LEG 1
ROUEN - BAY OF MORLAIX

Here is the route for the first stage of La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec 2025. It was developed by the race organizer OC SPORT PEN DUICK and the race management.

 

After spending a week in Rouen, which will host the Solitaire du Figaro Paprec for the second time, the competitors will travel down the Seine to Le Havre on Friday, September 5. They will wait there until the liberating gun salute, which will be fired in the Bay of Seine on September 7 at 1:02 p.m.

 

"The first leg of La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec will offer a route in the English Channel and the Celtic Sea, from the Bay of the Seine to Roscoff via the Fastnet. Initially, the skippers will have to choose between the French coast and the English coast to sail, since the DST of the Casquettets is a prohibited zone. This first coastal section will end at the Scilly Islands before moving on to a more offshore route to the Fastnet and then to Roscoff. History will tell whether, for once, the legendary lighthouse will be passed by daylight!"

Yann Chateau - Race Director

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The first leg and the first crossing of the English Channel is a serious introduction with significant challenges, including the bypassing of the Alderney Race – where one of the most powerful currents in Europe rages. This is the leg that the novices of the Paprec Challenge will undertake: for them, it is a beautiful, long course and a great introduction to ocean racing.

Sébastien Petithuguenin - Managing Director of Paprec Group

 

The arrival in the Bay of Morlaix, where the competitors are expected on September 11...