“Show buoy” 300 meters off the coast of the Théâtre de la Mer: where to see the impressive Med Max sailboats pass by this Sunday ?

Un trimaran Ocean Fifty comme ceux qu'il sera possible d'apercevoir depuis Sète ce dimanche. Archive – Crédit photo Jean-Marie Liot

Show guaranteed this Sunday, September 29th from 3pm with the tacking around a buoy, very close to Sète, of the Med Max racing boats.

It couldn't be more explicit. The buoy located 300m off the Saint-Pierre area of ​​Sète is called a “show buoy”. It is around her that the 27 racing yachts entered for the first edition of the Med Max, the Mediterranean offshore race, will circle this Sunday, September 29, starting at 3 p.m.

Departure at 1 p.m. from Port-Camargue

Having left Port-Camargue at 1 p.m., the competitors – including Ambroggio Beccaria, Yann Eliès, Mikaël Mergui, Achille Nebout, Goulven Marie, Louis Torreilles, Mathieu Claveau, etc. – will have to turn past Sète and then head back to Corsica. After a course around several Mediterranean islands, the participants (two per boat) will cross the finish line in Morocco.

15 m trimarans

For this first edition, the people of Sète (and others) will have a breathtaking view, from the Môle, the Espace Saint-Pierre, the breakwater, the parking lot of the Théâtre de la Mer and even the Semaphore garden on the two types of sailboats present. The first to point the tip of their bows should be the Ocean Fifty. These racing trimarans, 15 m long, generally equipped with foils that allow them to fly on the water, constitute the class below the famous Ultim. There will be ten of them turning in front of the singular island.

Sixteen monohulls at the buoy

The other category of passage on the Sète waters will be that of the Class40s. These 12m monohulls, a smaller version of the prestigious Imoca, will be seventeen to provide sail for the famous “show buoy”. And as the weather is likely to be favourable, the public will enjoy with undisguised pleasure the passage of these racing yachts, a very rare commodity in recent years in Sète.

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