2025, the CIC NORMANDY CHANNEL RACE is reverting to its usual May slot, as is the case in 3 out of 4 years, with the event running from Wednesday 21 May to Sunday 1 June, during which the fleet will set sail on Sunday 25 May. Given that no major migration across the Atlantic is on the 2025 Class40 programme, other than the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre at the end of the year, there is likely to be a high concentration of the fleet on France's Atlantic shores and in the English Channel midway through the season.
As such, prospects are excellent for the 2025 edition of the CIC NORMANDY CHANNEL RACE, hence the publication on 1 October of the Notice of Race and the opening of registration to further plump out the fantastic stats for this event. Indeed, 641 skippers have participated in the race since 2010 with some 321 Class40s taking the start and an average of 21.5 Class40s in the starting blocks each year. The record for 10 participations is up for grabs too with 9 participations to date for Jean Galfione, Louis Duc and Marc Lepesqueux, 8 for Antoine Carpentier, Halvard Mabire and Nicolas Jossier, and 7 for Miranda Merron and Olivier Roussey... To end on a note of intrigue, not a single one of these skippers has won the event in these 65 participations, which speaks volumes about the standard of the fleet and just how difficult it is to hold the Trophy aloft.And no reason it could be easier next year.
The Notice of Race 2025 is being published today and registration is now open at :-
www.normandy-race.com - skippers' area https://normandy-race.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/V2.NOR_.CICNCR.2025.pdf
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