THE FRENCH CLASS INVITES YOU TO JOIN THEM IN LARMOR-PLAGE FOR THE FRENCH OPEN FROM 22-26 SEPTEMBER

From the French Melges 24 Class Association - July - Such a good time to lay on the beach, enjoying summer heat and sun… Or, for some Melges sailors, time to start packing and heading for Marstrand in Sweden, for the Worlds 2004. But in a remote little village of France, Larmor-Plage, a little team of passionates is working hard, in perfect secret, preparing … the 2004 French National for Melges24 which is also the final event in the 2004 Melges 24 World & European Ranking Series.

This year, Brittany has the honour to welcome the event. And what a pleasure to discover aboard a Melges the superb bay of Lorient! It had already seduced the multi-hulls of the Orma Championship, the Mumm of the Tour de France à la Voile, the competitors of the Transat AG2R and many faithful participants of the Grand Prix de l’Atlantique-Télégramme… How comes no major Melges event had taken place in this bay? It was time to change this!

So from the 22nd to the 26th of September 2004, the Société Nautique de Larmor-Plage will have the utmost pleasure to welcome you all during 4 magnificent days of high level racing. The bay of Lorient is technical, without a systematic or easy pattern, which promises a very open and competitive regatta. This is all the more true that such fearsome boats as Gill (Stuart Rix), Partner (Sébastien Col), Défi Partagé (Maxime Paul), Scutum (Jean-François Cruette) and Euro-Voiles (Christophe Barrue) have already confirmed their intention to participate.

Please also note that the Grand Prix de l’Atlantique-Télégramme, takes place from the 17th to the 19th of September, which gives you the opportunity of a practice regatta, ideal to get familiar with the racing area.

In order to facilitate the task of the organizers, we do encourage you to register as early as today with Valérie Guérin (+33 6 62 73 70 91) E-mail larmor.snl@libertysurf.fr or with Tanguy Leglatin (+33 6 62 47 70 28) E-mail tanguyl@voilà.fr. Any registration before the 15th of August will entitle you to a special price (200 € instead of 220 €).

Click here to download a copy of the Notice of Race in English, where you can find all details in order to organize your stay.

So, we look forward to seeing you in Larmor-Plage, with all the team of the SNL for a great sailing event!!!