to the aims of our class. An event that will be hugely popular with the general public and the media, which is open to all and is truly international. For the first time the skippers will be able to offer their sponsors the opportunity to become involved in a brand new race around the world offering good media coverage while keeping costs down.
An original idea with an unprecedented course
Start and finish in Brittany (Brest) - 4 legs - 3 oceans - 3 capes - 3 overseas stopovers.
Provisional programme :
Leg 1 : BREST – REUNION ISLAND, via the Cape of Good Hope Leg 2 : REUNION ISLAND - TAHITI, via Cape Leeuwin Leg 3 : TAHITI – FRENCH WEST INDIES, via Cape Horn Leg 4 : FRENCH WEST INDIES - BREST, final transatlantic race
A new opportunity with the OCEAN50 boats The OCEAN50 class, supported by the French Sailing Federation, opens up opportunities and creates new sporting, technical and economic possibilities. This new class enables these new one-design OCEAN50 boats to compete in a range of existing races, but also means they can look forward to the establishment of this new round the world race.
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