{"id":42429,"date":"2022-04-25T07:04:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T05:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tipandshaft.com\/?p=42429"},"modified":"2022-04-22T18:06:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T16:06:03","slug":"how-la-rochelle-wants-to-become-a-major-offshore-racing-hub-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailorz.com\/en\/institutions-en\/how-la-rochelle-wants-to-become-a-major-offshore-racing-hub-again\/","title":{"rendered":"How La Rochelle wants to become a major offshore racing hub again"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday the organizers of\u00a0The Race Around<\/a>\u00a0announced that the start and finish of the new Class40 round the world race\u00a0would take place in La Rochelle<\/a>. Thus is clearly another sign of the historic city’s\u00a0renewed interest in ocean racing<\/strong>. Tip & Shaft investigated.<\/em><\/p>\n

In the 1980s and 1990s,\u00a0La Rochelle was one of the French epicenters of offshore racing<\/strong>, hosting a number of races \u2013 Grand Prix of multihulls, La Rochelle-New Orleans, stages of the Solitaire du Figaro and the Volvo Ocean Race, Mini-Transat (until recently for the latter) -, while several boats in the colors of Charente-Maritime have been campaigned by local racers, as\u00a0Pierre Follenfant<\/strong>\u00a0and the current mayor of the city,\u00a0Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Fountaine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cForty years ago, the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des R\u00e9gates Rochelaises was\u00a0the Mecca of sailing<\/strong>. It was great, with an incredible pool of sailors and designers, as Philippe Harl\u00e9, Philippe Briand, Michel Joubert, Bernard Nivelt and others, everybody dreamt to sail in La Rochelle !\u201d<\/em>\u00a0points out Christian Karcher, three-time America\u2019s Cup winner, who is based on the Ile de R\u00e9 since the late 90’s and was until last summer the team manager of Antoine Cornic’s Imoca project.<\/p>\n

This golden age is long since over.\u00a0“I wonder if the yachting industry has not to a certain degree stifled other activity; Neel, Dufour, Fountaine-Pajot represent 95% of La Rochelle sailing activity and that all takes up space”<\/em>, adds Christian Karcher. Growing competition from other ports, particularly in Brittany (Port-la-For\u00eat, Lorient, etc.), has also played a role, but indicators now suggest that\u00a0La Rochelle’s offshore and ocean racing ambitions are back<\/strong>, starting with recent announcements of hosting several races. Indeed last year that was the case with episode 2 of the new\u00a0Pro Sailing Tour<\/a>, which could return in 2023. The city has also turned to a class that is on the up and up,\u00a0Class40<\/strong>, which over the two coming years will host three major events on its calendar.<\/p>\n

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“A real dynamic around offshore racing”<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

First off there is the\u00a0Class40 World Championship<\/a>\u00a0(June 13-18), where at least 20 crews are expected by the organizer, Grand Pavois Organisation. They are also preparing for the second\u00a0D\u00e9fi Atlantique<\/a>, the return transatlantic race of the Route du Rhum (April 2023). And now also the organizers of\u00a0The Race Around<\/a>, a race round the world in Class40s (double and solo), announced on Tuesday that La Rochelle would host the start (September 10, 2023) and the finish of the first edition.<\/p>\n

\u201cOther cities were in the frame<\/em>\u00a0[notably Bordeaux, editor\u2019s note]\u00a0but\u00a0La Rochelle has been our first choice from the start.<\/strong>\u00a0It is a city with a strong maritime heritage and past, the first in France to have hosted the Volvo Ocean Race<\/em>\u00a0[during the 1997-98 edition, Ed]. It is\u00a0easily accessible from Paris<\/strong>, which is essential for an international race like ours, and the Bassin des Chalutiers is located right in the centre of the city. The city is also committed to sustainable development and this speaks to us because we are ambitious on this subject. We finally feel that there is a real dynamic around ocean racing,\u00a0we want to support this movement<\/strong>“<\/em>, says Emmanuel Versace, French representative of The Race Around.<\/p>\n

This dynamic has led to\u00a0the creation of\u00a0a new offshore racing center<\/strong>, piloted by the\u00a0Atlantic Cluster,<\/a>\u00a0an association that brings together stakeholders in the nautical and marine sector in\u00a0Nouvelle-Aquitaine.\u00a0“The project is on the right track,<\/strong>“<\/em>\u00a0says\u00a0Ga\u00eblle Pallu de la Barri\u00e8re<\/a>, director of the Atlantic Cluster.\u00a0\u201cIt was presented to the agglomeration of La Rochelle last Autumn. In principle it has been validated. This center will happen on the identified site, in agreement with those who are active in the fishing businesses.”<\/em>\u00a0The site is\u00a0within the fishing port<\/strong>, which is\u00a0in deep water and facing the open sea, so\u00a0accessible at any time of day or night, whereas\u00a0for the moment boats with a deep draft (Imoca, Class40) have to moor in the Bassin des Chalutiers, which has a major drawback: you have to go through a lock, which is restrictive in terms of timing.<\/p>\n

Yannick Bestaven has accelerated the movement<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The project will take place in two stages<\/strong>, first with the construction of\u00a0a temporary pontoon<\/strong>\u00a0to accommodate the Imocas of the two skippers based in La Rochelle, Yannick Bestaven and Antoine Cornic. The cost of this operation, financed by the Urban Community of La Rochelle and the department of Charente-Maritime is 250,000 euros, according to the town hall office.\u00a0“The idea is to lock in on the arrival of Yannick Bestaven’s new boat<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>[Verdier plan whose launch is scheduled for early July, editor’s note], we want to welcome it in good conditions”<\/em>, underlines Ga\u00eblle Pallu de la Barri\u00e8re.<\/p>\n

If the preliminary studies had in fact started a long time ago\u00a0there is no doubt that\u00a0the Vend\u00e9e Globe win<\/strong>\u00a0by the skipper of Ma\u00eetre CoQ who has been base in La Rochelle for a very long time has really given\u00a0a big boost to the project<\/strong>. Bestaven is very committed to the initiatives but he does not want to put himself forward – he did not respond to our requests \u2013 but he has joined the board of directors of the Atlantic Cluster.\u00a0\u201cHis performance was a trigger<\/strong>. The idea is to offer a more structured and complete operation on the sporting level for offshore racers\u201d<\/em>, confirms to Tip & Shaft Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Fountaine, mayor and president of the Urban Community.\u00a0“Yannick’s victory was a plus, but it does not start from there. For more than ten years, he has very clearly been the driving force behind the desire to set up an offshore racing centre here and\u00a0he pushes for this with all the authorities<\/strong>\u201c,<\/em>\u00a0adds Christian Karcher.<\/p>\n

What will the final project look like?\u00a0“We are planning\u00a0the installation of a 200 or 250 meter pontoon\u00a0<\/strong>along the southern breakwater of the fishing port, to accommodate around ten Imocas or other types of boats with deep draft or large beams, like the Class40 or the Ocean Fifty. We will also have to lengthen the walls to protect them well from the swell,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0replies Ga\u00eblle Pallu de la Barri\u00e8re. On shore the Atlantic Cluster recommends building\u00a0ten buildings of 650 m2 each<\/strong>\u00a0requiring the adjacent land to be made suitable for building on and that requires time.\u00a0This hub will not be fully operational before the end of 2024 or beginning of 2025<\/strong>. The Urban\u00a0Community and the department will take charge of all the infrastructures at a cost which has not yet been determined.<\/p>\n

A new training center<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Even while waiting for this center, more and more sailors are making La Rochelle their training base, all the more so since\u00a0the creation last September of a new offshore racing training structure<\/strong>, the Center d’Excellence Voile, based at the Minimes marina.\u00a0\u201cWe are taking over the activities of the Mini 6.50 division<\/em>\u00a0[created in 2010, editor\u2019s note], which was well structured but needed fine tuning. We relieved coach Julien Pulv\u00e9 of a certain number of tasks that took up his time, so that he could devote more time to training,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0explains\u00a0Laurent Ha\u00ff<\/a>, president of the Center of Excellence Voile.\u00a0\u201cToday, 25 minis train in La Rochelle and\u00a0we can consider expanding the group to 30 runners<\/strong>, but no more. We want the sailors to be well committed, with serious projects, to give them the means to progress.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The structure \u2013 which relies on\u00a0an annual budget of 300,000 euros<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 also supports a group of\u00a0around ten Figaro sailors<\/strong>, such as local Alexis Thomas and\u00a0Robin Marais but also English and Irish ones,\u00a0trained by Etienne Sa\u00efz<\/strong>, former coach of Team Vend\u00e9e Formation. The Vend\u00e9e center has indeed stopped its training activity on the water this year and is sending the sailors it trains to La Rochelle for this part.\u00a0\u201cOther racers are knocking on the door. Some centers are saturated and there is a real demand for training,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0adds Laurent Ha\u00ff.<\/p>\n

He believes that the Voile Center of Excellence is ultimately intended to accommodate all classes, Class40 and Imoca included.\u00a0\u201cWe are filling a hole in the market. In La Rochelle, young people were very well trained in dinghy sailing and then at Olympics level. But when they wanted to progress in offshore racing, they didn’t have a suitable structure locally so they went elsewhere, especially to Brittany. With the Sailing Center of Excellence and then the pole at the fishing port,\u00a0they will be able to make all their progress on the territory of La Rochelle<\/strong>, from dinghy sailing to the highest level in offshore racing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Can La Rochelle, in the long term, compete with the Sailing Valley around Lorient?\u00a0“Since Lorient is pretty much saturated, I would speak\u00a0more of being a complementary facility<\/strong>“,<\/em>\u00a0analyzes Christian Karcher.\u00a0“But everything is here you need for it to work: a station, an airport, a president of the cluster who knows the pathway and the business, the Vend\u00e9e Globe pontoon is three hours sailing from here and we have very reputable cutting-edge companies, such as Hydroem, C3 Technologies…\u00a0We are opening a ten-berth deep-water pontoon here, in the following three months, the teams will be there<\/strong>!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Photo: Olivier Blanchet<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fran\u00e7ois Gabart opened up\u00a0on\u00a0the dispute between his team and the Ultim 32\/23 class\u00a0\u2013 in effect made up of Sodebo, Banque Populaire, Actual, and more recently Gitana Team – regarding the rules compliance of the trimaran SVR Lazartigue.\u00a0Since then the parties have stuck to their guns. 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