Boat shows 2024 per month :
JANUARY
Arkéa Ultim Challenge âeuros Brest
The Ultims, those big flying trimarans, are about to embark on a first: a solo round-the-world race. There will be 6 of them on the starting line for this brand-new race, a true initiatory experience.
Sail GP - Abu Dhabi Sailing Grand Prix
- January 13 to 14
- Location: Abu Dahbi
- Circuit : Sail GP
The Sail GP circuit continues its expansion with a grand prix in Abu Dhabi in mid-January. The nine-stop circuit will conclude in San Francisco on July 13 and 14, 2024.
FEBRUARY
RORC Caribbean 600
- Departure February 19
- Location: Antigua
- Circuit : IRC, CSA, MOCRA and Class40
This 600-mile race is one of the most renowned on the Caribbean circuit, with an eclectic mix of over 70 participating boats from all over the world. Starting and finishing in Antigua, crews must complete a course between the various Caribbean islands.
MARCH
Armen Festival
- March 9 to 17
- Location: Saint-Tropez
- Circuit : OSIRIS-rated modern sailboats, Habitable, IRC
The Festival Armen brings together some 70 yachts for two weekends of regattas. The first from Saint-Tropez to Cavalaire and back, and the second in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez. There will also be a Friday ski race in Auron on March 15. The name "ARMEN", a contraction of ARt MEr Neige, is of course also a nod to the lighthouse of the same name.
St Maarten Heineken Regatta
- February 29 to March 03
- Location: Saint-Martin (Caribbean)
- Circuit : Maxis, monohulls, multihulls
Originally a small event, the Heineken brand has made it one of the West Indies' must-see gatherings for over 40 years. Every year, some 150 sailboats - professional and amateur - come to race over 4 days, all in a convivial atmosphere.
Primo Cup - Credit Suisse Trophy
- March 7 to 10
- Location: Monaco
- Circuit : M32, Diam 24, Melges 20, J/70, Star, Smeralda 88
Since 1985, the Primo Cup has been held in Monegasque waters, marking the start of the Mediterranean season. It brings together some 800 sailors of 15 different nationalities for a one-design regatta. The special feature: a mix of amateurs and professionals.
Florence Arthaud Challenge
- march 24
- Location: Marseille
- Circuit : All boats homologated in category A, B or C (for earlier units, minimum 5th navigation category), IRC, OSIRIS
Known as the Winter Challenge, the race has been renamed in tribute to the late yachtswoman. Groups will race on tactical or coastal courses in Marseille's Rade Sud and Rade Nord.
Arcipelago 6.50
It's the start of the Italian season in Livorno with this 220-mile course around the Tuscan archipelago: Livorno - Gorgone - Capri - Giannutri - Livorno.
APRIL
Spi Ouest France - Banque Populaire Grand Ouest
- March 29 to April 1
- Location: La Trinité-sur-Mer
- Circuit: habitational yachts, monohulls and multihulls, one-designs and IRC and Osiris production yachts.
A major French sailing event, the Spi Ouest-France Destination Morbihan takes place every Easter weekend in Quiberon Bay. Organized by the Ouest-France newspaper and the Société Nautique de La Trinité-sur-Mer, over the years the Spi Ouest-France Destination Morbihan has become Europe's biggest springtime regatta for live-aboard yachts, bringing together amateurs and professionals, monohulls and multihulls, one-designs and IRC and Osiris production yachts.
- March 29 to April 1
- Location: Marseille
- Circuit : IRC 2019-rated monohulls and one-designs (if 10 boats entered in the series)
This flagship Mediterranean regatta can be run as an IRC, ORC International or one-design event.
Plastimo Lorient Mini - PLM 6.50
This is the first Atlantic race of the season for the Minis. A 250-mile warm-up between the Pointe de Penmarch' and Ile D'Yeuen, double-handed since the 2023 edition. In just a few editions, the Plastimo Lorient Mini (formerly the Lorient Bretagne Sud Mini) has become one of the most popular events on the circuit.
- Departure April 7
- Location: Le Palais, Belle-Ile
- Circuit : Class40
2024 sees the first edition of the Niji 40, a transatlantic race reserved for Class40s on a course inspired by Laurent Voulzy's song, linking Belle-Île en Mer in Morbihan to Marie-Galante in the Guadeloupe archipelago. Raced in 3-person crews, the race takes crews to America, where they will be lining up at the start of the Québec Saint-Malo race on June 30.
Course Croisière Edhec
- April 12 to 20
- Location: Les Sables-d'Olonne
- Circuit : J70/J80, Grand Surprise, OSIRIS Habitable
The Course Croisière Edhec is Europe's premier student regatta. Organized for 55 years to democratize sailing, the Course Croisière Edhec welcomes more than 1,600 professional and amateur sailors who come to compete or simply have fun. This race is accompanied by two other trophies: land and sand.
Voiles de Saint-Barth
- April 14 to 20
- Location: Saint-Barthélemy (French West Indies)
- Circuit: Supermaxis, Maxis, and Minimaxis under the IRC rule, monohull Racings under the CSA > 0.800 rule, multihull Racings under the CSA multi rule, and Offshore Multihulls under the ORC mh rule
The 2024 edition is cancelled for lack of a sponsor. The 2025 edition is already scheduled for April 13 to 19, 2025, if the organizing team finds the funds...
Spi Dauphine Challenge
- April 12 to 19
- Location: Mediterranean
- Circuit : OSIRIS class 21 to 28
Every year, the Spi Dauphine brings together student sailing enthusiasts from all over France, as well as from neighboring countries such as England and Italy. Nearly 40 boats race on two courses, coastal and banana, in two host ports, with a ferry link between the two. The race is also open to people with disabilities, and embodies strong values.
Cap Martinique
- Departure April 14
- Location: La Trinité-sur-Mer
- Circuit : Solo and Double, IRC Class
Created in 2022, the Cap Martinique is a single-handed or double-handed transatlantic race open to boats from 30 to 40 feet, with a TCC coefficient of 0.977 to 1.081 in the IRC rule. Aimed at amateurs of all ages, unlike the Transquadra, the race is non-stop. The yachts set off from La Trinité-sur-Mer, leaving Porto Santo in Madeira to starboard before reaching Fort-de-France in Martinique. A cargo return will enable those who wish to have their boats in France for the summer circuit.
Gasgogne 45/5
- April 18 to 21
- Location: La Rochelle
- Circuit : Solo/Duo IRC, OSIRIS, crew
A simple race whose start and finish port is La Rochelle, over a 2 to 3-day course that includes a single passage mark: the weather buoy anchored at 45°N and 5°W. New for 2024, the course will pass the Port Bourgenay safe-water buoy or the BXA at the entrance to the Gironde, depending on weather conditions.
Hyères Olympic Week - SOF
- April 20 to 27
- Location: Hyères
- Circuit : Light sailing
During the French Olympic Sailing Week, a traditional springtime event in the Var region of France, some 1,000 international athletes compete in ten light sail disciplines.
The Transat CIC
The Transat CIC will set sail from Lorient before heading for New York in the United States. On the menu: a demanding 3000-mile course across the North Atlantic between the European and North American continents. The Transat CIC is open to solo sailors in IMOCA, Class40 and Ocean Fifty classes, as well as Vintage monohulls and multihulls. For 2024, cargo sailboats will be on display.
MAY
Solo Maître Coq
- April 28 to May 5
- Location: Les Sables-d'Olonne
- Circuit : Figaro
The first event of the Figaro Bénéteau Class season, the Solo Maître CoQ is raced single-handed on Figaro Bénéteau 3 yachts. Departing from Les Sables-d'Olonne, the Grande Course takes skippers around the islands of Ré, Yeu and Belle-Île.
Pornichet Select
- Departure May 4
- Location: Pornichet
- Circuit : Mini 6.50
Competitors set off from Pornichet on this selective 300-mile single-handed course. Traditionally, the first few miles are the most tactical up to Belle-Île, before a long descent to Les Sables-d'Olonne, then an equally long climb, often upwind, to Groix. It's here that fatigue makes itself felt the most. A few minutes of sleep are gained, but we have to hold on before entering the bay of La Baule. A hard, splendid race which, for many, sets the tone for the season.
Solo Med
- Departure May 6
- Location: Mediterranean
- Circuit : Mini 6.50
Loop around the Balearic Islands from Barcelona to Mallorca, for solo sailors on the Mini 6.50 circuit
Belle-Île Tower
- may 4
- Location: La Trinité
- Circuit : All boats over 6 m in the Grand Surprise, First 31.7, J80, J70, Pogo 8.50, Classe 6.50, Classe Open 7.50, Easy to Fly, Diam 24, Mini 6.50 (Protos and Series boats), Figar'one, Figaro 2, M34, Class 40, Multi 50, IMOCA handicap system, OSIRIS, IRC, Multi 2000 and Jauge Classique classes. All monohull or multihull yachts over 6 meters not belonging to one of these categories are grouped together in a class called "Classe Libre".
500 boats gathered on the same 3 km starting line in Quiberon Bay for a regatta on two courses: the Grand Tour, open to boats equipped for offshore sailing, a 42-mile course, and the P'tit Tour, about 37 miles, open to sailboats equipped for coastal sailing. Both consist of a loop starting and finishing in La Trinité, around Belle-Île-en-Mer.
Mini in May
- may 15
- Location: Quiberon Bay
- Circuit : Mini 6.50
The second leg of the French Single-handed Offshore Racing Championship, the Mini en Mai has become a fixture in the Mini 6.50 class. The course, starting and finishing in La Trinité-sur-Mer, takes racers around a marker north of Sein, then down around a buoy off the Gironde before heading up towards Quiberon Bay, passing under the Ile de Ré bridge.
Tahiti Pearl Regatta
- May 8 to 11
- Location: Tahiti
- Circuit: all types of sailboats, with no size limit (monohulls, catamarans, trimarans, private sailboats, charter boats, transpacific stopovers, sailing pirogues, follower boats, etc.)
A regatta in the middle of the Pacific, a 4-day sailing festival in the Leeward Islands of French Polynesia. Over the years, the "TPR", as the sailors call it, has become the finest regatta in the Pacific islands, and has established itself as an international nautical event. Every year, it attracts local and international crews in search of an extraordinary experience. The course changes with each edition. It takes in the islands of Raiatea, Tahaa, Bora-Bora and Huahine. An unforgettable voyage through the blue shades of the South Pacific.
ArMen Race and ArMen Race Uship Night
- May 9 to 12
- Location: La Trinité sur mer
- Circuit : Large Multihulls, Multi 50', Imoca, Class40, One-designs, IRC Cruisers and Osiris Habitable
The Armen Race is a 360-mile non-stop offshore loop, which can be broken down into a shorter 120-mile course through the Nuit de l'Armen, which can be raced double-handed or with crew.
SNSM Var Trophy
- May 8 to 11
- Location: Bandol
- Circuit : Monohull yachts up to 16 m long
Three days in the Mediterranean for sea rescuers, with a large gathering of 80 yachts for a regatta of 3 one-day coastal courses, crewed over the Ascension weekend. The Trophy is not open to solo sailors.
Grand Prix de l'Ecole Navale (GPEN)
- May 9 to 11
- Location: Crozon-Morgat peninsula
- Circuit : One-design French Championship (J80, Diam 24, Open 5.70, Corsaire, Seascape 18, J22, Longtze, Mach 650, Monotype 750)
The Grand Prix de l'Ecole Navale takes place every year on Ascension Day weekend. It's the perfect opportunity for all sailors who love equal-opportunity matches to come face-to-face at an event offering unique sporting and logistical facilities! More than 1,000 sailors from all over the world, as well as from a dozen European Union countries, are ready to do battle on six exceptional stretches of water, vying for the titles of French Champion and National Criterium.
Banque Populaire Grand Ouest BPGO Trophy
- May 15 to 25
- Location: Concarneau
- Circuit : Figaro
The BPGO Trophy is a double-handed race reserved exclusively for Figaro-Bénéteau boats. A unique 800-nautical-mile format showcasing the know-how of the little-known territories of the 15 Ponant islands.
Transmanche double-handed or crewed
- May 17 to 21
- Location: Aber-Wrac'h
- Circuit: double or crewed, multihull or monohull
For 37 years, the Transmanche has been a race for sailors organized by sailors from the Yacht Club des Abers, at the tip of Brittany. The Transmanche allows sailors to cross the English Channel and back non-stop, racing 220 miles off the coast of Aber Wrac'h and Plymouth: 110 miles to round the breakwater at Plymouth and as many to return to Aber Wrac'h, without setting foot on British soil. The average duration of the race is 35 hours. between 30 and 50 boats take part each year. The Transmanche is open to all, mixing amateurs and professionals on all types of boats. It's an original fleet: Pogo, Figaro Bénéteau, small and large production boats, 6.50 prototypes...
Paprec 600 Saint-Tropez
- May 20 to 26
- Location: Saint-Tropez
- Circuit : IRC
Renamed "Au large de Saint-Tropez" in 2017, 2018 and 2020, this event was open to crews, then to solo sailors since 2015, and to double-handed crews since 2016, with a choice of 400 or 600 nautical mile courses. In 2023, PAPREC becomes the title partner of this beautiful ocean race offering a unique 600 nautical mile course in the Mediterranean. The event is thus renamed "Paprec 600 Saint-Tropez".
Voiles d'Antibes
- May 29 to June 2
- Location: Antibes
- Circuit : Vintage Yachts (built before 1950), Classic Yachts (built before 1976), Spirit of Tradition Yachts, Metric Classes (6 MJI, 8MJI and the 12 MJI competing in the America's Cup from 1958 to 1987)
Since 1996, Les Voiles d'Antibes, organized every year around the first week of June, marks the opening of the Mediterranean circuit for Traditional Yachts and Metric Classes. The event features a selection of the finest Vintage Yachts (built before 1950), Classic Yachts (built before 1976) and Spirit of Tradition Yachts, as well as the Metric Classes (6 MJI, 8MJI and the 12 MJI competing in the America's Cup from 1958 to 1987), which have shaped the great history of international yachting since the end of the 19th century.
Transat New-York - Vendée - Les Sables-d'Olonne
- Departure May 29
- Location: New York
- Circuit : IMOCA
The last qualifying race for the Vendée Globe 2024, this event is a real dress rehearsal for the IMOCA boats before the round-the-world race, which departs from the Vendée town six months later.
JUNE
Marie-Agnès Peron Trophy - MAP Trophy
- May 30 to June 1
- Location: Mer d'Iroise
- Circuit : Mini 6.50
A success since its creation, this competition in the Iroise Sea and Southern Brittany is recognized by the ministries as a very technical and tactical race. The relatively short course means that this race is sailed at a sprinter's pace. The Douarnenez âeuros mer d'Iroise âeuros Bretagne sud âeuros Douarnenez course is 220 miles long.
Le Havre - Allmer Cup
- May 31 to June 8
- Location: Le Havre
- Circuit : Figaro
Held every even-numbered year, this race brings together all the Figaro solo sailors. The 2022 event was won by Tom Laperche.
Rolex Giraglia
- June 8 to 12
- Location: Saint-Tropez
- Circuit : Traditional Swan, ultra-modern Wally, Maxis, Beneteau 40.7, 47.7, Corel 45, Farr 40
The Rolex Giraglia Cup is truly a Mediterranean classic, bringing together around a hundred boats of different sizes and professional and non-professional sailors from all over the world.
- June 14th to 16th
- Location: Geneva (Switzerland), at the far western end of Lake Geneva
- Circuit : Multihulls (M1 and M2 classes), Monohulls (Surprises, Grand Surprises, ACVL-SRS-rated Monohulls, ACVL-SRS-rated Monohulls)
It's the world's biggest closed basin regatta, showcasing Swiss sailing expertise. Over a round-trip course of around 123 km, amateurs and professionals compete for prizes and trophies. Each year, more than 500 boats are present at the start, with nearly 1,500 crew and 150 volunteers on shore.
Mini Fastnet
- Departure June 9
- Location: Douarnenez
- Circuit : Mini 6.50
It's the oldest, most prestigious and unmissable double-handed race on the Mini circuit. The 600-mile race starts from Douarnenez and circumnavigates the Fastnet lighthouse.
Ticket To Wight
- June 21 to July 6
- Location: Cherbourg
- Circuit : IRC and OSIRIS Habitable
The Ticket to Wight is a journey from Cherbourg to Cherbourg, bypassing the Isle of Wight in the direction they want.
Old Port Sails
Every year, classic yachts, some of them hundreds of years old, come to race in the Bay of Marseille on the eve of summer, in wind conditions that can sometimes be sustained.
Tour Voile
- June 26 to July 14
- Location: Dunkirk to ?
- Circuit : Figaro
Formerly known as the Tour de France à la Voile, the Tour Voile was created in 1978. Originally raced exclusively on inhabitable monohulls, the 2015 to 2021 seasons saw the birth of a new Tour formula, in Diam 24. In 2022, the FFV, in collaboration with the Figaro Bénéteau Class, wanted to relaunch a crewed ocean racing competition (coastal and offshore races), to re-establish a bridge between the various sailing disciplines and Ocean Racing. The chosen boat is the Figaro Bénéteau 3, and crews are made up of 4 sailors, including at least one woman and two young people aged between 16 and 26.
Transat Québec Saint-Malo
- Departure June 30
- Location: Quebec City
- Circuit : Class40, Ocean Fifty, Open Mono 45'-65', Open Multi 45'-60'
The Transat Québec Saint-Malo (TQSM) is a non-stop, crewed, west-to-east transatlantic race. Every four years since 1984, the ocean racers set out on the St. Lawrence River, between Quebec City and Lévis, before crossing the Atlantic by the North, to finally enter the English Channel. The Transat 2024 will mark the 10th edition of this legendary race.
JULY
La Trinité-Cherbourg by Actual
- Departure June 30
- Location: Trinité-sur-Mer
- Circuit: open to all classes authorized by the Rorc to race the Cowes-Dinard, in particular IRCs, Class40s, Multis...
Formerly Trinité-Cowes, the Trinité Cherbourg by Actuel is a 350-mile race starting from La Trinité-sur-Mer and finishing in Cherbourg via a port on the Isle of Wight, double-handed or crewed.
Tour des Ports de la Manche
- July 7 to 12
- Location Granville
- Circuit : OSIRIS
Celebrating its 40th edition in 2024, the Tour des Ports de la Manche is a regatta that links different marinas in the English Channel and Channel Islands every July: Granville, Barneville-Carteret, Jersey, Guernsey, Port-Diélette, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin and Saint Vaast-la-Hougue. Bringing together some 100 crews and 650 sailors, this regatta is one of the biggest sailing races in France and the most important in Normandy.
Drheam Cup
- July 11 to 21
- Location: Cherbourg
- Circuit: All classes are invited
After a prologue in Cherbourg, the big race reaches La Trinité-sur-Mer, with three different courses depending on the speed of the boats. An opportunity to pit your cruising yacht against an Ultim Class trimaran or a Vendée Globe IMOCA...
Les Sables âeuros Les Açores âeuros Les Sables
- Departure July 19
- Location: Les Sables-d'Olonne
- Circuit : Mini 6.50
A major offshore race for Mini 6.50s, this event starts in Les Sables-d'Olonne and makes a stopover in the Azores at Faïal before returning to the starting port. This event counts towards qualification for the Mini Transat.
- July 28 to August 8
- Location: Marseille
- Circuit : Light sailing
France hosts the Summer Olympics for the first time since 1924. That year, the sailing events were held on the Seine at Les Mureaux and Le Havre. For 2024, the Marseilles harbor has been chosen. Two events never before seen at the Olympic Games will see the light of day in 2024: IQ foil windsurfing and formula kite.
Sailing around Finistère
- July 29 to August 3
- Location: Depart from Roscoff and head for Port-La-Forêt
- Circuit : Osiris, IRC, double or solo (boats from 7 to 14 m)
This emblematic Finistère regatta brings together around a hundred boats racing over 190 nautical miles between Roscoff and Port-La-Forêt. This national event is governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing published by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), represented in France by the Fédération Française de Voile (FFV). It is open to boats from 7 to 14 meters.
AUGUST
- August 19 to September 15
- Location: Course to be announced
- Circuit : Figaro
In 2024, the 55th edition of the Solitaire du Figaro will take place. This legendary race is run single-handed on the Figaro 3 one-design boat. An ocean racing event that has marked every generation of skippers.
Louis Vuitton Cup Challenge
- From August 22
- Location: Barcelona
- Circuit : America's Cup
The America's Cup holders are Emirates Team New Zealand representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, but they face stiff competition. The unique Cup format sees the defender of the trophy automatically allowed to race in the final "Match", while the Challengers will undertake a series, the Louis Vuitton Cup Challenge, to find the best to take on the New Zealand team. Confirmed entries are : Alinghi Red Bull Racing from Switzerland, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli from Italy, American Magic New York Yacht Club from the USA and Orient Express Racing Team from France.
SEPTEMBER
Every year, the program includes speed runs, a 48-hour race and a tour of the island of Groix. A winning combo, as the event grows from year to year, attracting ever more competitors.
CIC Normandy Channel Race
- September 13 to 22
- Location: Caen
- Circuit : Class40
The Normandy Channel Race sets itself apart with a course of around 1,000 miles in the English Channel and Celtic Sea, starting and finishing in Caen, Normandy. This is a double-handed Class40 race. The course is varied, half coastal in France, the UK and Ireland, and half offshore in the English Channel and Celtic Sea. It's a demanding course, with complex navigation zones that allow for all kinds of tactical games, at a very high race pace, a real week-long sprint.
- September 28 to October 6
- Location: Saint-Tropez
- Circuit : Wally, traditional yachts, modern yachts and Maxis
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez is over 20 years old! For two decades now, the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez has been offering sail lovers a rare and unique opportunity to enjoy the many pleasures of the sea, every year before autumn. For two weeks, 300 boats, both classic and modern, and almost 4,000 sailors will once again celebrate a certain way of experiencing the sea, both on land and on the water, in a spirit of sharing and conviviality.
OCTOBER
Vire Vire Banque Populaire Méditerranée
- October 6th
- Location: Rade de Marseille
- Circuit : IRC, old rigs, barquettes
Organized by the Société Nautique de Marseille since 1948, the Vire Vire Banque Populaire Méditerranée brings together some 150 boats each year to compete on a 13 nautical mile coastal course, passing buoys at Cap Pinède, Pomègues and La Madrague before returning to the starting point under the Corniche Kennedy, between Marseille's northern and southern roads.
- From October 22
- Location: Barcelona
- Circuit : America's Cup
After the Louis Vitton Cup Challenge, it's now time for the winner of the challengers to face off against Team New Zeland, winner of the previous edition.
Rolex Middle Sea Race
In the heart of the Mediterranean, the Rolex Middle Sea Race course is reputed to be one of the most beautiful in the world. It is often compared to the Rolex Fasnet Race, or the Rolex Sydney-Hobart, legendary races all run under IRC rules. Over 100 boats take part each year. Starting and finishing in Malta, the course is 606 nautical miles long, winding counter-clockwise around Sicily. The fleet aims for the Strait of Messina, passing the marks of the Aeolian Islands and the Stromboli volcano, heading west to the Egadi Islands, then south to Pantelleria and Lampedusa before reaching the finish in the port of Marsamxett.
NOVEMBER
- Departure November 10
- Location: Les Sables-d'Olonne
- Circuit : IMOCA
Held every 4 years, the Vendée Globe is the legendary race for solo offshore sailors. On their IMOCA boats, the almost 40 competitors will race around the world without being allowed to make a stopover or receive assistance.
DECEMBER
- Departure December 25
- Location: Sydney
- Circuit: all classes of offshore boats
Over the past 75 years, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has become an icon of summer sport in Australia, ranking alongside national events such as the Melbourne Cup, Australian Open tennis and the Boxing Day cricket test. No regular annual yachting event in the world attracts such media coverage as the Boxing Day start on Sydney Harbour.
