Hello,

This is just a brief reminder that at the beginning of the year, I invited you all to the General Assembly 2012 of the association "Fête du Vent et de la Mer" which will be held on Friday, February 17 at 18:15 at l'Abri du Marin of Plougoazec in Plouhinec.

Looking forward to meeting you.

President of the Association

Fête du Vent et de la Mer

• Last month's statistics (updated on 02/02) To reach the page..

• The DVD of la Route 2013" (updated on 02/01)
  
  The video of La Route 2011 is now available on the page "Shop".
  It includes the film and bonus footage (the parade in the harbour of Lorient, the awards ceremony, four interviews and four stories of boats). To reach the page..

  
  

  Your opinion : "We watched the DVD of La Route 2011 and we are delighted. A big thank you to the person who filmed". - The boat JASTYK
  

• Great competition "The song of la Route 2013" (updated on 02/01)
  This year the Crews' song competition revealed many artistic talents. It was therefore decided to launch a competition for the writing of a new song that we hope will become the Anthem of la Route de l'Amitié 2013. To find out more..
  

• Photos 2011 (updated on 02/01)
  

  The photos and video taken ​​during la Route 2011 may be purchased in various formats in support of the Association, by clicking on this link. The password is "Routeamitie_2011".

Important notice :

This section is open to all boats participating in la Route de l'Aimitié. If you want to see your boat here, send a photo and a caption (including at least, the name of the boat and her home port) to :

contact@routeamitie.fr

The association Fête du Vent et de la Mer came into being on 17th November 1995. The main objective was to be forward-looking and progressive, whilst preserving traditions which are the richness of the Brittany patrimony.

It organised the first Route de l’Amitié on 5th July 1998. The association put in place a solid organisation with notably the obligation for harbours wishing to welcome the event to comply with a quality charter.

Resources dedicated to assistance and safety all along the Route are provided by about 30 boats.

Public and private partners support the event, and the Media promote La Route through their features, articles and reports. Volunteers on whom La Route de l’Amitié relies, number about 800. Without them and our partners, La Route would simply not exist.

The fleet is limited to 160 boats, which means more than 750 crew members, due to the limited capacity of some of the harbours en route.

Its uniqueness comes from the great diversity of sail-boats which participate - including pretty much every type of craft from old gaff riggers, through yawls to modern pleasure yachts.

Registrations take into account not only boats' aesthetics, but also the human quality of the crews.

You are able to register on this site, but please note that the number of places is limited by the capacity of the harbours visited.