Allow 25 to 50€/day/person for the following expenses: food and drink on board and ashore, registration for the race, port taxes, small material incident, accommodation ashore (hotel, gîte, mobile home, if you wish).
Guaranteed departure from 3 persons registered.
Possibility of renting a suit suitable for sailing (jacket + overalls) for 50€/person.
- Available on :
- Full boat
- Cabin cruise
Your cruise
Embark on the Class 40 yacht in Cherbourg to live a unique experience for 3 days!
You will be at the heart of the race, vibrate at the start, live the competition intensely and fully from the inside, take part in the battle on the water, perform the many sail manoeuvres while discovering the Isle of Wight!
Your possible stops during this cruise
Aboard a Class 40 that has already done the Route du Rhum, Marc, your professional skipper, offers you the opportunity to take part in the Round the Island Race around the Isle of Wight.
Take part in a major event with nearly 2,000 yachts from 6 to 30 metres long. A simple recipe, a tour of the Isle of Wight with a grand start given on the Royal Yacht Squadron line in front of Cowes. An exit from the Solent through the Needles and still many competitors in the immediate vicinity to watch out for. A grandiose spectacle.
Embarkation : Cherbourg-en-cotentin
Disembarkation: Cherbourg-en-cotentin
Expected distance: 250 miles including 50 miles in the race.
Route: Crossing the Channel from Cherbourg-en-Cotentin to the Isle of Wight to get to the start in front of Cowes in the Solent, stronghold of British yachting.
Duration of the race: 6 to 12 hours
Classes present : Maxi yachts, MOCRA, Class40, IRC sailing yachts registered 1500 including ten Class40s
Difficulty: 2/5
Program of your Round the Island Race from Cherbourg to the Isle of Wight on a racing boat:
DAY 1 : Embarkation in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin on Friday at 10am for a day of cross-Channel sailing / training and taking charge of the boat.
DAY 2 : Start of the race on Saturday at dawn. Arrival on Saturday afternoon. Evening at the pub in the evening.
DAY 3 : Sailing back to Cherbourg-en-cotentin
The skipper
Marc Lepesqueux is a professional sailor, who lives for races and competitions, his passion started nearly 20 years ago. This Norman participates in the biggest nautical events, including the Solitaire du Figaro, the Jacques Vabre trans-Atlantic and the Route du Rhum ... Embark with him and share hi experience of the wide and open sea!
Sailing, ended up loving it from a young age!
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The skipper helps you to cook but everybody is participating
I manage the supply on board
- Places of embarkation:Cherbourg Chantereyne
- Boarding time:10H00 / 10AM
- Time of landing:17H00 / 5PM
To access the Chantereyne port of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, you can choose
- carpooling or by car (3h30 from Paris)
- train (3 hours from Paris) + 1 km on foot or by taxi
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